Brenda Wood
Brenda Wood (19*-). Actress on stage, radio and television.
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Biography
Born, educated and trained in Johannesburg. Moved to Cape Town in the mid 1980s.
Training
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Among the plays she appeared in are:
Billy Liar (1968),
I Never Sang for My Father (as "Alice", 1975),
The Winslow Boy (The Sandowners 1975),
The Cat and the Canary (1978),
Doctor on the Boil (1979),
Cause Célèbre (for Pieter Toerien, 1978),
The Cocktail Party (for Prester John Enterprises),
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1980).
Other roles include **, "Miss Daisy" in Driving Miss Daisy 1991. Starred in Brickhill-Burke’s production of Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers together with Melody O'Brian, Lynne Maree and Hal Orlandini at His Majesty's Theatre in 1980, Torch Song Trilogy (1984), The Man Most Likely To (1985), Tramway Road (1985), Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (1989), Steel Magnolias (1990), Kvetch, Bodey in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (1990), Murder in the Cathedral (1992), Heliotrope Bouquet (1994), People are Living There (as Milly, 1995), Under Milkwood (1995).
She has worked extensively in SABC Radio productions, appeared in the TV series Game and in the film That Englishwoman.
Awards, etc
Fleur du Cap Theatre Award award year 1992, Best Actress, 1991 for her role in Driving Miss Daisy.
Sources
SACD 1979/80, 1980/81.
Tucker, 1997.
Sources of the various productions.
Amazwi Literary Awards database.
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