Linda-Louise Swain

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Linda-Louise Swain (Date of birth: 29th November, 1959) is a "Swinger" actress (ie acts in both professional and amateur roles), and a drama teacher.

Biography

Linda-Louise Swain was born at the Provincial Hospital's Sanford Maternity Ward in Port Elizabeth, the daughter of George and Iris Lillian Swain (nee Page). Her father was a bank manager and her mother was a founder member of the Animal Welfare Society and was very active in community affairs. She was the third eldest child, having two older brothers and one younger sister, Susan. Linda-Louise was educated in Port Elizabeth at the Collegiate School for Girls, first at the Junior School and then at the Senior School. She was initially introduced to acting through things such as poetry competitions and choral verse competitions. In 1974, when she was in Std 5, the school staged a series of one-act plays during centenary celebrations marking the founding of the school in 1864. She was cast as the school's first headmistress, Miss Virginia Lavinia Isitt.

While she was 16 years old (grade 11) in senior school she acted in Table Top produced by the extramural teacher Dorothy Sutherland and played the part of a Russian diplomat ("We have a proverb; When the heart is full, the head is often empty."). The production was entered in the inter schools one-act play competition and she won the Best Actress award.

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