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 ==Biography==
-Born in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, and raised largely in KwaZulu-Natal, he had his schooling at Park Hill High School (matriculating 1975), then studied to become a teacher at the [[Bechet Training College]], but dropped out in his second year of studies to enrol at the [[University of Natal]] for his BA in speech and drama. Then he launched himself into professional acting and musical theatre, inter alia working for The Playhouse Company in Durban and the SABC in Johannesburg, but also working as a sought after freelance performer in various fields.
+Born in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, and raised largely in KwaZulu-Natal, he had his schooling at Park Hill High School (matriculating 1975). Initially he studied to become a teacher at the Bechet Training College, but dropped out in his second year of studies to enroll at the [[University of Natal]] for his BA in speech and drama. Then he launched himself into professional acting and musical theatre, inter alia working for The Playhouse Company in Durban and the SABC in Johannesburg, but also working as a sought after freelance performer in various fields.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	[[NELM]] catalogue.		[[NELM]] catalogue.
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		+	https://iol.co.za/entertainment/tv/2012-05-14-a-first-tim-for-everything/

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 ==Biography==
-Born in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, and raised largely in KwaZulu-Natal, he had his schooling at Park Hill High School (matriculating 1975), then studied speech and drama at the [[University of Natal]] before launching into professional acting and musical theatre, inter alia working for The Playhouse Company in Durban. He also studied with [[Bechet Training College]] at one time.
+Born in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, and raised largely in KwaZulu-Natal, he had his schooling at Park Hill High School (matriculating 1975), then studied to become a teacher at the [[Bechet Training College]], but dropped out in his second year of studies to enrol at the [[University of Natal]] for his BA in speech and drama. Then he launched himself into professional acting and musical theatre, inter alia working for The Playhouse Company in Durban and the SABC in Johannesburg, but also working as a sought after freelance performer in various fields.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 [[SACD]] 1981/82.
-[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 430, 446, 454, 485, 501.
+[[Percy Tucker]] 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]], 1997, pp 430, 446, 454, 485, 501.
 https://www.facebook.com/sam.e.marais/

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		+	https://za.linkedin.com/in/sam-marais-b8088132

	[[NELM]] catalogue.		[[NELM]] catalogue.

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	[[Sam Marais]] (19**-) is a South African actor, singer, and stage entertainer with a prolific career spanning television, theatre, and [[cabaret]].		[[Sam Marais]] (19**-) is a South African actor, singer, and stage entertainer with a prolific career spanning television, theatre, and [[cabaret]].
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		+	Also found as '''[[Sam E. Marais]]'''.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997. 430, 446, 454, 485, 501.		[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997. 430, 446, 454, 485, 501.
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		+	https://www.facebook.com/sam.e.marais/

	[[NELM]] catalogue.		[[NELM]] catalogue.

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	[[Sam Marais]] (19**-) is a South African actor, singer, and stage entertainer with a prolific career spanning television, theatre, and [[cabaret]].		[[Sam Marais]] (19**-) is a South African actor, singer, and stage entertainer with a prolific career spanning television, theatre, and [[cabaret]].
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		+	==Biography==
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		+	Born in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, and raised largely in KwaZulu-Natal, he had his schooling at Park Hill High School (matriculating 1975), then studied speech and drama at the [[University of Natal]] before launching into professional acting and musical theatre, inter alia working for The Playhouse Company in Durban.

	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-[[Sam Marais]] (19**-). Actor.
+[[Sam Marais]] (19**-) is a South African actor, singer, and stage entertainer with a prolific career spanning television, theatre, and [[cabaret]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Performed in ''[[The Thorn Child]]'', ''[[Met Permissie Gesê]]'' (at the [[Market Theatre]]), ''[[Putsonderwater]]'' (with TRUK), ''[[Evita]]'' (with PACT), as The Master in ''[[Godspell]]'', directed by [[Des Lindberg]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]] at the [[Civic Theatre]] for [[PACT]] in May 1986 and at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria in 1985, ''[[Movin']]'' at [[Sun City]] in 1987, ''[[Ain’t Misbehavin’]]'' at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] in 1990 and as Judas in ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' at the [[Natal Playhouse]] in 1991.
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 == Sources ==
 [[SACD]] 1981/82.