Doreen Mantle

Doreen Mantle (1926-) is an actress.

Biography

Born in Johannesburg on 22 June 1926, , she studied at the University of the Witwatersrand.

She began her stage career in South Africa during the 1940s, performing for the University Players, Johannesburg Repertory Society (of which she was Chairperson for a time), the Munro-Inglis company and others.

In 1953 she moved to London in 1953 with her husband, Mr Graham-Smith, where she established herself as a prominent professional actress on stage, TV and film.

For more on her illustrious British career, see the Wikipedia entry on her (at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Mantle) and the entry in IMDb (at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544140/)

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

Stage roles performed in South Africa include:

Pop Goes the Queen (1945-6), Peer Gynt (1946), The Witch (1948), Hassan (1950), Grand National Night (1950), Desire under the Elms (1951), Tartuffe (as Elmire, 1952), The Young Elizabeth (1953).

She was the Chairperson of the Johannesburg Reps for a while as well.

Awards, etc.

Doreen won the award for Best Supporting Actress of the Year in 1979 for her role as Willie Loman's wife in Death of a Salesman running at the National Theatre in London.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Mantle

Trek, 10(15):18, 1946;

Trek, 14(5):43, 1950.

Hassan theatre programme, 1950.

Helikon, 1(6):41, 31 August 1952.

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, p. 38.

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