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

In fact, the Russell family matriarch left enough hurt feelings and resentment in her path that when asked if Bertha has become the show’s biggest villain Coon gleefully exclaims, “I hope so!”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Bertha told me she took y’all to Roho’s colony.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas