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[[Sam Phillips]] (1948-2021) was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor, director, producer, writer, and music composer. | [[Sam Phillips]] (1948-2021) was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor, director, producer, writer, and music composer. | ||
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He had a role in ''[[Dark Voices Ring]]'' at The [[People's Space]] Theatre in October 1979. | He had a role in ''[[Dark Voices Ring]]'' at The [[People's Space]] Theatre in October 1979. | ||
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| + | Internationally he appeared in [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[Master Harold and the Boys]]'' in New Orleans. | ||
He appeared in ''[[Separate Development]]'' in 1980. | He appeared in ''[[Separate Development]]'' in 1980. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:00, 16 January 2021
Sam Phillips (1948-2021) was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor, director, producer, writer, and music composer.
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Biography
Sam Phillips died on 16 January, 2021, at the age of 72.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Stage work
He worked at The Space in the 1970s, acting in The First South African, The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria, Lysistrata S.A. and The Sacrifice of Kreli.
He had a role in Dark Voices Ring at The People's Space Theatre in October 1979.
Internationally he appeared in Athol Fugard's Master Harold and the Boys in New Orleans.
He appeared in Separate Development in 1980.
Film and TV work
He had a role in the short film Senzeni na?, nominated for a Oscar in 1991, and appeared as "Themba" in The Caretaker (written by Thulani Mkhize, 1999).
Appeared in such TV programmes as Phamokate, Backstage, Soul City, The Wild and Isibaya.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
Sunday Times, 15 February 1991.
The Sowetan, 15 June 1999.
Photograph held by NELM (Dark Voices Ring): [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 21. 11.
https://ewn.co.za/2021/01/16/actor-sam-phillips-dies
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