Doreen Mantle
Doreen Mantle (19*-). Actress.
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Biography
She is a University of Witwatersrand graduate. She moved to London in 1953 with her husband, Mr Graham-Smith.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She had roles in Pop Goes the Queen (1945-6), Peer Gynt (1946), The Witch (1948), Hassan (1950), Grand National Night (1950), Desire under the Elms (1951), Tartuffe (as Elmire, 1952), The Young Elizabeth (1953).
She became Chairman of the Johannesburg Reps.
Awards, etc.
Doreen won the award for Best Supporting Actress of the Year in 1979 for her role as Willie Loman's wife in Death of a Salesman running at the National Theatre in London.
Sources
Trek, 10(15):18, 1946; Trek, 14(5):43, 1950.
Hassan theatre programme, 1950.
Helikon, 1(6):41, 31 August 1952.
Tucker, 1997. p. 38.
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