Inez Bensusan
Inez Bensusan (1871–1967) was an actress, playwright and suffragette
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Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, of a Jewish family, in the UK. She became a leader of the Actresses' Franchise League and the Jewish League for Woman Suffrage.
She wrote a number of plays, including The Apple (1909), Perfect Ladies (1909), Nobody's Sweetheart (1911), The Prodigal Passes (1914), The Singer of the Veldt and True Womanhood (a film, 1911).
Died in Australia in 1967.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She played "Lavender" in the Searelle Comedy Company's production of Sweet Lavender (Pinero), which toured the major South African cities in 1896.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inez_Bensusan
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 404
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