Hazel Casson

Hazel Casson (19**-) Actress.

Training
She studied under Rosalie van der Gucht at the University of Cape Town

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She appeared as Desdemona in Othello, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Sabina in The Skin of our Teeth besides a dozen other productions at the Little Theatre and for the Brian Brooke Company in the 1940s.

She was a member of National Theatre in Dear Brutus.

She alternated with Vivien Drummond as Sheila Birling in An Inspector Calls.

She also had roles in The Lady's not for Burning, Berkeley Square, Suspect and The Six Wives of Calais.

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