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Also known as Dorothea Margaretha Scholten née van Zwieteren;

Dutch singer

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Teddy Scholten, born Dorothea Margaretha van Zwieteren in Rijswijk on May 11, 1926, was a Dutch television presenter, singer, and radio personality. A citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, she worked in the pop music genre and performed with her voice. Her professional career spanned from 1955 to 1975, during which she recorded for Philips Records. She is noted for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959.

Scholten spoke Dutch and was active in the Netherlands. She passed away in The Hague on April 8, 2010. Her musical output has been cataloged with five works, and her discography is associated with tags such as "60s," "dutch," and "Eurovision."

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1926
Active to
2010
dutcheurovision

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
8,705
Total plays
29,898

Tags

60sdutchHome collectionEurovisionfemale vocalists

Teddy Scholten-van Swieteren (May 11, 1926 - April 8, 2010) was a Dutch singer. She won the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands singing "Een Beetje" (A little bit), with music composed by Dick Schallies and lyrics by Willy van Hemert. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Teddy+Scholten">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Also known as
Thea van Zwieteren
Born
Dorothea Margaretha van Zwieteren , ( 1926-05-11 ) 11 May 1926, Rijswijk , Netherlands
Died
8 April 2010 (2010-04-08) (aged 83), The Hague , Netherlands
Occupations
Singer, presenter
Years active
1955–1975

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Encyclopedic overview

Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (née van Zwieteren; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch singer and television presenter. She is known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "Een beetje", representing the Netherlands.

Career

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