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| − | (19*-) Actress in film, radio and television and on stage. | + | [[Claire Berlein]] (19*-) Actress in film, radio and television and on stage. |
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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== Training == | == Training == | ||
| − | + | Claire graduated with distinction from the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] in 1985. | |
== Career == | == Career == | ||
| − | Besides acting, she has worked as Head of the UCT Wardrobe, lectured on stage make-up, and directed and designed for theatre and worked as an accent and performance coach for film. She is also a painter, and she has exhibited and sold her paintings internationally | + | After two years as a member of the [[CAPAB]] Drama Company, she freelanced in theatre, film and television. Besides acting, she has worked as Head of the UCT Wardrobe, lectured on stage make-up, and directed and designed for theatre and worked as an accent and performance coach for film. She is also a painter, and she has exhibited and sold her paintings internationally. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | Highlights of her theatre acting career include Helena in ''[[A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur]]'' 1990, ''[[Titus | + | Highlights of her theatre acting career include Helena in ''[[A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur]]'' 1990, Masha in ''[[The Seagull]]'', Lavinia in ''[[Anatomie Titus, Fall of Rome]]'', ''[[Wit]]'', ''[[Women Beware Women]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]'', one of three one-woman shows she toured with in Canada under the directorship of [[Geoffrey Hyland]], ''[[French Gray]]'' as Marie Antoinette (1995), ''[[Beauty Queen of Leenane|The Beauty Queen of Leenane]]'' directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]], Best Actress, 2001),''[[ Broken Glass]]'' (2011). |
Movie work includes ''The Red Winter'', ''Astor Mansions'' and ''An African Dream''. | Movie work includes ''The Red Winter'', ''Astor Mansions'' and ''An African Dream''. | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 28 June 2016
Claire Berlein (19*-) Actress in film, radio and television and on stage.
Contents
Biography
Training
Claire graduated with distinction from the University of Cape Town Drama Department in 1985.
Career
After two years as a member of the CAPAB Drama Company, she freelanced in theatre, film and television. Besides acting, she has worked as Head of the UCT Wardrobe, lectured on stage make-up, and directed and designed for theatre and worked as an accent and performance coach for film. She is also a painter, and she has exhibited and sold her paintings internationally.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Highlights of her theatre acting career include Helena in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur 1990, Masha in The Seagull, Lavinia in Anatomie Titus, Fall of Rome, Wit, Women Beware Women and The Yellow Wallpaper, one of three one-woman shows she toured with in Canada under the directorship of Geoffrey Hyland, French Gray as Marie Antoinette (1995), The Beauty Queen of Leenane directed by Janice Honeyman (Fleur du Cap, Best Actress, 2001),Broken Glass (2011).
Movie work includes The Red Winter, Astor Mansions and An African Dream.
Awards, etc
Won Fleur du Cap for Most Promising Student in 1985.
Sources
http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=26682
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur theatre programme, 1990.
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