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Contribution to SA theatre and film

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(****-****). Actress. Performed in Let Yourself Go, Robert and Elizabeth, Big Bad Mouse, Jockey Club Stakes, Move Over Mrs. Markham and Adam’s Speck-tacular. (SACD 1974) (SACD 1975/76)

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-Performed in ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'',''[[ Robert and Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', ''[[Jockey Club Stakes]]'', ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' and ''[[Adam's Speck-tacular]]''.
+Performed in ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'',''[[ Robert and Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'', ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' and ''[[Adam's Speck-tacular]]''.
 == Sources ==
 [[SACD]] 1974; 1975/76.
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 The following year [[Gaby Getz]] moved to Johannesburg and was well on her way to becoming an established film actress on the South African scene.
-She landed minor roles in two musicals for [[African Consolidated Theatres]], ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'', with [[Michael Bentine]] and Robert and Elizabeth.
+She landed minor roles in two musicals for [[African Consolidated Theatres]], ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'', with [[Michael Bentine]] and ''[[Robert and Elizabeth]]''.
 Then the famous British comedian [[Jimmy Edwards]] came to South Africa with the comedy ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', and Gaby was cast with him.
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 The director of the film [[Boland!]], [[Ivan Hall]], said of Gaby: “It is very seldom that an actress puts as much serious thought and professionalism into her work as Gaby does. She will go far.”
 == Sources ==

