Janine Duvitski Biography
Janine Duvitski is a British actress, Known for her roles in the BBC television sitcom series Waiting for God, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm. She came first to national attention in the play Abigail’s Party, written and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh.
How old is Janine Duvitski? -Age
The actress is 71 years old as of 28 June 2023. She was born on June 28, 1952 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
Janine Duvitski Height
The star stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Janine Duvitski parents – Family
She was born to a Polish father and an English mother, whom she hasn’t yet revealed their names. Janine attended Nottingham Girls’ High School, then a direct grant grammar school. The actress trained at East 15 Acting School in Essex.
Is Janine Duvitski married? – Husband
The 71 year old actress is married to her actor husband Paul Bentall. The couple has four children, Jack, Albert, Ruby, and Edith Bentall. Her youngest daughter Edith is the lead singer of the band FOURS.
Janine Duvitski Career
Television
Shortly after leaving drama school, Janine was given a couple of small roles in television dramas but has no agent, and palced an advert in the Spotlight agency catalogue with a photography. As a result she was approached by the BBC to test for a play about incest, entitled BBC2 Play house: Diane 1975. Her principal television credits include the roles of Jane Edwards in Waiting for God, Pippa Trench in One Foot in the Grave and Jacqueline Stewart in Benidorm.
Also Duvitski has appeared in the one-off production of Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter. In 2013, she played as Emily Scuttlebutt in the CBeebies show OldJack’s.in 2015, Janine starred in the BBC sitcom Boy Meets Girl. In 2017 she appeared as Mrs Leydon, the Chapel assistant, in BBC’s mockumentary Hospital.
Theatre
She first came recognition all Wide in Abigail’s Party, written and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. Her theatre career has also included productions at UK’s National Theatre, Young Vic and Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2007 Janine appeared on stage in the revival of English National Opera’s On the Town. The production, which also included veteran British comic actress June Whitfield, saw Duvistki give a “touching comic account of Lucy Schmeeler, Hildy’s homely roommate.
She played the Vegetable Fairy in the 2017 Sunderland Empire Theatre pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. In 2019 the actress played Mummy Bear in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the London Palladium, and later appeared as Fairy Moonbeam in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty st Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre.
Janine Duvitski Net Worth
The British actress has a net worth of $5 Million.
Janine Duvitski Movie
1975 – Dianne
1977 – Jabberwocky
1978 – The First Great Train Robbery
1979 – Dracula
1985 – Bride
1994 – Giorgino
1997 – Swept from the Sea
2002 – About a Boy
2005 – The New World
2007 – Angel
2019 – Little Joe
Janine Duvitski TV Shows
1972 – Z Cars
1973 – Man About the House
1976 – Sadie, It’s Cold Outside
1978 – Happy Ever After
1979 – The Other Side
1986 – Brush Strokes
1988 – This is David Lander
1990 – The New Staesman
1996 – London Suite
1998 –Midsomer Murders
2000 – My Family
2003 – Doctors
2008 – Little Dorrit
2013 – Plebs
2015 – Crackanory
2016 – Doctor Thorne
2017 – Hospital People
2021 – Murder, They Hope
