Gretha Brazelle

BRAZELLE, Grethe (19**- ). South African theatre, film and television actress (English and Afrikaans).

Training

Bilingual Performers Diploma in Speech & Drama from the University of Cape Town Drama Department, 1982.

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

Theatre: Land van Skedels (Moeder); Betesda (site specific play); Tom, Dick or Harry (Two-hander); Naai (One-woman show. Canadian Festivals); The Spare Room (Lead); Arms and the Man (Support); Die Park (support), directed by Marthinus Basson; Love's Labour's Lost (Support), directed by Leslie French; Kinkels in die Kabel (Support), directed by Marthinus Basson; Hartland, Hardland (Lead), directed by Marcel van Heerden; Die Van Aardes van Grootoor (Miemie), directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys; Victoria Wood Like it - cabaret (Two-hander), directed by Peter Hayes; Equal Wrongs (Two-hander), directed by Peter Hayes.

Film: Boetie Gaan Border Toe! (1984); Tekwan (1984); Nag van die negentiende (1992); Mrs Mandela (2010).

Awards, etc

Vita nomination for Best Actress for Naai (2001); Cobus Rossouw Award for Most Promising Newcomer (2001); Fiesta M-Net Awards Nomination for Best Actress, Betesda (2010).

Sources

http://leadsartists.co.za/images/cvs/gretha-brazelle-cv.pdf

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