Heather Lloyd-Jones - Revision history

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 == Film & Television Credits ==
-– Rogue Elephant (Episode of By an African Camp Fire) (Director: Darcy Conyers),
+– ''Rogue Elephant'' (Episode of ''By an African Camp Fire'') (Director: Darcy Conyers),
-– Where Are You Driving, Mrs. Dean? (Director: Alf Kjellin),
+– ''Where Are You Driving, Mrs. Dean?'' (Director: Alf Kjellin),
-– The Great City (Episode of Armchair Theatre) (Director: Rosemary Hill),
+– ''The Great City'' (Episode of ''Armchair Theatre'') (Director: Rosemary Hill),
-– The Alibi (Episode of Web) (Director: Quentin Lawrence).
+– ''The Alibi'' (Episode of ''Web'') (Director: Quentin Lawrence).
 == Sources ==

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-[[Heather Lloyd-Jones]]  (1936-2004). Actress, dancer and singer.
 == Biography ==
-She retired from the stage in 1974. She then opened an antiques shop in Parkhurst, Johannesburg.
+Heather Lloyd-Jones was born in Grahamstown on 16 September 1935 to Sydney Lloyd-Jones and Phyllis Rautenbach.  She was married twice, first in June 1960 to ballet dancer and choreographer [[Frank Staff]] and then, in 1966, to Norman Westcott.  Both marriages ended in divorce.  She retired from the stage in 1974 and subsequently opened an antiques shop in Parkhurst, Johannesburg.  She died in January 2004, survived by her sons Nicholas and Warren.
-She died in Johannesburg in January 2004, survived by her sons Nicholas and Warren.
+==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Heather joined the [[Brian Brooke Company]] as an assistant stage manager and then rocketed to success in two Broadway hits, ''[[The Seven-Year Itch]]'' and ''[[Teahouse of the August Moon]]'', both staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]], and both directed by [[Michael Finlayson]] during 1955. [[Leon Gluckman]] directed Heather Lloyd-Jones in ''[[Romanoff and Juliet]]'' at the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] in 1958. She starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] production of [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'', in Cape Town circa 1959. It later opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful Johannesburg run. It also starred [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]] , [[Michael Turner]], [[Marjorie Gordon]] and [[Minna Millsten]]. She starred in Thornton Wilder’s, ''[[The Matchmaker]]'', which was staged by [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] in 1959. This enduring show, also starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[John McKelvey]], became the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]''.
 She enjoyed a trio of hits at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1959 – the comedies ''[[Champagne Complex]]'' and ''[[The Moon is Blue]]'', and the comedy-drama ''[[Two for the Seesaw]]''. She starred in the hit musical comedy ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in 1960. [[Frank Staff]] did the choreography for this musical starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[John Whiteley]] and [[Robert Haber]]. It toured all the major cities and the Rhodesias. She starred in Monte Doyle’s ''[[Time to Kill]]'' which was the first production at the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] for 1961. It also starred British actor [[Brian Haines]]. She starred in [[Brian Brooke]]’s commercial hit ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1963. She starred in [[Brian Brooke]]’s ''[[Mary, Mary]]'', which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre|Brooke]] in 1963. It also starred [[John Hayter]] and [[Shirley Firth]].
-She starred in Ronald Millar’s ''[[Abelard and Helöise]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Civic Theatre|Civic]] in 1971 and in Jerome Chodorov’s ''[[A Community of Two]]'', directed by [[Jerome Chodorov|Chodorov]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1974. Together with [[Joe Stewardson]] she starred in ''[[Night of January 16th]]'' at [[His Majesty's Theatre]]  in 1977.
+She starred in Ronald Millar’s ''[[Abelard and Helöise]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Civic Theatre|Civic]] in 1971 and in Jerome Chodorov’s ''[[A Community of Two]]'', directed by [[Jerome Chodorov|Chodorov]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1974. Together with [[Joe Stewardson]] she starred in ''[[Night of January 16th]]'' at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in 1977.
 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.

