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(****-****). Actress. Performed in  
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[[Elizabeth Renfield]] (19**-). Actress and company manager.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Performed in  
 
''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (as “Amanda”),  
 
''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (as “Amanda”),  
 
''[[The Rose Tattoo]]'' (as “Serafina”),  
 
''[[The Rose Tattoo]]'' (as “Serafina”),  
''[[Come Back, Little Sheba]]'',  
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''[[Come Back, Little Sheba]]'', ''[[Renaissance Night]],  
''[[Abie's Irish Rose]]'',  
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(and directed) ''[[Abie's Irish Rose]]'',  
''[[Rain]]'',  
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''[[Don’t Listen Ladies]]''''[[Don't Listen, Ladies!]]''.  
''[[Wuthering Heights]]'',
 
''[[Don’t Listen Ladies]]''.
 
 
Directed ''[[Abie's Irish Rose]]''
 
Directed ''[[Abie's Irish Rose]]''
  
(19*-) Actress and company manager. * Appeared as Sadie Thompson in ''[[Rain]]'' by [[Somerset Maugham]]. 1944. In 1946 she founded an own company,  [[Elizabeth Renfield and Company]], to present [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' and ''[[Wuthering Heights]]''. Played Lola in [[William Inge]]’s ''[[Come Back, Little Sheba]]'' in 1950.
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She appeared as Sadie Thompson in ''[[Rain]]'' by Somerset Maugham 1944.  
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In 1946 she founded an own company,  [[Elizabeth Renfield and Company]], to present [[Eugene O'Neill]]’s ''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]'' and ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' in which she portrayed Cathy.
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She played Lola in William Inge’s ''[[Come Back, Little Sheba]]'' in 1950.
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She had a role in the feature film ''[[The Lion's Share]]'', released in 1985.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
Tucker, 1997
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
  
[[SACD]] 1977/78; ([[SACD]] 1980/81
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[[SACD]] 1977/78; 1980/81.
  
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IMDb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7573769/].
  
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Revision as of 12:52, 26 September 2019

Elizabeth Renfield (19**-). Actress and company manager.

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

Performed in The Glass Menagerie (as “Amanda”), The Rose Tattoo (as “Serafina”), Come Back, Little Sheba, Renaissance Night,

(and directed) Abie's Irish Rose, 

Don’t Listen Ladies. Don't Listen, Ladies!. Directed Abie's Irish Rose

She appeared as Sadie Thompson in Rain by Somerset Maugham 1944.

In 1946 she founded an own company, Elizabeth Renfield and Company, to present Eugene O'Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra and Wuthering Heights in which she portrayed Cathy.

She played Lola in William Inge’s Come Back, Little Sheba in 1950.

She had a role in the feature film The Lion's Share, released in 1985.

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

SACD 1977/78; 1980/81.

IMDb [1].

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