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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Nan Munro was born on June 24, 1905 in Piet Potgietersrust, South Africa as Anne Mackay Munro. She married [[Rayne Kruger]] in 1947 (her first husband had ddied in 1944) and settled with him in Britain. She died on June 16, 1992 in Kensington, London, England.
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Nan Munro was born on June 24, 1905 in Piet Potgietersrust, South Africa as Anne Mackay Munro. She married [[Rayne Kruger]] in 1947 (her first husband had died in 1944) and settled with him in Britain. She died on June 16, 1992 in Kensington, London, England.
  
 
Apart from a number of stage productions, she worked mainly in television in Britain.
 
Apart from a number of stage productions, she worked mainly in television in Britain.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
In 1944 she and [[Margaret Inglis]] founded their own theatre company, the [[Munro-Inglis Company]].
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She produced ''[[French Without Tears]]'' in 1942.
  
First production of their new company was [[My Sister Eileen]] by ****. Produced by and starring [[Nan Munro]] and [[Margaret Inglis]] 1944. [[The Munro-Inglis Company]] staged their last [[Standard Theatre]] production, [[Somerset Maugham]]'s ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' starring [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] in 1947.  
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In 1944 she and [[Margaret Inglis]] founded their own theatre company, the [[Munro-Inglis Company]]. She starred in several of their productions, e.g. ''[[Full House]]'' (1943 and 1945), ''[[French Leave]]'' (1943), ''[[My Sister Eileen]]'' (1944), ''[[Ladies in Retirement]]'' and ''[[Pygmalion]]'' (1946).
  
She starred in [[Margaret Inglis]]production of ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' for [[NAPAC]] in Durban post 1962.  
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She starred in [[Margaret Inglis]]’s production of ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' for [[NAPAC]] in Durban post 1962 and in ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (NAPAC, 197*).
  
Theatre programme for the Johannesburg Repertory Players production of French without tears, produced by Nan Munro, staged at Standard Theatre. NELM Location: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 242. 1. 62
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In 1965 she had a role in the BBC transmitted filmed version of the play ''[[Try for White]]''.
 
 
Nan Munro in ''[[Ladies in Retirement]''.
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 17:08, 8 October 2018

Nan Munro (1905-1992). Actress and professional director.

Biography

Nan Munro was born on June 24, 1905 in Piet Potgietersrust, South Africa as Anne Mackay Munro. She married Rayne Kruger in 1947 (her first husband had died in 1944) and settled with him in Britain. She died on June 16, 1992 in Kensington, London, England.

Apart from a number of stage productions, she worked mainly in television in Britain.

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

She produced French Without Tears in 1942.

In 1944 she and Margaret Inglis founded their own theatre company, the Munro-Inglis Company. She starred in several of their productions, e.g. Full House (1943 and 1945), French Leave (1943), My Sister Eileen (1944), Ladies in Retirement and Pygmalion (1946).

She starred in Margaret Inglis’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest for NAPAC in Durban post 1962 and in The Lady's not for Burning (NAPAC, 197*).

In 1965 she had a role in the BBC transmitted filmed version of the play Try for White.

Sources

(Du Toit, 1988; Tucker, 1997) [TH, JH]

Tucker, 1997. pp 21, 26.

IMDDb [1].

NELM catalogue.

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