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 == Biography ==
-Heather was born in Grahamstown. She was married to ballet dancer and choreographer Frank Staff [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Staff]] and the couple had one son. The marriage ended in divorce. She was married to Norman Westcott from 1966 to 1975.
+Heather was born in Grahamstown. She was married to ballet dancer and choreographer [[Frank Staff]] and the couple had one son. The marriage ended in divorce. She was married to Norman Westcott from 1966 to 1975.
 She retired from the stage in 1974. She then opened an antiques shop in Parkhurst, Johannesburg.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Heather joined the [[Brian Brooke Company]] as an assistant stage manager and then rocketed to success in two Broadway hits, ''[[The Seven-Year Itch]]'' and ''[[Teahouse of the August Moon]]'', both staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]], and both directed by [[Michael Finlayson]] during 1955. [[Leon Gluckman]] directed Heather Lloyd-Jones in ''[[Romanoff and Juliet]]'' at the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] in 1958. She starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] production of [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'', in Cape Town circa 1959. It later opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful Johannesburg run. It also starred [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]] , [[Michael Turner]], [[Marjorie Gordon]] and [[Minna Millsten]]. She starred in Thornton Wilder’s, ''[[The Matchmaker]]'', which was staged by [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] in 1959. This enduring show, also starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[John McElvey]], became the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]''.
+Heather joined the [[Brian Brooke Company]] as an assistant stage manager and then rocketed to success in two Broadway hits, ''[[The Seven-Year Itch]]'' and ''[[Teahouse of the August Moon]]'', both staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]], and both directed by [[Michael Finlayson]] during 1955. [[Leon Gluckman]] directed Heather Lloyd-Jones in ''[[Romanoff and Juliet]]'' at the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] in 1958. She starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] production of [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'', in Cape Town circa 1959. It later opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful Johannesburg run. It also starred [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]] , [[Michael Turner]], [[Marjorie Gordon]] and [[Minna Millsten]]. She starred in Thornton Wilder’s, ''[[The Matchmaker]]'', which was staged by [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] in 1959. This enduring show, also starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[John McKelvey]], became the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]''.
 She enjoyed a trio of hits at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1959 – the comedies ''[[Champagne Complex]]'' and ''[[The Moon is Blue]]'', and the comedy-drama ''[[Two for the Seesaw]]''. She starred in the hit musical comedy ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in 1960. [[Frank Staff]] did the choreography for this musical starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[John Whiteley]] and [[Robert Haber]]. It toured all the major cities and the Rhodesias. She starred in Monte Doyle’s ''[[Time to Kill]]'' which was the first production at the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] for 1961. It also starred British actor [[Brian Haines]]. She starred in [[Brian Brooke]]’s commercial hit ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1963. She starred in [[Brian Brooke]]’s ''[[Mary, Mary]]'', which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre|Brooke]] in 1963. It also starred [[John Hayter]] and [[Shirley Firth]].
 She starred in Ronald Millar’s ''[[Abelard and Helöise]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Civic Theatre|Civic]] in 1971 and in Jerome Chodorov’s ''[[A Community of Two]]'', directed by [[Jerome Chodorov|Chodorov]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1974. Together with [[Joe Stewardson]] she starred in ''[[Night of January 16th]]'' at [[His Majesty's Theatre]]  in 1977.
 == Sources ==

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 She retired from the stage in 1974. She thenopened an antiques shop min Parkhurst, Johannesburg.
-Discovered and promoted by [[Adam Leslie]], for whom she played in ***she later played the lead in [[Taubie Kushlick]]’s/[[Brian Brooke]]’s popular production of ''[[Irma la Douce]]'' which brought her fame. Other roles in ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]'' and ''[[Teahouse of the August Moon]]'' (both for [[Brian Brooke]], 1955?), ''[[Time to Kill]] by Monté Doyle (1961), **Left the country in 19** and continued her career in
+Discovered and promoted by [[Adam Leslie]], for whom she played in ***she later played the lead in [[Taubie Kushlick]]’s/[[Brian Brooke]]’s popular production of ''[[Irma la Douce]]'' which brought her fame. Other roles in ''[[The Seven-Year Itch]]'' and ''[[Teahouse of the August Moon]]'' (both for [[Brian Brooke]], 1955?), ''[[Time to Kill]] by Monté Doyle (1961), **Left the country in 19** and continued her career in
 She was married to Norman Westcott fromn 1966 to 1975.

