Anna-Mart van der Merwe

(196*-) Actress for stage film and TV. A fine bilingual actress and one of the prime Afrikaans performers of her generation, known nationally for her role in prominent films and television productions. She trained at the University of Cape Town Drama Department, and became a free-lance actress. Her stage preformances (as student*?) include Women of Troy (19**), Boo to the Moon (19**), Keep Movin' Ma Jack (19**), Sing jy van Bomme (19**), Die Hekse van Salem (19**), [while professional productions??* include] The Seagull (19**), (Die?**) Mirakel (19**), King Lear (200*), Wyn (200*), Steeks (200*), Pendoring en Kie (200*), Oom Wanja/Uncle Vanya (Baxter, 2004), Twaalfde Nag (Oude Libertas/Baxter, 2005), Begeerte (Eugene O’Neill’s Desire under the Elms, Baxter Theatre and KKNK 2006), Lang Dagreis na die Nag (KKNK and Rys, Vleis en Artappels, 2008) **. Her prolific TV and film career includes: (for TV) Uitdraai, Sonkring I & II, Konings, Torings, VIVA- La Difference, Paradys, The Syndicate, Vierspel, Hagenheim, Onder Draai die Duiwel Rond, Samaritaan, Soul City, 7de Laan and (for film) Die Storie van Klara Viljee, Taxi to Soweto, The Long Run and Desert Diners. Die Vleiroos (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1995) Op soek na generaal Mannetjies Mentz (Aardklop, 1999),

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