One of Holland's most successful and beloved stage actresses. She
played many roles on stage till her retirement in 1958. She married
famous Dutch stage actor Jean Louis Pissuisse. In 1919, while married
to her, Pissuise started an affair with young Belgian stage actress
Jenny Gilliams, and the two had a daughter in 1920. Although this was a
big scandal at the time, Carelsen stayed married to Pissuise. Five
years later, the couple divorced and Pissuise married his co-star Jenny
Gilliams. In 1927, both Jean Louis Pissuisse and his young wife Jenny
were shot by Jenny's jealous secret lover. After that Fie Carelsen took
care of the daughter of the couple. In 1970, she bought the grave of
her former husband and his wife and was buried in that same grave,
after her death in 1975.