Julie Westwood (born 21 October 1952) is an

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voice actress and puppeteer, best known for portraying Bessie Busybody in the children's television show '' LazyTown'', as well as a career of other voices. She lives in

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...

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with her sons Tom, 29, and Nigel, 27. Other television shows she has worked on, include the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4/Jim Henson series ''

The Hoobs ''The Hoobs'' is a live-action/animated children's television series created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Decode Entertainment for Channel Four. Five series of 52 episodes were produced. Concept Channel 4 announced in November 20 ...

'', in which she plays the voice of Tula, ''Cartoon Critters'' as the voice of Fleur and ''

Fully Booked ''Fully Booked'', later retitled ''FBi'', is a British children's television series produced by BBC Scotland and broadcast from 22 April 1995 to 23 September 2000. Format Series 1–3 The first series is presented by Zoe Ball and Grant Stott, ...

'', a BBC Sunday morning television show with Zoë Ball, and later Gail Porter, where she played Morag the Cow. Her sons also joined her on ''

Wolf It ''Wolf It'' is a British television series produced by Scottish Television and broadcast on CITV for 4 series between 1993 and 1996. The show is a spin off from the Saturday morning television series '' What's Up Doc?'' and features Bro and Bro, ...

.'' She has also been the voice for Sara, for the manga series ''

Mirmo! is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in '' Ciao'' magazine from July 2001 through December 2005. It was also published in twelve collected volumes by Shogakukan. The manga series was awarded in the 2003 Kodansha Mang ...

Characters

* Bebe in ''

The Furchester Hotel ''The Furchester Hotel'' is a puppet series that aired on CBeebies (the BBC's preschool network). It is the second British-American spin-off of ''Sesame Street'' that the BBC have made after '' Sesame Tree'' 6 years before. The show ran on CBeeb ...

* Bessie Busybody, Pixel (Puppetry only) in '' LazyTown'' * Tula in ''

'' * Fleur in ''Cartoon Critters'' * Madge in ''

It's a Big Big World ''It's a Big Big World'' is an American children's television series that aired on PBS Kids from January 2, 2006, to January 8, 2010. The series was created by Mitchell Kriegman, the creator of the Muppet television series, ''Bear in the Big ...

'' * Morag the Cow in ''

'' * Sara in ''

'' * Y in ''

The Basil Brush Show ''The Basil Brush Show'' is a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox Basil Brush. It was produced for six series by The Foundation, airing on CBBC from 27 September 2002 to 25 December 2007. The show is a s ...

'' * Commander Rhyme-a-Lot in ''Rhyme Rocket'' * James Jones in ''

Fireman Sam ''Fireman Sam'' (Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...

'' * Miss Chicken in ''Dear Mr. Barker'' * Box in '' Allsorts/Gigglish Allsorts'' * Kitty Kettle in The Magic House (TV Series)(Series 2-3)

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