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-LLOYD-JONES, Heather. (19**-) Actress, dancer and singer. Discovered and promoted by [[Adam Leslie]], for whom she played in ***she later played the lead in [[Taubie Kushlick]]’s/[[Brian Brooke]]’s popular production of ''[[Irma la Douce]]'' which brought her fame. Other roles in ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]'' and ''[[Teahouse of the August Moon]]'' (both for [[Brian Brooke]], 1955?), ''[[Time to Kill]] by Monté Doyle (1961), **Left the country in 19** and continued her career in
+LLOYD-JONES, Heather. (19**-2004) Actress, dancer and singer.
 She was married to Norman Westcott fromn 1966 to 1975.
 LLOYD-JONES, Heather. Actress. Grahamstown girl who joined the [[Brian Brooke Company]] as an assistant stage manager and then rocketed to success in two Broadway hits, ''[[The Seven-Year Itch]]'' and ''[[Teahouse of the August Moon]]'', both staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]], and both directed by [[Michael Finlayson]] during 1955. She married the choreographer and former dancer [[Frank Staff]] (later divorced). [[Leon Gluckman]] directed Heather Lloyd-Jones in ''[[Romanoff and Juliet]]'' at the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] in 1958. She starred in [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] production of [[Basil Warner]]’s ''[[Try for White]]'', in Cape Town circa 1959. It later opened at the [[Pretoria Opera House]] before moving to the [[Intimate Theatre]] for the remainder of their highly successful Johannesburg run. It also starred [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Zoë Randall]] , [[Michael Turner]], [[Marjorie Gordon]] and [[Minna Millsten]]. She starred in Thornton Wilder’s, ''[[The Matchmaker]]'', which was staged by [[Leonard Schach]]’s [[Cockpit Players]] in 1959. This enduring show, also starring [[Marjorie Gordon]] as Dolly Levi, [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Michael McGovern]], [[Robert Haber]] and [[John McElvey]], became the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' She enjoyed a trio of hits at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1959 – the comedies ''[[Champagne Complex]]'' and ''[[The Moon is Blue]]'', and the comedy-drama ''[[Two for the Seesaw]]''. She starred in the hit musical comedy ''[[Irma la Douce]]'', staged by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] in 1960. [[Frank Staff]] did the choreography for this musical starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[John Whiteley]] and [[Robert Haber]]. It toured all the major cities and the Rhodesias. She starred in Monte Doyle’s ''[[Time to Kill]]'' which was the first production at the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Reps]] for 1961. It also starred British actor [[Brian Haines]]. She starred in [[Brian Brooke]]’s commercial hit ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in 1963. She starred in [[Brian Brooke]]’s ''[[Mary, Mary]]'', which was staged at the [[Brooke Theatre|Brooke]] in 1963. It also starred [[John Hayter]] and [[Shirley Firth]]. She starred in Ronald Millar’s ''[[Abelard and Helöise]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] at the [[Civic Theatre|Civic]] in 1971. It also starred [[Paul Massie]], [[Margaretta Scott]] and [[Mervyn Johns]]. She starred in [[Jerome Chodorov]]’s ''[[A Community of Two]]'', directed by [[Jerome Chodorov|Chodorov]] at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1974. Together with [[Joe Stewardson]] she starred in ''[[Night of January 16th]]'' at [[His Majesty's Theatre]]  in 1977. In 19** left for England ??*** Retired. *** (Tucker, 1997)