Mother of actor Aram van de Rest.
Had a lung tumor 2 years ago but recovered. Has 2 brain tumors now and appeared on Dutch television in a medical program (2005, February 9th) to tell how she experienced this and about her last travel to the USA. Her husband and son also appeared in the show.
(February 2005) Fighting the battle agains cancer. Very open about it, spoke about in on Dutch TV.