Joy Stewart-Spence - Revision history

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STEWART-SPENCE, Joy (19**-) Actress

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===

=== Training ===

=== Career ===

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Performed in ''[[For Love or Money]]'' (for A.T. Productions).

She starred in [[Pieter Toerien]]’s production of Michael Frayn’s ''[[Noises Off]]'' together with [[Rex Garner]], [[Eckard Rabe]], [[Clare Marshall]], [[Ralph Lawson]] and [[Kenneth Baker]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] in 1983. It returned later that same year for another run.

Plays include ''[[Gulls]]'' (directed by [[Keith Grenville]], 1987).

== Sources ==
[[SACD]] 1980/81.

[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.

== Awards, etc ==
[[Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Molly in ''[[Gulls]]'', award year 1988.

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-STEWART-SPENCE, Joy (19**-) British-born actress on stage and television.
+[[Joy Stewart-Spence]] (1924-1999). British-born actress on stage and television.
 == Biography ==
-She settled in South Africa in 1979.
+She was born on 30 August, 1924 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England as Muriel Joy Rowson. She settled in South Africa in 1979, where she died on 18 June, 1999.
 === Training ===
-Joy spent two years training in every backstage department at the Northampton Repertory Theatre - except acting. This ommission was rectified by repertory and tours from the one end of the UK to the other.
+Joy spent two years training in every backstage department at the Northampton Repertory Theatre - except acting. This omission was rectified by repertory and tours from the one end of the UK to the other.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Her first appearance on stage in South Africa was in ''[[Boeing-Boeing]]'' in 1972.
+Her first appearance on stage in South Africa was in ''[[Boeing-Boeing]]'' in 1972. She also performed in ''[[For Love or Money]]'' (for A.T. Productions).
 She starred in [[Pieter Toerien]]’s production of Michael Frayn’s ''[[Noises Off]]'' together with [[Rex Garner]], [[Eckard Rabe]], [[Clare Marshall]], [[Ralph Lawson]] and [[Kenneth Baker]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] in 1983. It returned later that same year for another run.
-Plays include ''[[Gulls]]'' (directed by [[Keith Grenville]], 1987), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1990).
+Other productions include ''[[Bedroom Farce]]'' (as Delia, 1982), ''[[Stepping Out]]'' (as Vera, 1985), ''[[Gulls]]'' (directed by [[Keith Grenville]], 1987), ''[[Thark]]'' ([[CAPAB]] 1990), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (as Ouiser, 1990), ''[[Whose Life is it Anyway?]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]] 1990s).
 On South African televsion she is best known for her role as Alice Westgate in ''[[Westgate]]''.
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 She starred in [[Pieter Toerien]]’s production of Michael Frayn’s ''[[Noises Off]]'' together with [[Rex Garner]], [[Eckard Rabe]], [[Clare Marshall]], [[Ralph Lawson]] and [[Kenneth Baker]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] in 1983. It returned later that same year for another run.
-Plays include ''[[Gulls]]'' (directed by [[Keith Grenville]], 1987).
+Plays include ''[[Gulls]]'' (directed by [[Keith Grenville]], 1987), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1990).
 On South African televsion she is best known for her role as Alice Westgate in ''[[Westgate]]''.

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 === Training ===
-Joy spent two years training in every backstage department at the Nothampton Repertory Theatre - except acting. This ommission was rectified by repertory and tours from the one end of the UK to the other.
+Joy spent two years training in every backstage department at the Northampton Repertory Theatre - except acting. This ommission was rectified by repertory and tours from the one end of the UK to the other.
 === Career ===

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-STEWART-SPENCE, Joy (19**-) British-born actress.
+STEWART-SPENCE, Joy (19**-) British-born actress on stage and television.
 == Biography ==
+She settled in South Africa in 1979.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-Her first appearance on stage in South Africa was in ''[[Boeing-Boeing]]'' in 197*.
+Her first appearance on stage in South Africa was in ''[[Boeing-Boeing]]'' in 1972.
 Performed in ''[[For Love or Money]]'' (for A.T. Productions).
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 Plays include ''[[Gulls]]'' (directed by [[Keith Grenville]], 1987).
 == Sources ==

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 == Awards, etc ==
-[[Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Molly in ''[[Gulls]]'', award year 1988.
+[[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Molly in ''[[Gulls]]'', award year 1988.
 == Return to ==