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Performed with [[CAPAB]] in ''[[Oom Wanja]]'', ''[[Ampie]]'', as Christine Vermaak in ''[[Die Ryk Weduwee]]'' (1974 and 1976) and ''[[Ousus]]'' and with [[PACT]] in ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', ''[[Die Dans van die Reier]]'', ''[[Kringloop van die Liefde]]'', ''[[As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is]]''. ''[[Bruidjie Dit en Bruidjie Dot]]''.
 
Performed with [[CAPAB]] in ''[[Oom Wanja]]'', ''[[Ampie]]'', as Christine Vermaak in ''[[Die Ryk Weduwee]]'' (1974 and 1976) and ''[[Ousus]]'' and with [[PACT]] in ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', ''[[Die Dans van die Reier]]'', ''[[Kringloop van die Liefde]]'', ''[[As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is]]''. ''[[Bruidjie Dit en Bruidjie Dot]]''.
  

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Anna Cloete (1916-1999). Actress on stage, television and film .

Biography

Born in Griekwastad. She was married to James Norval and they had a daughter, Paddy Norval. She died on 10 February 1999.

Training

Career

Her career started in 1935 when she played the role of Paddy in an Afrikaans version of Paddy the Next Best Thing. She then joined the James Norval Geselskap. Worked for NTO in 1951 and 1952, from 1953 freelanced with her husband, and after his death on her did work with the Performing Arts Councils and for films.

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

Performed with CAPAB in Oom Wanja, Ampie, as Christine Vermaak in Die Ryk Weduwee (1974 and 1976) and Ousus and with PACT in Hedda Gabler, Die Dans van die Reier, Kringloop van die Liefde, As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is. Bruidjie Dit en Bruidjie Dot.

Other productions include Man van Cirene, Anastasia, Agt Vroue, Bart Nel, Cyrano de Bergerac, Laat-Februarie 1922, Faan se Stasie, Die Onwillige Weduwee, Die Hekse van Salem, Die Plaasvervangers, Die Pophuis, Satansloon, Ghosts, Kinkels innie Kabel, Die Vrek, Die Tragedie van Romeo en Juliet, Die Spaanse Vlieg, Titus Andronicus, Mattewis en Meraai, Die Laaste van die Takhare, Die Koningin en die Rebelle'.

As a playwright, she wrote plays like Simson en Delila, Vicki die Strandlopertjie, Kind van die See, Wie Flous die Ouvrou Nou?, Vergeet My Nie, Die Doodloop-straatjie, Die Ontvoering.


On television she appeared in Die Ryk Weduwee and Die Koster. Film roles in Spore in die Modder, Oom Paul

Awards, etc

In 1990 she was awarded an award for exceptional cultural achievement (promotion of culture) by the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (FAK).

Sources

SACD 1973; Die Burger 11 February 1999.

A file of miscellaneous papers on Anna Cloete, James Norval, and their activities. Found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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