Marijne van der Vlugt (born 6 October 1965 in De Meije) is a Dutch musician, former model and

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VJ. She is the daughter of Dutch actor

Bram van der Vlugt Bram van der Vlugt (28 May 1934 – 19 December 2020) was a Dutch actor. He is known for playing the role of Sinterklaas for over two decades. He died on 19 December 2020, at the age of 86, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

. Marijne started her career as a VJ for

Central from London in the early 1990s and hosted such shows as

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(every Wednesday from 23:00), and the fashion show ''The Pulse with Swatch''. She also often did the voiceovers for the night-time videos and her voice was used in some MTV adverts. After

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decided to close down pan-European broadcasting from London in 1997,

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Productions went regional. MTV began offering channels for individual countries, like

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and

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. Marijne van der Vlugt's career as an MTV presenter ended at that point. At the same time, Marijne was the lead singer of alternative band

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, a UK based band that was active from 1992 to 1998. She later performed with the rock band Cowboy Racer, who are perhaps best known for their song "Yellow Horse" that was featured on the hit American TV show ''

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''. Cowboy Racer broke up in 2011. In 2016, she began working with Paul Kennedy as Salad Undressed, and in 2017 the full line-up of Salad reformed.
Saladband.com. Accessed April 11, 2018.

References

Living people Dutch women singers People from Bodegraven VJs (media personalities) 1965 births {{Netherlands-musician-stub