Difference between revisions of "Shirley Hepburn"

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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Performed in ''[[The Light of Heart]]'' by Emlyn Williams for the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|REPS]] in 1943. She starred in Sandy Wilson’s ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in May 1957.  
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Performed in ''[[The Light of Heart]]'' by Emlyn Williams for the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|REPS]] in 1943. Other productions include ''[[They Came to a City]]'', ''[[Laura]]'', ''[[Life With Father]]'', ''[[The Corn is Green]]'', all in the 1940s for the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]].
  
She played the title role in ''[[Auntie Mame]]'', [[Jerome Lawrence]] and [[Robert E. Lee]]’s adaptation of Patrick Dennis’s book which [[Taubie Kushlick]] directed at the [[Brooke Theatre|Brooke]] in 1965. [[Adam Leslie]] did costumes.
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She starred in Sandy Wilson’s ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in May 1957.  
  
Other productions include ''[[They Came to a City]]'', ''[[Laura]]'', ''[[Life With Father]]'', ''[[The Corn is Green]]'', all in the 1940s for the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]].
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She played the title role in ''[[Auntie Mame]]'', [[Jerome Lawrence]] and Robert E. Lee’s adaptation of Patrick Dennis’s book which [[Taubie Kushlick]] directed at the [[Brooke Theatre|Brooke]] in 1965. [[Adam Leslie]] did costumes.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 13:42, 15 April 2016

HEPBURN, Shirley. (19*-) Actress.

Biography

Her daughter is Moonyeen Lee.


Youth

Training

Career

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

Performed in The Light of Heart by Emlyn Williams for the REPS in 1943. Other productions include They Came to a City, Laura, Life With Father, The Corn is Green, all in the 1940s for the Johannesburg Repertory Society.

She starred in Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend which was staged at the Brooke Theatre in May 1957.

She played the title role in Auntie Mame, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s adaptation of Patrick Dennis’s book which Taubie Kushlick directed at the Brooke in 1965. Adam Leslie did costumes.

Awards, etc

Sources

Tucker, 1997. 20, 107, 205.

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