Diane Wilson - Revision history

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 == Biography ==
-She was born in Pietermaritsburg
+She was born in Pietermaritsburg,
 She married [[Gordon Mulholland]] in 1963 and they had two children. In 1980 she married [[Alastair Yiull]].
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 Diane's acting career started at nine in Durban. She remembers her first role as "Puck" in [[Joan Brickhill]]'s production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. First discovered by [[Adam Leslie]] as a child actress and started her professional career in 1957, playing the Cockney waitress in [[Brian Brooke]]'s production of ''[[Separate Tables]]'', directed by [[Leonard Schach]].
-She worked for [[PACT]] between 1974 and 1976.  In 1978 she joined [[CAPAB]], where she stayed on as a core member of the ensemble till her contract was cancelled in the down-scaling excercises of 1997. She then became a freelance actress, working primarily for the [[Baxter Theatre]] and touring her one-woman show ''[[Conversations with Virginia Woolf]]''.
+She worked for [[PACT]] between 1974 and 1976.  In 1978 she joined [[CAPAB]], where she stayed on as a core member of the ensemble till her contract was cancelled in the down-scaling exercises of 1997.
-She has been to Britain, did television plays for the BBC and repertory work in York.
+She then became a freelance actress, working primarily for the [[Baxter Theatre]] and touring her one-woman show ''[[Conversations with Virginia Woolf]]''.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-She has appeared on stage in ''[[The Amorous Prawn]]'' at the [[Alexander Theatre]] (September 1961) and played a lead in Clare Boothe’s ''[[The Women]]'' for [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Leon Gluckman]]. Played in ''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'' directed by [[Ricky Arden]] in 1962 and acted for the [[Cockpit Players]] in ''[[The Corn is Green]]'', ''[[The Birthday Party]]'' and ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]''.
+She acted in ''[[The Reluctant Debutante]]'' in 1956 with [[Brian Brooke]] in the [[Hofmeyer Theatre]].
 Other fine performances for the [[Performing Arts Councils]] include leads in ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1981 and 1996),  ''[[Kindertransport]]'' (1997)  and the hugely successful local comedy ''[[Glassroots]]'' ([[Fiona Coyne]], 2000).

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	Interview with Astrid Stark published in ''[[Cape Times]]'', 19 May 2011.		Interview with Astrid Stark published in ''[[Cape Times]]'', 19 May 2011.
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		+	[[Die Burger]], 4 March 2021.

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 In 2011 she acted in ''[[Careful]]'', a play by [[Fiona Coyne]] at [[Artscape]], Cape Town.  ''[[Conversations With Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein and  a Companion]]'' and ''[[Funny Girl]]'', also ''[[Zelda]]''.
-She also played the lead in a large number of television and film dramas, like ''[[Arende]]'' earning an Artes Award for TV in 1980 (for ''[[The Gioconda Smile]]'').She also appeared in ''[[Vlug na Egipte]]'' by [[Paul C. Venter]].
+She also played the lead in a large number of television and film dramas, like ''[[Arende]]''. She also appeared in ''[[Vlug na Egipte]]'' by [[Paul C. Venter]].
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 == Awards, etc ==
 Won a Best Actress Award in 1974 for ''[[Twigs]]''.
 A consummate stage actress, she has won numerous awards over the years, including ''[[Twigs]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress,1982), ''[[The Spare Room]]'' (1983), ''[[Shirley Valentine]]'' (multiple awards, including [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1992), ''[[Grace and Glorie]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1998), ''[[Glass Roots]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 2000.

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 She starred in the [[PACT]] production of [[Arthur Miller]]’s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', ''[[Our Town]]'' in 1976, Feydeau’s ''[[A Flea in her Ear]]'' in 1976 and the revival of the musical ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off]]'' together [[David Gilchrist]] for [[PACT]] in 1976.
-She starred in William Luce’s ''[[Zelda]]'' directed by [[Michael Atkinson]] at the [[Adcock-Ingram]] in August 1987, ''[[Gulls]]'' which [[Keith Grenville]] directed in 1987/1988,  ''[[Shirley Valentine]]'' in 1993 and ''[[Your's Anne]]'' in 1994. She performed in ''[[Glass Roots]]'' in 2001.
+She starred in William Luce’s ''[[Zelda]]'' directed by [[Michael Atkinson]] at the [[Adcock-Ingram]] in August 1987, ''[[Gulls]]'' which [[Keith Grenville]] directed in 1987/1988, [[Shakespeare's Macbet6h]] by [[Heiner Müller]] in 1989.  ''[[Shirley Valentine]]'' in 1993 and ''[[Your's Anne]]'' in 1994. She performed in ''[[Glass Roots]]'' in 2001.
-She also played the lead in a large number of television and film dramas, earning an Artes Award for TV in 1980 (for ''[[The Gioconda Smile]]'').
+In 2011 she acted in ''[[Careful]]'', a play by [[Fiona Coyne]] at [[Artscape]], Cape Town.  ''[[Conversations With Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein and  a Companion]]'' and ''[[Funny Girl]]'', also ''[[Zelda]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==

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−	[[Diane Wilson]] (1941- ) us a ~~tage~~, film, radio and TV actress and director.	+	[[Diane Wilson]] (1941- ) is a stage, film, radio and TV actress and director.

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 == Sources ==
 [[SACD]] 1973; 1975/76; 1977/78; 1978/79.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.