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(****-****). Actor. Performed in ''[[Edith Piaf – No Regrets]]'', ''[[Annie]]'', ''[[The Archon]]'' (with [[PACT]]), ''[[Christian]]'' and in ''[[They’re Playing Our Song]]''. ([[SACD]] 1980/81)  
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'''Michael de Pinna''' (19**- ) is an English-born South African actor, singer, dancer and television presenter, best known as the leopard-skinned yuppie buffoon in the "Yebo gogo" Vodacom television commercials.
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Stage productions include: ''[[Let’s Do It]]'' at the new [[Village Manor Theatre]] (1991); [[Joyce Levinsohn]] Productions and [[PACT]]’s ''[[Oliver!]]'' at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] (1991); Michael Pertwee’s ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] (1992); James Sherman’s ''[[Beau Jest]]'' (1993); ''[[Murder in Green Meadows]]'' (1994); ''[[The Fan]]'' (1994); ''[[Edith Piaf – No Regrets]]''; ''[[Annie]]''; ''[[The Archon]]'' (with [[PACT]]); ''[[Christian]]''; ''[[They’re Playing Our Song]]'';
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== Sources ==
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([[SACD]] 1980/81)  
  
DE PINNA, Michael. (19*-) Actor. Famous as the comic character in the immensely popular 1990s Vodacom ads, co-starring [[Kole Omotoso]]. * He starred in ''[[Let’s Do It]]'' at the new [[Village Manor Theatre]] in 1991. He starred in [[Joyce Levinsohn]] Productions and [[PACT]]’s ''[[Oliver!]]'' at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] in 1991. He starred in Michael Pertwee’s ''[[Birds of Paradise]]'' at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1992. He starred in James Sherman’s ''[[Beau Jest]]'' in 1993, ''[[Murder in Green Meadows]]'' and ''[[The Fan]]'' in 1994 **
 
  
  

Revision as of 08:40, 20 June 2016

Michael de Pinna (19**- ) is an English-born South African actor, singer, dancer and television presenter, best known as the leopard-skinned yuppie buffoon in the "Yebo gogo" Vodacom television commercials.

Stage productions include: Let’s Do It at the new Village Manor Theatre (1991); Joyce Levinsohn Productions and PACT’s Oliver! at the Windybrow Theatre (1991); Michael Pertwee’s Birds of Paradise at the Alhambra Theatre (1992); James Sherman’s Beau Jest (1993); Murder in Green Meadows (1994); The Fan (1994); Edith Piaf – No Regrets; Annie; The Archon (with PACT); Christian; They’re Playing Our Song;


Sources

(SACD 1980/81)


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