Vicki Vosloo

Vicki Vosloo (1939-) is an actress.

Also known by her married name as Mrs L.J. van Schalkwyk

Biography

Vicki was born in Pretoria and had her first drama training in primary school, at the Laerskool Pretoria-Oos. She completed her schooling at the Hoër Meisieskool Rocklands in Cradock, South Africa in 1955, before going to the University of Stellenbosch.

There she obtained three qualifications in four years (1956-1959): a BA (with Languages, Drama and Psychology), a three-year teachers' diploma (in Afrikaans, elocution and drama), a one-year teachers' diploma diploma (in English elocution and drama).

She worked the SA Information Service as an assistant information officer for a while, while continuing with her acting career as well as doing work as a radio announcer for the SABC.

By 1964 she had left her acting career behind, moving to Southern Rhodesia. where she teaching elocution at the school for the deaf at the Morgenster mission station at Fort Victoria. In 1965 she married a Mr van Schalkwyk there, and the couple had one daughter.

In 1970 she moved back to the Cape region to settle in Paarl, where she gave part-time remedial courses.

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

She has appeared on stage in productions of: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder for University of Stellenbosch Department of Speech and Drama, 1958, (probably in Afrikaans), The Dark is Light Enough (1959), Nie vir Geleerdes (NTO 1960),

In 1963, she became one of sixteen full time actors chosen by PACT for their first company.

Die Renosters (1963-4), Meneer Sleeman Kom, Die Gebreekte Kruik (as the girl in the case, 1963).

She starred in the films Basie and Die Jagters in 1961.

Sources

The Rand Daily Mail, 11 October 1961; 1 January 1963.

Sources of the various productions.

IMDb [1].

CV of Mrs L.J. van Schalkwyk, submitted to ESAT.

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