Terry Norton

(19**-) Actress. Born in ***, Studied drama at the University of Cape Town (graduated 1979). Acted in The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1977) Worked for The Space in the 1970s, acting in Candaules Commissioner and Dolls (directed by Richard Grant and Michael O’Brien), *** Won the first Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Most Promising Student in 1978. Went abroad??**Returned in 198*. Roles in Faces in the Wall (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1980) "?*?" in ****, "?*?" in Born in the RSA (Simon & Co, 1985), ****, "Nora" in A Doll's House (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actress, 1995), "Mrs Campbell" in The Elephant Man (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actress, 1998),"The Wife" in Neil McCarthy's The Great Oudoors (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actress, 2002), ** NORTON, Terry. Together with the cast comprising Vanessa Cooke, Timmy Kwebulana, Gcina Mhlophe, Fiona Ramsay, Thoko Ntshinga and Neil McCarthy, and in collaboration with its director Barney Simon, she helped write Born in the RSA which opened at Upstairs at the Market in August 1985 before moving to the main theatre. Starred in Lanford Wilson’s Burn This at Upstairs at the Market in 1989. She starred in Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden at Upstairs at the Market in 1992.

Quoted from the programme of The Elephant Man wherein Norton played the role of Mrs Kendal in 1998: 'Terry Norton is a UCT graduate who has lived and performed in both London and New York. Her work in theatre, film and television is extensive and she is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations for her acting. In 1995 and 1996 she appeared in a number of exciting and diverse roles at the Baxter Theatre, including Nora in A Doll's House, the mother in Beautiful Thing, a mentally disturbed nurse in Misery and some very strange Berkoff characters in Greek. Her television work includes Daisy de Melker, Egoli, Westgate, Heritage and many more - an she recently starred opposite Michael Caine and Sydney Poitier in One Man, One Vote.'

Sources

Programme notes of The Elephant Man in 1998.

Tucker, 1997

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