Selma van de Perre was a member of the Dutch resistance organization TD Group during World War II. Shortly after the war she moved to London, where she worked for the BBC and met her future husband, the Belgian journalist Hugo van de Perre. For many years she also worked as foreign correspondent for a Dutch television station. In 1983, Selma van de Perre received the Dutch Resistance Commemoration Cross. She lives in London and has a son.