Pikkie Uys

Pikkie Uys (19**-) (Later stage name of Sannie Uys). Actress and producer.

Career

She began as actress with the Wena Naude-Willem Van Zyl Company. In 1934, when Wena Naudé went to the Netherlands on a study trip, she took over Wena's lead roles and on Wena's return, Sannie joined the Ackermann-Nell Geselskap. Anton Ackermann renamed her Pikkie Uys, the name under which she was to become famous, and the two married in 19**.

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

In the 1940 production of Koop My Blomme Pikkie was cast as the flower girl, Bessie Niemand. She acted in Onskuldig in 1943, Vergelding in 1944,

She became a beloved film actress, and her film career includes Simon Beyers (Pierre de Wet, 1946), Pinkie se Erfenis, (1946) with Pikkie Uys, Gert van den Bergh, Eugenie Heyns, Pierre de Wet, Esther Mentz; Simon Beyers (1947) with Pierre de Wet, Gert van den Bergh, Pikkie Uys, Eugenie Heyns, directed by Pierre de Wet.

== Sources -- The Rand Daily Mail, 31 May 1940.

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