Maria Antoinette "Mies" Bouwman (31 December 1929 – 26 February 2018) was a Dutch television presenter.
Career
Born in
Amsterdam
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, she started her career on the very first broadcasting evening of the Dutch broadcasting association
KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcaster) on 16 October 1951.
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. Bouwman developed and hosted ', known in the UK as ''
The Generation Game
''The Generation Game'' is a British game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two people from the same family, but different generations, compete to win prizes.
The game
There are eight competitors, hence the catchphrase "Let's me ...
''. She hosted numerous talk shows, as well as the Dutch version of ''
This Is Your Life'' known as '. 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
The Order of Orange-Nassau () is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands.
The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for ...
. She later appeared on TV for interviews, but never as host, only as a guest.
Death
Bouwman died on 26 February 2018 in
Elst, Netherlands at the age of 88.
Mies Bouwman (88) overleden
See also
*Netherlands Public Broadcasting
(; abbreviated to NPO ; literally "Dutch Public Broadcaster") or Dutch Foundation for Public Broadcasting () is a Dutch public broadcasting organisation that administers public broadcasting services in the Netherlands. NPO is also the owner of ...
Sources and references
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1929 births
2018 deaths
20th-century Dutch women
Dutch television presenters
Dutch television talk show hosts
Dutch women television presenters
Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Mass media people from Amsterdam
Dutch television show creators