Cornelia Wagner

Cornelia Wagner (fl. 1920s) was an amateur actress.

Biography

Born Cornelia Johanna Wagner in the Humansdorp district in the Eastern Cape, she became a student in Stellenbosch, where she became a member of the Unie-debatsvereniging.

In 1925 she met and married a fellow member, J.F.W. Grosskopf, and in 1926 played the lead in their 1926 production of D.F. Malherbe's play Koringboere, directed by her husband.

Sources

Binge, 1969.

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