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Actress. Also found as [[Jennie Gratus]]. 


She acted in ''[[The Critic]]'' (1954). Starred in Christopher Fry’s ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' which was presented by the [[Arena Theatre Company]] and staged at the [[YMCA|Johannesburg YMCA]] in 1956, also starring [[Robert Lang]] and [[Will Jamieson]]. She starred in The [[Company of Three]]’s production of the hard-hitting American drama, ''[[A Hatful of Rain]]'', which was directed by [[Stuart Brown]]  and staged at the [[Library Theatre]] in 1957. Also starring [[Ivan Berold]] and [[Marjorie Gordon]]. She played the lead in [[Kushlick-Gluckman]]’s revival of Clare Boothe’s ''[[The Women]]'' at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1961. [[Anthony Farmer]] designed and [[Shirley Firth]], [[Valerie Miller]] and [[Diane Wilson]] also played leads. She starred in [[Trap For a Lonely Man]] which  [[James Gillhouley]] directed for the the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1966. She married [[Boris Cohen]]. She starred in the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] production of ''[[Seidman and Son]]'' together with [[David Kossoff]] and [[Simon Kossoff]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] in 1967.  In 1974 she acted in [[Whites]], a short film directed by [[Terence Hammond]] and also featuring [[Bill Flynn]] and [[Japhta Mphokana]].

GRATUS, Jenny. (19*-) Actress. *** Roles in ***, [[Kushlick-Gluckman]]’s revival of Clare Boothe’s ''[[The Women]]'' at the [[Intimate Theatre]] (1961).She starred in [[Noël Coward]]’s ''[[Present Laughter]]'', directed by [[Charles Hickman]] as the final production for [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]] in 1969. It was staged at the [[Alexander Theatre]] and also starred [[Bernard Brown]], [[Margaret Inglis]] and [[Gordon Mulholland]] * (Tucker, 1997)


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