- Source: Wilhelmina van der Horst-van der Lugt Melsert
Wilhelmina Elisabeth Jacoba van" target="_blank">van der" target="_blank">der Horst-van" target="_blank">van der" target="_blank">der Lugt Melsert (24 February 1871 – 21 March 1928) was a Dutch actress. She performed at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg and later became a leading actress at the Royal Dutch Theatre.
Biography
Wilhelmina van" target="_blank">van der" target="_blank">der Lugt Melsert was born on 24 February 1871 in The Hague. She was the sister of the stage actor Cor van" target="_blank">van der" target="_blank">der Lugt Melsert.
She married the actor and director Adriaan van" target="_blank">van der" target="_blank">der Horst. The two had met while both working for Alex Faassen & Co. at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. They also both performed together Willem Royaards' Het Toneel. Following her husband's appointment as co-director, with Louis Bertrijn, of Royal Dutch Theatre in Antwerp in 1909, she became their lead actress.
In 1919, her husband founded Het Schouwtooneel with Jan Musch, where she played several leading roles.
van" target="_blank">Van der" target="_blank">der Lugt Melsert died in 1928 and was buried at Zorgvlied in Amsterdam.