Suanne Braun
(1968-) Actress, TV presenter and mistress of ceremonies. Singer and dancer.
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Biography
Youth
Training
She studied at UCT Drama School (Performance Diploma) for one year and then spent six months at P.A.W.
Career
She started acting professionally at the end of 1986, appesring in two films It's Murphy's Fault and Merchants of War. In TV made her professional debut in South Africa in 1988, working as a TV presenter. For five years she hosted a travel series Bon Voyage, visiting over 36 countries and winning her first award for excellence in television. Numerous TV specials followed including presenting the Miss World Pageant in 1992 and 1994.
In the 1990s she settled in the USA for a while, working in TV, and later moved to London as a base.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She had stage roles in Nunsense (Alhambra Theatre, 1988), Private Lives, Things We Do For Love, The Secret Lives of Henry and Alice, Echoes, Offbeat Broadway, Easy To Love - The Cole Porter Story, Mamma Mia (London’s West End).
Awards, etc
Sources
Nunsense programme notes, 1988.
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