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19**-****). Actor, singer, dancer, director, playwright.
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'''Sydney Chama''' (19**-pre-2005). Actor, singer, dancer, director, playwright.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Born in Durban.
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Born in Durban. He died before 2005, according to a comment in a newspaper article about illustrator Themba Siwela, by Nomfundo Mcetywa, published in ''Sunday Tribune'', 27 November 2005.
  
  
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''[[Clouds]]'' and in ''[[It's a Boy!]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]], ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1991).
 
''[[Clouds]]'' and in ''[[It's a Boy!]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]], ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 1991).
  
Films include ''Operation Delta Force'' (TV Movie - 1997), ''
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Films include ''Operation Delta Force'' (TV Movie - 1997), ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' (1995), ''Freedom Fighter'', ''Ipi-Tombi'' (TV movie) 1982; ''Rage to Kill'', ''Game For Vultures'', ''Zulu Dawn'' (1979) and ''The Wild Geese'' (1978), , ''Ses Soldate'' (1975), etc.
Cry, the Beloved Country'' (1995), ''Freedom Fighter'', ''Ipi-Tombi'' (TV movie) 1982; ''Rage to Kill'', ''Game For Vultures'', ''Zulu Dawn'' (1979) and ''The Wild Geese'' (1978), , ''Ses Soldate'' (1975), etc.
 
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 15:55, 8 May 2017

Sydney Chama (19**-pre-2005). Actor, singer, dancer, director, playwright.

Biography

Born in Durban. He died before 2005, according to a comment in a newspaper article about illustrator Themba Siwela, by Nomfundo Mcetywa, published in Sunday Tribune, 27 November 2005.


Training

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He made his first professional appearance on the stage in Alan Paton's Sponono. Roles in Mkhumbane, Chief Mamba, Phiri, Son of Man, Curse of Blueblood, Meropa, Night of January 16th Clouds and in It's a Boy! for Pieter Toerien, Driving Miss Daisy (Baxter Theatre, 1991).

Films include Operation Delta Force (TV Movie - 1997), Cry, the Beloved Country (1995), Freedom Fighter, Ipi-Tombi (TV movie) 1982; Rage to Kill, Game For Vultures, Zulu Dawn (1979) and The Wild Geese (1978), , Ses Soldate (1975), etc.

Awards, etc

Sources

http://www.baxter.co.za/1991.htm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0150098/

SACD 1977/78; 1979/80; Limelight 1983/84

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