Death in Paradise star Elizabeth Bourgine shares amazing throwback snap

By David Hollingsworth
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Death in Paradise legend has enjoyed a long and successful career.

Death in Paradise star Elizabeth Bourgine as Catherine Bordey
(Image credit: BBC / Red Planet / Amelia Troubridge)

Death in Paradise star Elizabeth Bourgine has shared an amazing throwback picture of herself on Twitter.

Elizabeth is a hugely popular member of the Death in Paradise cast, playing bar owner Catherine Bordey.

She revealed in her picture caption that the photo was from 1982 and was her first actress portrait. The year 1982 was a big one for Elizabeth as she had her first major role in the film Nestor Burma, détective de Choc.

Elizabeth enjoyed a string of other roles during the 1980s including the TV mini-series Sins and the 1986 French film Private Tuition, in which she played a teacher. Her other movie roles include A Heart in Winter (1992) and My Best Friend (2006).

French actress Elisabeth Bourgine and actor Xavier Deluc on the movie set of Cours Privé

(Image credit: Patrick CAMBOULIVE/Sygma via Getty Images)

But to Death in Paradise fans Elizabeth will always be Catherine, who was first seen in the second episode of series one. Indeed the only character who's been in the series for longer is The Commissioner (Don Warrington), who was in the show's first-ever episode.

Catherine of course not only runs the bar where the detectives hang out after cracking a case, she’s also the local Mayor. She's also the mother of Camille Bordey, who returned to the series last year for a brief stint to mark the show's 10th anniversary.

Talking about her love for the character, Elizabeth once told Hello!: "I love Catherine because she’s smart, she’s a lady over 50 like you’d dream one to be! She is the mother, she’s caring, but she’s a sexy woman too, she loves life, she loves men, she loves caring for everybody who has problems… I love her very much."

Elizabeth Bourgine will be back as Catherine for Death in Paradise season 12. And it would be great to see some new plot lines for Catherine, perhaps a romance?!

Death in Paradise season 11 is available to watch on BBC iPlayer, along with the other series. A US release date for Death in Paradise season 11 is still to be announced.

David Hollingsworth
David Hollingsworth
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David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch.

Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. 

David started out as a writer for TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007.

Other than watching and writing about telly, David loves playing cricket, going to the cinema, trying to improve his tennis and chasing about after his kids!