Ferdie Uphof
Ferdie Uphof (19**). Singer, actor.
Dates of birth and death of Ferdie Uphof 1943-2014 according to the web page [1]. It could not be verified that it is the same person.
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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He started his career as a singer for a Spanish Company.
Ferdie performed in Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, The Minstrel Scandals and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1972).
He starred in Taubie Kushlick’s production of Jacques Brel in November 1979 at the Chelsea Theatre and in her production of A Tribute to the Words and Music of Brel at Kushlicks Theatre Restaurant in September 1989.
He was a soloist in the [[The Minstrel Scandals and played in Lock up your daughters. He has done recording and radio transcription work.
Awards, etc.
He won the Players Club Award for Best Supporting SA Artist in 1972.
Sources
SACD 1973.
Tucker, 1997.
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris programme notes.
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