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(b. **/**/1879 – d. **/**/****).  Actress.  The 1901 British Census describes Violet Dickens as a professional actress and it is known that in 1899 she was in Wolverhampton to appear in the musical play ''A Bunch of Keys'' written by Charles Hoyt.  She is very likely the actress who came to South Africa and acted in four films for [[African Film Productions]], all in 1916: [[The Silver Wolf]] ([[Lorimer Johnston]]), [[A Kract Affair]] ([[B.F. Clinton]]), [[£20,000]] ([[B.F. Clinton]]) and [[De Voortrekkers]] ([[Harold M. Shaw]]).  
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'''Violet Dickens''' (b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****) was an actress
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In 1916, a Violet Dickens appeared in three shorts and one feature film for [[African Film Productions]]: ''[[The Silver Wolf]]'' ([[Lorimer Johnston]]), ''[[A Kract Affair]]'' ([[B.F. Clinton]]), ''[[£20,000]]'' ([[B.F. Clinton]]) and ''[[De Voortrekkers]]'' ([[Harold M. Shaw]]). There is has been some speculation about whom she might have been, but the only clue is that, when referring to ''[[A Kract Affair]]'', the [[Rand Daily Mail]] of 26 June 1916 said that she was “a Germiston lady”. 
  
 
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Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4939766/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1
  
 
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Violet Dickens (b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****) was an actress

In 1916, a Violet Dickens appeared in three shorts and one feature film for African Film Productions: The Silver Wolf (Lorimer Johnston), A Kract Affair (B.F. Clinton), £20,000 (B.F. Clinton) and De Voortrekkers (Harold M. Shaw). There is has been some speculation about whom she might have been, but the only clue is that, when referring to A Kract Affair, the Rand Daily Mail of 26 June 1916 said that she was “a Germiston lady”.

Sources

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4939766/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

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