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''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (as “Amanda”), | ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (as “Amanda”), | ||
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She appeared as Sadie Thompson in ''[[Rain]]'' by Somerset Maugham 1944. | She appeared as Sadie Thompson in ''[[Rain]]'' by Somerset Maugham 1944. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:54, 26 September 2019
Elizabeth Renfield (192*-). 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 (1943), (and directed) Abie's Irish Rose, Don't Listen, Ladies!.
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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