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Personal Info

Birth date

1952-06-28 (73 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Also known as

Janine Drzewicki

Janine Duvitski

Biography

Janine Duvitski (born Christine Janine Drzewicki) is a British actress, known for her roles in the BBC TV sitcom series Waiting for God, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm. Duvitski first came to national attention in the play Abigail's Party, written and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh.

Filmography

Acting

TBANikhil & Jay (13 Episodes) as Nana

2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim as Old Pennicruik (voice)

2023The Couple Next Door (6 Episodes) as Gloria

2023Tom Jones (4 Episodes) as Mrs. Wilkins

2021Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye as Doris Crampton

2021Murder, They Hope (1 Episode) as Betty

2019Little Joe as Lady

2018Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday as Herself

2017Hospital People (6 Episodes) as Mrs. Leydon

2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Pippa (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light as Self

2016Houdini & Doyle (1 Episode) as Martha

2016Doctor Thorne (3 Episodes) as Lady Scatcherd

2015Boy Meets Girl (12 Episodes) as Peggy

2014Still Open All Hours (1 Episode) as Elsie Bridges

2013Plebs (1 Episode) as Soothsayer

2013Old Jack's Boat (25 Episodes) as Emily Scuttlebutt

2012A Young Doctor's Notebook (1 Episode) as Belladonna Zbinka

2011The Big Quiz (1 Episode) as Self - Panellist

2010This Is Jinsy (16 Episodes) as Mrs. Goadion

2009Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (1 Episode) as Unknown

2008Little Dorrit (14 Episodes) as Mrs. Meagles

2007All About 'Abigail's Party' as Self

2007Angel as Aunt Lottie

2007Benidorm (72, 3 Episode) as Jacqueline Stewart, Jacqueline

2006All Star Family Fortunes (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant

2006The Children's Party at the Palace as Maid

2005The New World as Mary

2004The Worst Week of My Life (17 Episodes) as Eve

2002George Eliot: A Scandalous Life as Gossip

2002Foyle's War (1 Episode) as Eve Redmond

2002About a Boy as Caroline / SPAT

1998Vanity Fair (6 Episodes) as Mrs. Bute Crawley

1998Swept from the Sea as Unknown

1997Trial & Retribution (2 Episodes) as Unknown

1997Midsomer Murders (1, 1 Episode) as Dierdre Tibbs, Hattie Bainbridge

1996Starbound as Pippa

1996Megamaths (10 Episodes) as Queen of Hearts

1995The Wisdom Of The Witch as Pippa

1994The Madness of King George as Margaret Nicholson

1994The Man Who Blew Away as Pippa

1994Giorgino as Josette

1991The Man In The Long Black Coat as Pippa

1991Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again as Speaking Woman

1991Director: Alan Clarke as Unknown

1990Who's Listening as Pippa

1990Waiting for God (45 Episodes) as Jane Edwards

1990One Foot in the Grave (9 Episodes) as Pippa

1989A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1 Episode) as Unknown

1988Number 27 as Traffic Monitor

1988Drowning by Numbers as Marina Bellamy

1987East of Ipswich as Betty

1986Casualty (1 Episode) as Joyce

1986Brush Strokes (1 Episode) as Natasha

1985The Bride as Serving Girl

1982The Missionary as Millicent

1982Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self (archive footage)

1981Sons and Lovers as Beatrice

1980Grown-Ups as Sharon

1980Breaking Glass as Jackie

1980Cowboys (7 Episodes) as Muriel

1980The Black Stuff as Student

1979Minder (1 Episode) as Carol

1979Dracula as Annie

1979Afternoon Off as Doreen

1979Blue Remembered Hills as Audrey

1979The Knowledge as Receptionist

1978The First Great Train Robbery as Maggie

1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Maureen

1978One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day as Vi

1978Scully's New Year's Eve as Vera

1978Alphabetical Order as Unknown

1977Abigail's Party as Angela

1977Citizen Smith (2 Episodes) as Phillipa

1977Jabberwocky as Fanatic

1976A Collier's Friday Night as Gertie

1976The Georgian House (6 Episodes) as Ariadne

1975Diane as Diane

1974Playhouse (1, 1 Episode) as Diane Weaver, Sharon

1970Play for Today (1, 1 Episode) as Vera, Audrey