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| − | [[Wilhelmina Louisa Ida Freund]] was born in Germany, | + | [[Wilhelmina Louisa Ida Freund]] was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on 17 March 1890, when her parents, who were South African German immigrants, were on a visit to Germany. She was educated in South Africa and Scotland, and studied drama under the British speech teacher [[Elsie Fogerty]] at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. |
| − | Mother of Christina (‘Kina’) de Villiers (néé Botha) and [[Betty Hugo|Betty (Botha) Hugo]]. | + | Mother of Christina (‘Kina’) de Villiers (néé Botha) and [[Betty Hugo|Betty (Botha) Hugo]]. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
Revision as of 11:38, 11 May 2026
Minna Freund (19**-1938) Actress, voice artist and speech teacher. Her name also written Mina in some documents.
Also found as Mina Freund
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Biography
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida Freund was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on 17 March 1890, when her parents, who were South African German immigrants, were on a visit to Germany. She was educated in South Africa and Scotland, and studied drama under the British speech teacher Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Mother of Christina (‘Kina’) de Villiers (néé Botha) and Betty (Botha) Hugo.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
In 1916 she participated in the Shakespearian Concert (as part of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration in the Cape Town) and staged Prunella, or Love in a Dutch Garden at the Cape Town City Hall in 1919.
In Cape Town she also coached actors for Prof William H. Bell's first production (Everyman) at the Stal Plein Hotel - which at the time was the home of the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town. When the Little Theatre was founded by Bell, she was appointed head of Speech Training.
Sources
Verwey, E.J. (ed) (1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1 , Pretoria: HSRC.)
Merrington, 2009.
Sjoerd Alkema. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". University of Cape Town. Unpublished PhD thesis.
E-mail correspondence from Charl de Villiers, read 10 May, 2026..
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