
Birthday
1952/06/28 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also know as
Janine Drzewicki
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.

(1977) Abigail's Party
as Angela

(2007) Angel
as Aunt Lottie

(1998) Swept from the Sea
as ---

(1981) Sons and Lovers
as Beatrice

(1988) Drowning by Numbers
as Marina Bellamy

(2006) The Children's Party at the Palace
as Maid

(2021) Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye
as Doris Crampton

(1976) A Collier's Friday Night
as Gertie

(2024) The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
as Old Pennicruik (voice)
(1978) Alphabetical Order
as ---

(1975) Diane
as Diane
(2002) George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
as Gossip

(1979) Dracula
as Annie

(1987) East of Ipswich
as Betty

(1980) Grown-Ups
as Sharon

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

(1979) Afternoon Off
as Doreen

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

(1979) Blue Remembered Hills
as Audrey

(1985) The Bride
as Serving Girl

(1982) The Missionary
as Millicent

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

(1978) Scully's New Year's Eve
as Vera

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

(1978) The First Great Train Robbery
as Maggie

(1977) Jabberwocky
as Fanatic

(1980) Breaking Glass
as Jackie

(1979) The Knowledge
as Receptionist

(1991) Director: Alan Clarke
as ---

(1980) The Black Stuff
as Student

(2002) About a Boy
as Caroline / SPAT

(2007) All About 'Abigail's Party'
as Self

(1994) The Madness of King George
as Margaret Nicholson

(2005) The New World
as Mary

(2019) Little Joe
as Lady

(2018) Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday
as Herself

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

(1994) Giorgino
as Josette

(2016) Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self

(1990) Who's Listening
as Pippa

(1991) The Man In The Long Black Coat
as Pippa

(1994) The Man Who Blew Away
as Pippa

(1995) The Wisdom Of The Witch
as Pippa

(1996) Starbound
as Pippa

(1988) Number 27
as Traffic Monitor

(1996) London Suite
as Emma - Nanny

(1990) Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
as Interpreter

(2025) Jay Kelly
as Sharon

(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Dierdre Tibbs

(1990) Waiting for God
as Jane Edwards

(2002) Foyle's War
as Eve Redmond

(1977) Citizen Smith
as Phillipa

(2004) The Worst Week of My Life
as Eve

(1986) Brush Strokes
as Natasha

(1997) Trial & Retribution
as ---

(2007) Benidorm
as Jacqueline Stewart

(2021) Murder, They Hope
as Betty

(2008) Little Dorrit
as Mrs. Meagles

(1990) One Foot in the Grave
as Pippa

(2009) Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
as ---

(2006) All Star Family Fortunes
as Self - Contestant

(2010) This Is Jinsy
as Mrs. Goadion

(1989) A Bit of Fry & Laurie
as ---

(2013) Old Jack's Boat
as Emily Scuttlebutt

(1979) Minder
as Carol

(2023) Tom Jones
as Mrs. Wilkins

(1986) Casualty
as Joyce

(2016) Houdini & Doyle
as Martha

(2016) Doctor Thorne
as Lady Scatcherd

(1998) Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Bute Crawley

(2017) Hospital People
as Mrs. Leydon

(2014) Still Open All Hours
as Elsie Bridges

(2013) Plebs
as Soothsayer

(2015) Boy Meets Girl
as Peggy

(1970) Play for Today
as Vera

(1980) Cowboys
as Muriel

(1970) Play for Today
as Audrey

(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Hattie Bainbridge

(2007) Benidorm
as Jacqueline

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

(2024) Nikhil & Jay
as Nana

(2023) The Couple Next Door
as Gloria

(2011) The Big Quiz
as Self - Panellist
(1996) Megamaths
as Queen of Hearts

(1974) Playhouse
as Diane Weaver

(1974) Playhouse
as Sharon
(1976) The Georgian House
as Ariadne

(1973) Man About the House
as Sheila

(2013) Crackanory
as Various