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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
She is married to actor [[Cobus Rossouw]]. Their daughters [[Susan Rossouw]] and  [[Wilmien Rossouw]] are also an actresses. Their son, Cobus Rossouw jr., is the director of televison productions such as ''Kruispad'' and ''Getroud met Rugby''.  
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She is married to actor [[Cobus Rossouw]]. Their daughters [[Susan Rossouw]] and  [[Wilmien Rossouw]] are also actresses. Their son, Cobus Rossouw jr., is the director of televison productions such as ''Kruispad'' and ''Getroud met Rugby''.  
  
  
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=== Career ===
 
=== Career ===
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Between 198* and 199* she was Head of Afrikaans Television Drama?* at the SABC.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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On stage she has appeared in ''[[Huit Femmes|Agt Vroue]]'' (1965), ''[[Cape Charade or Kaatje Kekkelbek]]'' (1968), ''[[Tartuffe]]'' (1968), ''[[The Idiot|Die Idioot]]'' by [[Dostoyevsky]], directed by [[Jo Gevers]] for [[CAPAB]](1969), ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' (1969),  ''[[Moeder Hanna]]'' (1970), ''[[Richard III]]'' (1968/9), ''[[The Proposal|Ouers-Vra]]'' (1970), ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' (several productions), ''[[La Puce à l'oreille|Hond se Gedagte]]'' (1971), ''[[Die Selfmoordenaar]]'' (1973), Makiet in ''[[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]'' (1974), ''[[Du Vent dans les Branches de Sassafras|Die Wind in die Takke van Sassafras]]'' (1974), ''[[Poor Murderer|Arme Moordenaar]]'' (1974), ''[[Three Sisters|Drie Susters]]'' (1976), ''[[Twelfth Night|Twaalfde Nag]]'' (1975 and 1981), ''[[Die Droomkotiljons]]'' (1983), ''[[A Lesson from Aloes]]'' (1983).
  
As actress *****"Lena" in [[Schalk Jacobsz]]’s fine [[Afrikaans]] translation and production of ''[[Boesman and Lena]]'', "Maria" in [[Pieter Fourie]]'s ''[[Mooi Maria]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1979), . As director *****. Adapted and produced [[Elsa Joubert]]’s influential ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' for [[PACOFS]] in 1979. **** Between 198* and 199* she was Head of Afrikaans Television Drama?* at the [[SABC]].
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She directed ''[[Die Ryk Weduwee]]'' (1974), ''[[Boeing-Boeing]]'' (1979), ''[[Happy Birthday]]'' (1980), ''[[Along Came a Spider]]'' (1980), ''[[Kinkels innie Kabel]]'' (1981), ''[[Romeo and Juliet|Die Tragedie van Romeo en Juliet]]'' (1981), ''[[Die Goue Kring]]'' (1982), ''[[Fleur de Cactus|As die Turksvy Blom]]'' (1983), ''[[La Puce à l'oreille|Hond se Gedagte]]'' (1981 and 1988), ''[[Op Dees Aarde]]'' (1987) and co-directed ''[[Mamma Medea]]'' (2002).
  
[[Tartuffe]] (1968), [[Agt Vroue]], [[Boesman and Lena]], [[Cyrano de Bergerac]], [[Faan se Trein]], [[A Lesson From Aloes]], [[Moeder Hanna]], [[Richard III]], [[The Proposal]], [[Uncle Vanya]], [[Three Sisters]], [[Twelfth Night]], [[Die Selfmoordenaar]], [[Cape Charade or Kaatje Kekkelbek]], [[Ampie Oppie Diekens]], [[Du Vent dans les Branches de Sassafras]], [[Die Droomkotiljons]], [[The Idiot]], [[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]], [[Fleur Cactus|As die Turksvy Blom]], [[La Puce à l'oreille|Hond se Gedagte]]
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She translated ''[[The Crucible]]'' into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Hekse van Salem]]'' as well as ''[[Die Hemelbed]]''.
  
She directed [[Die ryk Weduwee]] (1974), [[Boeing-Boeing]] (1979), [[Kinkels innie Kabel]] (1981), [[Romeo and Julie]] (1981), [[Die Goue Kring]] (1982), [[Happy Birthday]]
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Designed costumes for ''[[Op Dees Aarde]]'', ''[[Poor Murderer|Arme Moordenaar]]'', ''[[Along Came a Spider]]''.
  
Co-directed [[Mamma Medea]]
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She played in the films ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' and ''[[Faan se Trein]]'',(released January 2014).
 
 
She translated [[Die Hemelbed]], [[The Crucible]] as [[Die Hekse van Salem]],  
 
 
 
Designed costumes for [[Op Dees Aarde]]. [[Poor Murderer]], [[Along Came a Spider]],
 
  
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She adapted [[Elsa Joubert]]'s novel ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' for the stage with the co-operation of the author and eventually translated the play into English. In 1979 she directed a production of the play in [[Afrikaans]] for [[KRUIK]].
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
She and her husband, [[Cobus Rossouw]], were awarded for their contribution to Theatre by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] in 2014.
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She and her husband, [[Cobus Rossouw]], were awarded medals of honour for their contribution to Theatre by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] in 2014.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[Cape Times]], 21 January 1969.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 16:03, 17 January 2022

KOTZÉ, Sandra. (194*-) Actress, director and television producer.

Biography

She is married to actor Cobus Rossouw. Their daughters Susan Rossouw and Wilmien Rossouw are also actresses. Their son, Cobus Rossouw jr., is the director of televison productions such as Kruispad and Getroud met Rugby.


Youth

Training

Career

Between 198* and 199* she was Head of Afrikaans Television Drama?* at the SABC.

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

On stage she has appeared in Agt Vroue (1965), Cape Charade or Kaatje Kekkelbek (1968), Tartuffe (1968), Die Idioot by Dostoyevsky, directed by Jo Gevers for CAPAB(1969), Cyrano de Bergerac (1969), Moeder Hanna (1970), Richard III (1968/9), Ouers-Vra (1970), Uncle Vanya (several productions), Hond se Gedagte (1971), Die Selfmoordenaar (1973), Makiet in Kanna hy kô Hystoe (1974), Die Wind in die Takke van Sassafras (1974), Arme Moordenaar (1974), Drie Susters (1976), Twaalfde Nag (1975 and 1981), Die Droomkotiljons (1983), A Lesson from Aloes (1983).

She directed Die Ryk Weduwee (1974), Boeing-Boeing (1979), Happy Birthday (1980), Along Came a Spider (1980), Kinkels innie Kabel (1981), Die Tragedie van Romeo en Juliet (1981), Die Goue Kring (1982), As die Turksvy Blom (1983), Hond se Gedagte (1981 and 1988), Op Dees Aarde (1987) and co-directed Mamma Medea (2002).

She translated The Crucible into Afrikaans as Die Hekse van Salem as well as Die Hemelbed.

Designed costumes for Op Dees Aarde, Arme Moordenaar, Along Came a Spider.

She played in the films Die Wonderwerker and Faan se Trein,(released January 2014).

She adapted Elsa Joubert's novel Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena for the stage with the co-operation of the author and eventually translated the play into English. In 1979 she directed a production of the play in Afrikaans for KRUIK.

Awards, etc

She and her husband, Cobus Rossouw, were awarded medals of honour for their contribution to Theatre by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns in 2014.

Sources

Cape Times, 21 January 1969.

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