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'''Hettie Uys''' (b. 1924) was an occasional film actress.

== Biography ==

Hester Jacoba van Rooyen was born on 14 January 1924 and married a fellow mathematics teacher, Jacobus Johannes Uys, in Boksburg on 24 May 1945. After their marriage they settled on a farm in what was then the Northern Transvaal (today’s Limpopo Province). The farm was to be the location of [[Jamie Uys]]’s first film. ''[[Daar Doer in die Bosveld]]'' was shot in 1949/1950 with a second-hand 16mm camera and because there was no funding of any kind, it was virtually a one-man show. As a result Hettie Uys became an actress by default, playing the love interest opposite her husband.
She acted in four more films for him – ''[[50-50]]'' (1953), ''[[Daar Doer in die Stad]]'' (1954), ''[[Die Bosvelder]]'' (1958) and ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' (1962) – and her only film with another director was [[Elmo de Witt]]’s ''[[Debbie]]'' (1965), which was produced by [[Jamie Uys Films]].
She is also credited as one of the animators on ''[[Beautiful People]]'' (1974).

The couple had three children. Their daughters Kobie and Marietjie both made a brief appearance in ''[[Daar Doer in the Bosveld]]'' and Marietjie had a major role in ''[[Daar Doer in die Stad]]''. Their son, Wynand, played the title role in ''[[Dirkie]]'' / ''[[Lost in [the Desert]]'' (1969). Previously he had a part in his father’s ''[[Die Professor en die Prikkelpop]]'' / ''[[The Professor and the Beauty Queen]]'' (1967) and in a short made for the Union Castle line entitled ''A Farmer Sailed over the Ocean'' / ''Hoe Ry die Boere Seil-Seil So'', produced by [[Jamie Uys]], but directed by [[Judex Viljoen]].

== Sources ==

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm (1982)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4588571/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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 She is also credited as one of the animators on ''[[Beautiful People]]'' (1974).
-The couple had three children.  Their daughters Kobie and Marietjie both made a brief appearance in ''[[Daar Doer in the Bosveld]]'' and Marietjie had a major role in ''[[Daar Doer in die Stad]]''.  Their son, Wynand, played the title role in ''[[Dirkie]]'' / ''[[Lost in the Desert]]'' (1969).  Previously he had a part in his father’s ''[[Die Professor en die Prikkelpop]]'' / ''[[The Professor and the Beauty Queen]]'' (1967) and in a short made for the Union Castle line entitled ''A Farmer Sailed over the Ocean'' / ''Hoe Ry die Boere Seil-Seil So'', produced by [[Jamie Uys]], but directed by [[Judex Viljoen]].
+The couple had three children.  Their daughters Kobie and Marietjie both made a brief appearance in ''[[Daar Doer in the Bosveld]]'' and Marietjie had a major role in ''[[Daar Doer in die Stad]]''.  Their son, Wynand, played the title role in ''[[Dirkie]]'' / ''[[Lost in the Desert]]'' (1969).  Previously he had a part in his father’s ''[[Die Professor en die Prikkelpop]]'' / ''[[The Professor and the Beauty Queen]]'' (1967) and in a short made for the Union Castle line entitled ''A Farmer Sailed over the Ocean'' / ''Hoe Ry die Boere Seil-Seil So'', produced by [[Jamie Uys]], but directed by [[Judex C. Viljoen]].
 == Sources ==

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 == Biography ==
-Hester Jacoba van Rooyen was born on 14 January 1924 and married a fellow mathematics teacher, Jacobus Johannes Uys, in Boksburg on 24 May 1945.  After their marriage they settled on a farm in what was then the Northern Transvaal (today’s Limpopo Province).  The farm was to be the location of [[Jamie Uys]]’s first film.  ''[[Daar Doer in die Bosveld]]'' was shot in 1949/1950 with a second-hand 16mm camera and because there was no funding of any kind, it was virtually a one-man show.  As a result Hettie Uys became an actress by default, playing the love interest opposite her husband.
+Hester Jacoba van Rooyen was born on 14 January 1924 and married a fellow mathematics teacher, Jacobus Johannes Uys, in Boksburg on 24 May 1945.  After their marriage they settled on a farm in what was then the Northern Transvaal (today’s Limpopo Province).  The farm was to be the location of [[Jamie Uys]]’s first film.  ''[[Daar Doer in die Bosveld]]''.  It was shot in 1949/1950 with a second-hand 16mm camera and because there was no funding of any kind, it was virtually a one-man show.  As a result Hettie Uys became an actress by default, playing the love interest opposite her husband.
 She acted in four more films for him – ''[[50-50]]'' (1953), ''[[Daar Doer in die Stad]]'' (1954), ''[[Die Bosvelder]]'' (1958) and ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' (1962) – and her only film with another director was [[Elmo de Witt]]’s ''[[Debbie]]'' (1965), which was produced by [[Jamie Uys Films]].
 She is also credited as one of the animators on ''[[Beautiful People]]'' (1974).