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−	[[Gaby Getz]] (19**-). ~~Actress~~.	+	[[Gaby Getz]] born [[Gabrielle van der Riet]], Port Elizabeth, (1940- ) was a Producer, Film Actress and Stage Actress.
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		+	== Background ==
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		+	In 1946 a six-year-old Port Elizabeth girl [[Gabrielle van der Riet]] decided she was going to be an operatic soprano.
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		+	For her size and age she had a strong, sweet, voice. Her parents encouraged her to follow her dream and to become a soprano singer.
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		+	Then one day, while rehearsing a difficult passage one morning her, her voice broke on the top note.
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		+	She was quite ready to forget about the vocal crack but a well-meaning friend tried to encourage her by telling her she could still be a fine contralto.
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		+	The young girl’s vision of being a ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' or ''[[Aida]]'' was replaced by visions of the witch in ''[[Il Travatore]]'' and ''[[Carmen]]''.
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		+	But Gabrielle was either going to be a soprano or nothing.
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		+	Thus it was, in 1967, aged 17, Gabrielle forgot about her singing and turned to straight acting.
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		+	In her early 20s, Gaby spent part of her time in England and part near the Kalahari.
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		+	==Contribution to SA theatre and film==
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		+	In 1963, aged 23, Gaby returned to Port Elizabeth and swept onto the amateur stage in the [[Pemads]] production of ''[[The Trial of Mary Dugan]]'', directed by [[Charles Vernon]].
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		+	She was a great success and she appeared in several plays – Shakespeare, musicals, comedy and drama – and directed [[John Osborne]]’s ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' in 1966.
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		+	Her directional debut in a major play followed her success in directing prize-winning school productions for her old school, St Dominic’s Priory, and the 1965 [[Salters’ Cup]] play festival, which she won an award with ''[[The Death of Bessie Smith]]''.
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		+	In 1966 Gaby’s intensive thought was obvious when she produced ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' on the Port Elizabeth amateur stage.
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		+	In 1967, Gaby went to the East London theatre group, the [[Garrick Players]], to play [[Beatrice]] in Shakespeare’s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.
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		+	Her portrayal was described as “magical in a professional performance beyond criticism”.
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		+	Shortly afterwards Port Elizabeth’s “Mr Showbiz” [[Frank Rogaly]], advised her to enroll as a student at [[Anne Freed’s Theatre School]] in Durban.
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		+	[[Gabrielle van der Riet]] took her last look at her backstage dressing room at a Port Elizabeth theatre, closed the door, walked away and moved to Durban.
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		+	That was the end of [[Gabrielle van der Riet]], the amateur actress and director and a few months later she was reborn as [[Gaby Getz]], a professional actress, on the Durban and Johannesburg stages.
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		+	Among her tutors at [[Anne Freed’s Theatre School]] was Catherine King, the academy’s senior voice coach.
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		+	The following year [[Gaby Getz]] moved to Johannesburg and was well on her way to becoming an established film actress on the South African scene.
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		+	She landed minor roles in two musicals for [[African Consolidated Theatres]], ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'', with [[Michael Bentine]] and Robert and Elizabeth.
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		+	Then the famous British comedian [[Jimmy Edwards]] came to South Africa with the comedy ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', and Gaby was cast with him.
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		+	But she found film more appealing and eventually she landed a small roles in ''[[Mr Kingstreet’s War]]'', with overseas actors [[John Saxon]] and [[Tippi Hedren]], and in ''[[Taxi]]'' the South African film version of the popular radio series by [[Joe Stewardson], with co-stars [[Tony Jay]], [[George Korelin]] and [[Pat Sanders]].
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		+	[[Hymie Udwin]] gave her a role in the Johannesburg run of the wildly successful farce, ''[[Move Over, Mrs Markham]]'', with [[Rex Garner]] and [[Shelagh Holliday]] but she was still only being cast as the “dumb blonde”.
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		+	This was her first major senior role.
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		+	Because she was so beautiful her dramatic potential was being overlooked in films but she stuck it out until film director [[Ivan Hall]] offered her a starring role as the selfish, impetuous, warmhearted sophisticate, Agnes, in ''[[Dans van die Flamink]].'' an adaptation of the then-popular radio series along with [[Sigfried Mynhardt]], [[John Boulter]], [[Rod Alexander]], [[Johan Swanepoel]] and [[Sandra Britz]].
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		+	She also starred in another [[Cavalier Films]] production, ''[[Boland!]]'' in which she appeared with [[Chris du Toit]], [[Wena Naude]], [[James White]], [[Fred Stevens]] and [[Annamey Brink]].
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		+	In 1971 she returned to the stage and in 1972 appeared in ''[[An Evening of Victorian Music Hall and Melodrama]]'' at the [[Chastity Belt]].
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		+	Gaby Getz has also appeared in other major South African films such as [[Funeral for an Assassin]], produced by [[Cavalier Films]] and [[Ivanwait Productions]].
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		+	This movie was filmed in and around Johannesburg, with an American film star, [[Vic Morrow]], in the leading role.
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		+	With Morrow and Gaby in the cast are the English actor, [[Peter van Dissel]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Stuart Parker]] and [[John Boulter]].
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		+	In 1971 Gaby Getz acted in [[Mister Kingstreet’s War]], [[Three Bullets for a Long Gun]].
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		+	Her 1974 films were [[Funeral for an Assassin]], [[Olie Kolonie]] and [[Dans van die Flamink]].
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		+	In 1976 she took part in [[Die Rebel]] and [[Erfgoed is Sterfgoed]].
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		+	The director of the film [[Boland!]], [[Ivan Hall]], said of Gaby: “It is very seldom that an actress puts as much serious thought and professionalism into her work as Gaby does. She will go far.”
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	[[Weekend Post Parade]], magazine, May 11, 1974.
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−	~~==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==~~
	Performed in ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'',''[[ Robert and Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', ''[[Jockey Club Stakes]]'', ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' and ''[[Adam's Speck-tacular]]''.		Performed in ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'',''[[ Robert and Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', ''[[Jockey Club Stakes]]'', ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' and ''[[Adam's Speck-tacular]]''.

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−	(**-~~**~~). Actress. Performed in ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'',''[[ Robert and Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', ''[[Jockey Club Stakes]]'', ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' and ''[[~~Adam’s~~ Speck-tacular]]''. ([[SACD]] 1974~~) ([[SACD]]~~ 1975/76)	+	[[Gaby Getz]] (19**-). Actress.
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		+	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
		+	Performed in ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'',''[[ Robert and Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', ''[[Jockey Club Stakes]]'', ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' and ''[[Adam's Speck-tacular]]''.
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		+	== Sources ==
		+	[[SACD]] 1974; 1975/76.

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−	(**-**). Actress. Performed in Let Yourself Go, Robert and Elizabeth, Big Bad Mouse, Jockey Club Stakes, Move Over Mrs. Markham and Adam’s Speck-tacular. (SACD 1974) (SACD 1975/76)	+	(**-**). Actress. Performed in ''[[Let Yourself Go]]'',''[[ Robert and Elizabeth]]'', ''[[Big Bad Mouse]]'', ''[[Jockey Club Stakes]]'', ''[[Move Over Mrs. Markham]]'' and ''[[Adam’s Speck-tacular]]''. ([[SACD]] 1974) ([[SACD]] 1975/76)
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