Tembsie Times

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Tembsie Times (1951-2021) was an actress.

Sometimes also referred to as Themsie Times.

Biography

Themsie Times was born in 1951 in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), South Africa. She died on 9 December 2021 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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

As a stage performer she appeared in Marius Weyers's 1984 English production of Poppie Nongena


Beginning with Oh George! in 1981, her film career wasfar more substantial, with numerous appearances in films and TV dramas/series, including: Kampus: 'n Varsity-Storie (1986), Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) African Express (1990), Cry, the Beloved Country (1995), Dangerous Ground (1997), Yizo Yizo (1999), Stander (2003), Beat the Drum (2003), 7de Laan (2008–2016), Actually Quite a Lot (2016), Shadow (2019), Dead Places (2021)






Elizabeth Hurley and Ice Cube in Dangerous Ground (1997) Dangerous Ground 4.4 Black Hooker (as Temsie Times) 1997


African Express (1990) African Express 3.4 Switchboard Lady #2 (as Thembsie Times) 1990

Kitty Aldridge and John Kani in An African Dream (1988) An African Dream 6.5 Katazile (as Tembsie Times) 1988

The Mantis Project 8.7 TV Movie Elsie (as Thembsie Times) 1987

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 4.5 Nurse (as Themsi Times) 1986

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863596/

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