Tembsie Times

Tembsie Times (1951-2021) was an actress.

Sometimes also referred to as Themsie Times.

Biography

Themsie Times was born in 1951 in Gqeberha [formerly Port Elizabeth], South Africa. She died on 9 December 2021 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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

As a stage performer appeared in Marius Weyers's 1984 English production of Poppie Nongena

Beginning with Oh George! in 1981, she appeared in many films and TV dramas and series, including: Kampus: 'n Varsity-Storie (1986), Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) African Express (1990), Dangerous Ground (1997), Stander (2003) and

Dead Places (2021) Dead Places 6.2 TV Series Eunice 2021 2 episodes

Shadow (2019) Shadow 6.6 TV Mini Series Mrs. Maleka 2019 1 episode

André Lótter and Marisa Drummond in Actually Quite a Lot (2016) Actually Quite a Lot 6.4 Liena (as Themsi Times) 2016

Diaan Lawrenson, Melanie du Bois, Jacques Blignaut, Anelisa Phewa, Hennie Jacobs, Corne Crous, Markus Haywood, Hildegardt Whites, and Masego Sehoole in 7de Laan (2000) 7de Laan 4.8 TV Series Maria Zibula 2008–2016 4 episodes

Beat the Drum (2003) Beat the Drum 7.1 Township Sangoma (as Themsi Times) 2003

Stander (2003) Stander 7.1 Shebeen Queen 2003

Yizo yizo (1999) Yizo yizo 8.3 TV Series Ma Jordan 1999 2 episodes

Elizabeth Hurley and Ice Cube in Dangerous Ground (1997) Dangerous Ground 4.4 Black Hooker (as Temsie Times) 1997

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) Cry, the Beloved Country 6.8 Shebeen Queen (as Tembsie Times) 1995

African Express (1990) African Express 3.4 Switchboard Lady #2 (as Thembsie Times) 1990

Kitty Aldridge and John Kani in An African Dream (1988) An African Dream 6.5 Katazile (as Tembsie Times) 1988

The Mantis Project 8.7 TV Movie Elsie (as Thembsie Times) 1987

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 4.5 Nurse (as Themsi Times) 1986

Sources

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