Biography janine duvitski

Duvitski first came to national attention in the play Abigail's Party , written and directed in by Mike Leigh. Duvitski was born in Morecambe , Lancashire to a Polish father and an English mother. She trained at East 15 Acting School in Essex. Ruby is also an actress and Edith, Duvitski's younger daughter, is the lead singer of the band Fours.

Shortly after leaving drama school, Duvitski was given a couple of small roles in television dramas but had no agent, and placed an advert in the Spotlight agency catalogue with a photograph.

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Although she was in her early 20s the part was that of a year-old girl but her audition was sufficiently convincing to win her the role. The door thus opened to her for more TV and stage roles and, whilst she was appearing in Don Juan at Hampstead Theatre , London, she was spotted by Mike Leigh who offered her the part of Angie in the stage production of Abigail's Party , which she repeated in the television version.

She has also appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. Duvitski had a small role opposite Laurence Olivier and Donald Pleasence in Dracula , and appeared in the rock music film Breaking Glass.

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Duvitski first came to national attention in Abigail's Party , written and directed in by Mike Leigh. The play opened in April at the Hampstead Theatre , returning after its initial run in the summer of , with a total of performances. A suburban comedy of manners, the play is a satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that had emerged in Britain in the s.

Duvitski plays Angela, a nurse, wife of Tony Cooper. The production, which also included veteran British comic actress June Whitfield , saw Duvitski give a "touching comic account of Lucy Schmeeler, Hildy's homely roommate". Contents move to sidebar hide.