Mies Bouwman

Maria Antoinette Bouwman
Mies Bouwman (center) in 1969
Born	31 December 1929 (1929-12-31) (age 81) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Television presenter
Known for	Television shows

Maria Antoinette "Mies" Bouwman (born 31 December 1929) is a Dutch television presenter.

Born in Amsterdam, 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 programm 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 hosted Één van de 8, known in the UK as The Generation Game. She hosted numerous talk shows, as well as the Dutch version of This is your life. She stopped her regular work after falling sick but has occasionally returned for special programs.

Bouwman ended her career in 1993 due to an illness. Since then she has appeared on TV for interviews, but never as host, only as a guest.^[2]

See also

• Netherlands Public Broadcasting

Sources and references

1. ^ Birth of Television website on Open het Dorp, viewed 25 June 2010.
2. ^ (Dutch) "Mies Bouwman stopt definitief met tv werk (Mies Bouwman definitely stops with her TV work)". Trouw. 12 May 1993. http://www.trouw.nl/krantenarchief/1993/05/12/2673153/Mies_Bouwman_stopt_definitief_met_tv-werk.html. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Bouwman, Mies
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Date of birth	31 December 1929
Place of birth	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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