Adrienne Pearce
Adrienne Pearce (19**-). Actress.
Also found as Adrienne Pearse or Adrienne Pierce
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performed in The Way it Was, I Love my Wife, The Merry Widow, Info Scandals (at the Market Theatre), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (for Des and Dawn Lindberg), The Merchant of Venice (at the Market Theatre), Pyjama Tops (for Toerien/Firth), An Arabian Night (at the Market Theatre), Marico Moonshine and Mampoer, Forbidden Fruits, Softer than Rock, Cry, the Beloved Country, (2003), Fangs (as "Jugular Vain"), Accommodations (as "Pat"), The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte, Mitzi Blitz (as "Crepe Suzette") and Aladdin for the Baxter Theatre (as "Aladdin"), The Boy Who Fell from the Roof (2005/2007), The Insatiables (Theatre on the Bay, 2009), Mary and the Conquerer 2013.
Film work includes the lead role of "Stephanie" in The Shadowed Mind (1988 - wrongly billed as Adrienne Pierce in some cases)
Awards, etc
She was nominated for a Naledi Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mary and the Conquerer 2013.
Sources
SACD 1978/79; 1979/80; 1980/81.
Torch Song Trilogy programme notes, 1984.
Cape Times, 7 July 2003.
Cape Times 31 Oct 2005.
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