Elzabe Zietsman

Elzabe Catharina Zietsman (1960- ) is a South African actress and cabaret singer. She has also been credited Elsabe Zietsman and Elzabé Zietsman.

Biography

Youth

She was born on 20 January 1960 in Bethal, Eastern Transvaal (later Mapumalanga).

Training

She took singing lessons from Sarie Lamprecht in Johannesburg and studied Drama at the Technikon Pretoria.

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

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She starred in Casper de Vries’ Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Africa, composed, directed and starring Casper de Vries, together with Johan Engelbrecht, June van Merch and Didi Kriel at the Windybrow Theatre circa 1986. She starred in the PACT-Lindberg production of King Africa at the Standard Bank Arena in 1988. She starred in Taubie Kushlick’s production of A Tribute to the Words and Music of Brel at Kushlicks Theatre Restaurant in September 1989. Looker On, 1992 with Rocco de Villiers, Grahamstown Festival

Quoted from Afrikaans Wikipedia: Elzabé Catharina Zietsman (born 20 Januarie 1961 in Bethal).

Quoted for the programme notes of Two Into One 1986: 'Elsabe was born in 1960 in Morgenzon (The White Hinterland) where there is one cafe, one garage and the bakery closed down. She went to school in Natal and Transvaal and studied drama at the Pretoria Technikon. In 1982 she started working for PACT. Since then she has done two television series, worked for CAPAB, SWAPAC, and The Market and Baxter theatres. Her most recent appearances were as one of the "Vlamme" in The David Kramer Jol and she then wowed the critics with her performance in the revue A… My Name is Alice for Pieter Toerien/Des and Dawn Lindberg.'

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Sources

Elzabe Zietsman website [1]

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