Mies Bouwman
Mies Bouwman | |
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Born | Maria Antoinette Bouwman 31 December 1929 |
Died | 26 February 2018 | (aged 88)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Known for | Television shows |
Maria Antoinette "Mies" Bouwman (31 December 1929 – 26 February 2018) was a Dutch television presenter.
Career
Born in
Bouwman made her name as the host of the first large fund-raising programme on Dutch TV, Open Het Dorp. In this show viewers were asked to donate money for charity, in order to open a special village for people with a handicap. This show was broadcast live on 26 and 27 November 1962 and lasted 23 hours. Bouwman presented the entire show.[1] Bouwman developed and hosted Eén van de acht , known in the UK as The Generation Game. She hosted numerous talk shows, as well as the Dutch version of This Is Your Life known as In de hoofdrol . She stopped her regular work after falling sick, but has occasionally returned for special programs.
Bouwman definitively ended her career in 1993 due to health restrictions, and was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[citation needed] She later appeared on TV for interviews, but never as host, only as a guest.[2]
Death
Bouwman died on 26 February 2018 in Elst, Netherlands at the age of 88.[3]
See also
- Netherlands Public Broadcasting
Sources and references
- ^ Birth of Television website Archived 23 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine on Open het Dorp, viewed 25 June 2010.
- ^ "Mies Bouwman stopt definitief met tv werk (Mies Bouwman definitely stops with her TV work)". Trouw (in Dutch). 12 May 1993. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
- ^ Mies Bouwman (88) overleden (in Dutch)