Elsje Borsboom

Elsje Heather Borsboom (30th June 1938-July 6th 2022) was a Dutch-Born American Actress, Director, Singer-Songwriter and co-founder of Boomstreet Vanity. Her TV and film work includes the Nevadan Acres Franchise, Modern Makes Marvelous, Hold your Prayers, Big-box specialty and I found my city!.

Early Life
Borsboom was born on 30th June 1938 in, She lived there until she was two when her family decided to move to. Her family were originally going to return to Rotterdam once the war was over, but decided against it because "they liked it in the USA more".

Borsboom spent most of her childhood watching movies at her local theater and reading books such as and  to help her communicate in English. When she attended high school, she was claimed to be the "very best at writing" and was rewarded five times in a row for her ability to write.

Early Career
After graduating high school, Borsboom moved out of Nevada and into Oakland California to attend:. At the institution, she would direct her first film there titled "Hello Fellow Students!" which she described as "a lousy and lengthy introduction to college for people who haven't even graduated high school yet." At the college, she befriended Derek Boyle, whom she later married in 1966.

Television and Film
After leaving College in 1957, Borsboom would get a job at  as a Producer, she would help produce various movies, with her main one being: Hold your Prayers. She claimed that her job at 20thCF was "decently paid and everybody was friendly".

In 1964, She would direct her very first movie titled: I found my city!, which was a huge success at the box office, Borsboom described the movie as "a huge milestone to my career." She would then go on to direct more Movies, and later would help produce and direct television series.

In 1967, Borsboom would create her first TV-show for syndication titled: Once I..., which lasted up until 1971, that same year, she founded Boomstreet Vanity to help produce the show.

In 1975, Borsboom announced that she would develop an adult animated movie with 20th century fox, that movie would eventually be the start of the now-successful "Nevadan Acres" franchise. It was also one of the earliest direct-to-video movies ever! The movie was eventually released on the-then-new VHS on 17th July 1977. With three more specials released from 1977-1979.

After wrapping up production on the Nevadan Acres movies. Borsboom would return to live-action TV to create Modern Makes Marvelous. Which released in the year 1981. After production wrapped on the show. She would take a 5-year hiatus to focus more on her music career. She would later return in 1986 to produce a television adaptation of the Nevadan Acres movies for the-then-new. According to Borsboom, the first episode of Nevadan Acres took 4 months to make.

In 1988, she would co-create another new show for the FBC with her husband titled: "Big-box specialty". This would be Borsboom's last production with Boyle before their divorce in 1992, the show would eventually help inspire a show with a similar premise years later titled .

In 1990, Borsboom was inducted into the.

In the year 1995, she would return to direct movies after the cancellation of Big-box specialty, with the first being Jeff's Humiliating times at high school, she would eventually help co-produce and co-direct the movie: Pop-Music Century! in 1998 with.

She would then return to create and produce television shows starting with the sequel to Nevadan Acres where Heather and Eddy are now married and have three children. Borsboom would describe the show as "an interpretation of my life with Derek Boyle." Borsboom would not return as Heather, being replaced by her daughter: Amelia.

The show would release in the year 2008 with positive reviews.

Music
In the year 1962, Borsboom signed a deal with to produce her very first album titled: The Inspirational Prayer. Borsboom would describe the album as "a mix between Gospel, Country and Rock n' Roll, with a hint of references to Hold Your Prayers." One of the singles from the album titled: Ever will you dream? was a huge chart hit reaching top 15 in the charts for a year.

During the 1982-1986 period, Borsboom would return to producing music after the production of Modern Makes Marvelous had wrapped. She would then shift focus from Country and Blue-eyed-soul to full on floor fillers such as Bykov's Diner and The N-O song.

She would eventually release one of her most popular albums in 2008 titled: "Actors can Sing!" which featured a plethora of voice-actors with a few being cast members of the then-upcoming Nevadan Acres Sequel.

Personal Life and Death
In the year 1966, Borsboom married Derek Boyle Borsboom, they had three children together with one of them being current president of Boomstreet Vanity: Amelia Boyle Borsboom. The two eventually divorced in 1992 due to "creative differences".

During her time alive, she would donate a hefty amount of money to the candidates, she also showed support for the, although she never really took part in their strikes.

On September 16th 2021, Borsboom announced on her twitter page that she was diagnosed with Lung Cancer, she eventually moved back to Carson City with a GoFundMe page opened to support any needs not covered by Insurance. 1 year after her diagnosis, she died at the age of 84.

A day after her death, Amelia would post create a post on her twitter account saying that if it wasn't for her mother, not that many television shows would be made such as , or even, she also praised her mother for inspiring future Film and TV stars to keep moving with their ideas.

Discography
See also: List of songs recorded by Elsje Borsboom


 * The Inspirational Prayer (1962)
 * Everybody's favourite female director (1968)
 * For our Own (1970)
 * In Sweet Nevada (1982)
 * Heaven: It'll Wait! (1986)
 * Somebody! Anybody! (1992)
 * Go! Diva! (1999)
 * Boomstreet Jingle (2005)
 * Actors can Sing! (2008)
 * Angel in Person! (2013)
 * Sorry, it ain't no showdown! (2019)