bertha

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They play Bertha and Seth Holley, the married proprietors of the boarding house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

As Ms. Weinman tells it, by the early 1990s state Rep. Bertha Holt had been trying to get a law passed for more than 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Her Bertha is the kindly, nurturing counterweight to Seth’s badgering boisterousness, a quality Morris infuses with just enough avuncular affection.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Dolores Bertha Schmidt was born in San Francisco on Aug. 21, 1919, the oldest of three children.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

“And your croaking, if called for. And we shall not rest until Bertha is found and securely leashed, for her safe return to this very POE. Understood?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood