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Mies 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 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. She stopped her regular work after falling sick, but has occasionally returned for special programs.


Mies definitively ended her career in 1993 due to health restrictions, and was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Since then she has appeared on TV for interviews, but never as host, only as a guest

Mies Bouwman died on 26 February 2018 in Elst, Netherlands at the age of 88

after suffering from a pneumonia



RIP to one of our legends from the screen

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not Open Het Dorp