Elma van Wijk
Elma van Wijk (19**-) is an actress and singer
Also found as Elma van Wyk
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Biography
Training
Trained at the University of Pretoria Drama Department (BA Hons)
Career
Worked for PACT, CAPAB, PACOFS
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She appeared in While Stocks Last (Nico Malan Theatre), Kirby; Hups in die Hydro; Mis (Meisie), The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Tartuffe, Callaway Farce, A Flea in her Ear, Die Vonkel in haar oë! - 'n Spel van my kontrei, Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Huise Vol Uile, Die Droomkotiljons, Rudens, Good, Die Park, Sarah in 'n Skewe Sirkel, 1992.
On television she had roles in Arende and Ballade vir 'n Enkeling II.
Awards, etc
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actress 1990).
Auburn in While Stocks Last (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actress, 1991), **
Nominated for Fleur du Cap Best Supporting Actress as Meisie in Mis, 1994.
She won the Evening Post Showtime Award (for shows performed in Port Elizabeth during the previous year), award year 1994, for her role in Mis.
Sources
Vrye Weekblad, 8 March 1991.
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