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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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=== Training === | === Training === | ||
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=== Career === | === Career === | ||
− | + | She started her stage career in the late 1960s as a protegé of [[Welcome Msomi]]. | |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
+ | Her early stage credits include [[uMabatha]]. She later toured Europe as a cast member op Ipi Tombi. She also had roles in ''[[Tooth and Nail]], [[National Arts Festival]], 1991 and ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' 1995. | ||
+ | == Awards, etc == | ||
+ | Dhe won a [[Vita Award]] (National) for her role as Mamriti in ''[[Sopkiatown]]'', 1994. (Performance of the year by an actress in a supporting role). | ||
− | + | She received the Living Legend award from the Durban Municipality. | |
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Daphney Hlomuka, fondly known as 'Sis May' (19**-2008). Actress on stage, radio, television and film.
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Biography
Born in Durban, raised in KwaMashu. Died in October 2008 aged 59, survuved by her husband Elliot Ngubane and four children.
Training
Career
She started her stage career in the late 1960s as a protegé of Welcome Msomi.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Her early stage credits include uMabatha. She later toured Europe as a cast member op Ipi Tombi. She also had roles in Tooth and Nail, National Arts Festival, 1991 and Titus Andronicus 1995.
Awards, etc
Dhe won a Vita Award (National) for her role as Mamriti in Sopkiatown, 1994. (Performance of the year by an actress in a supporting role).
She received the Living Legend award from the Durban Municipality.
Sources
Obituary written by Sam Mathe published in Sunday Times, 5 October 2008.
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