June van Merch

June van Merch (19*-) is an actress and cabaret artist.

Biography

She was born on 15 June in Ladismith in the Cape Province, and went to school in Mossel Bay and Cape Town. She then studied at the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department.

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

Began her career with the Breughel Theatre in Stellenbosch.

As a student she acted in Met Permissie Gesê (1980), Measure for Measure (1981), Woyzeck (1981).

Other appearances in plays and cabarets include Hallo Suid-Afrika/Hello South Africa (1986), Die Vleiroos (1995), Lied van die Boeings (1998), Twelfth Night (1998), Die Skandaal 2 (1999), Katriena (2000), Buckingham Palace, District Six (2001), Raaiselkind (2003), Houd-den-Bek, Kinkels innie Kabel, Oudisies, Blomtyd is Bloeityd, Fiela se Kind (2008), Kanna hy kô hystoe (as "Makiet", 2013)

Film and Television appearances include roles in Onder Engele (1995), Fishy Fêshuns (1999), Going Up, Hagenheim, Sara se Geheim, Barakat, Nothing for Mahala (2013), Raaiselkind (2017), Vossie vergas homself (2017), Die Boekklub (2024).

Awards, etc

Nominee 1991 Van Merch, June in Houd-den-Bek (Esther Roos Award for best actress in a supporting role in Afrikaans);

Sources

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press: p.444.

Lied van die Boeings programme notes

Alita Steenkamp. 2024. "June van Merch. Een van ons land se heel bestes", Plus 50June/July 2024: pp 14-16.

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