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[[Lorna Cowell]]. (19** -) was a South African actress.
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[[Lorna Cowell]]. (b. 08/02/1909 - d. 12/01/2004) was a South African actress.
  
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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She had her early training in Durbannwhere she was a prominent member of the Drama Group, appearing in plays by Shaw, Drinkwater, Lonsdale and Priestley.  She was chairwoman of the Drama League in Pietemaritzburg and has the distinction of being the first woman to broadcast from Durban.
 
  
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==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
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Lorna Mary Beeston Beckwith married Peter James Ray Cowell in 1935 and used her married name on the stage.  She had her early training in Durban, where she was a prominent member of the local drama group, appearing in plays by Shaw, Drinkwater, Lonsdale and Priestley.  She was chairwoman of the Drama League in Pietermaritzburg and is said to have been the first woman to have broadcast from the [[SABC]] studio in Durban.  Together with the likes of [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Vivien Drummond]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Leon Gluckman]] and [[André Huguenet]], she was one of the early members of the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company that toured the country in 1948.
  
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== Credits ==
  
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=== As stage actress ===
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'''Theatre'''
  
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1948 – ''[[Dear Brutus]]'' (Directed by [[Leontine Sagan]] for [[NTO]])
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1948 – ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' (Directed by [[Leontine Sagan]] for [[NTO]])
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1950 – ''[[The Women]]'' (Directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]])
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1954 – ''[[The Firstborn]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[NTO]])
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1960 – ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (Directed by [[Brian Brooke]])
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1968 – ''[[True Hearts Are More Than Coronets]]'' / ''[[Caste]]'' (Directed by [[Angus Neill]] for [[Neill-Firth Company]])
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1969 – ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] for [[PACT]] at [[Alexander Theatre]])
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1983 - ''[[Skirmishes]]'' (Directed by [[Lucille Gillwald]] at [[Market Theatre]])
  
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She was a member of the first with the [[National Theatre Organisation]] company, which toured the country in 1948. Other members were i.a. [[André Huguenet]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Leon Gluckman]], [[Frank Wise]], [[Vivienne Drummond]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]] and [[Enone van den Bergh]].  ''Inter alia'', she appeared in ''[[Dear Brutus]]'', ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' and ''[[The Firstborn]]'' for them. 
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'''Film'''
  
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Other performances included roles in ''[[The Women]]'' (1950), the Brian Brooke production of ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' in 1960; the  [[Neill-Firth Company]] production of ''[[Caste]]'' (T.W. Robertson) at the [[Intimate Theatre]] in 1968;  [[PACT]]'s production of ''[[A Month in the Country]]'' (Turgenev/Williams) in 1969; the [[Market Theatre]] production of ''[[Skirmishes]]'' (Hayes) in 197*.
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1961 – ''The Hellions'' (Director: Ken Annakin)  
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1961 – ''Boerboel de Wet'' (Director: [[Al Debbo]])  
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1962 – ''Gevaarlike Spel'' (Director: [[Al Debbo]])  
  
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=== As film actress ===
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'''Television'''
  
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1982 – ''The Touch of Pink'' (TV movie) (Director: [[Douglas Bristow]])
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1984 – ''Winchester'' (TV series) (Director: [[Chris du Toit]])
  
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Appeared in ''[[Boerboel de Wet]]'' (1961), ''[[The Hellions]]'' (1961) and ''[[Gevaarlike Spel]]'' (1962).  
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== Awards, etc. ==
  
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In 1985 she was honoured for her contribution to the theatre world by the [[South African Film and Theatre Union]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[Rinie Stead]], 1985b
 
[[Rinie Stead]], 1985b
  
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[[Percy Tucker]], 1997
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Tucker, Percy - Just the ticket!: my 50 years in show business (1997)
  
 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184706/
 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184706/

Latest revision as of 20:31, 4 December 2017

Lorna Cowell. (b. 08/02/1909 - d. 12/01/2004) was a South African actress.


Biography

Lorna Mary Beeston Beckwith married Peter James Ray Cowell in 1935 and used her married name on the stage. She had her early training in Durban, where she was a prominent member of the local drama group, appearing in plays by Shaw, Drinkwater, Lonsdale and Priestley. She was chairwoman of the Drama League in Pietermaritzburg and is said to have been the first woman to have broadcast from the SABC studio in Durban. Together with the likes of Siegfried Mynhardt, Vivien Drummond, Frank Wise, Leon Gluckman and André Huguenet, she was one of the early members of the National Theatre Organisation company that toured the country in 1948.

Credits

Theatre

1948 – Dear Brutus (Directed by Leontine Sagan for NTO) 1948 – An Inspector Calls (Directed by Leontine Sagan for NTO) 1950 – The Women (Directed by Taubie Kushlick at His Majesty’s Theatre) 1954 – The Firstborn (Directed by Leonard Schach for NTO) 1960 – Charley's Aunt (Directed by Brian Brooke) 1968 – True Hearts Are More Than Coronets / Caste (Directed by Angus Neill for Neill-Firth Company) 1969 – A Month in the Country (Directed by Leonard Schach for PACT at Alexander Theatre) 1983 - Skirmishes (Directed by Lucille Gillwald at Market Theatre)

Film

1961 – The Hellions (Director: Ken Annakin) 1961 – Boerboel de Wet (Director: Al Debbo) 1962 – Gevaarlike Spel (Director: Al Debbo)

Television

1982 – The Touch of Pink (TV movie) (Director: Douglas Bristow) 1984 – Winchester (TV series) (Director: Chris du Toit)

Awards, etc.

In 1985 she was honoured for her contribution to the theatre world by the South African Film and Theatre Union.

Sources

Rinie Stead, 1985b

Tucker, Percy - Just the ticket!: my 50 years in show business (1997)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184706/

An Inspector Calls programme notes, 1948.

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