Diane Vlotman

Diane Vlotman (19**-). Actress.

Also known as Diane Rossi

Biography

She studied B Dram at Stellenbosch in the 1970s then did a BA Hons (1977) and an MA at Natal University (1985) in Durban. Her MA thesis was on Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello.

She taught Theatre Studies as a leave replacement at UDW and at UND for several years and was a founding member of the Loft Theatre Company with Nicholas Ellenbogen. From 1989 to 1999, my husband Mike and I lived in Boston, USA and then moved to Cape Town in 2000 when he started teaching at UCT, retiring as Emeritus Professor at the end of 2021. We moved to Italy in 2022 as we have dual nationality and are living la dolce vita.

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

She had roles in Snow White and the Special Branch(Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1974). For UTS she performed as "Niggie/Jong Prostituut" in Die Goeie Mens van Sezuan and in Die Goue Kring in 1976.

She directed En Dit Was Môre, National Arts Festival Fringe, 1985.

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