Connie Chiume
Connie Chiume (1952- 2024) was a South African stage, film and television actress.
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Biography
Born Connie Temweka Gabisile Chiume in Welkom in the Free State on 5 June 1952 – 6 August 2024)
She became a multi-award-winning actress who starred in several local and international films and TV shows. Chiume was also a motivational speaker, qualified teacher and chairperson for the Centre of Africa.
She passed away at the Garden City Hospital, Johannesburg, on 6 August, 2024.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Stage plays include: You Strike the Woman You Strike the Rock; Ipi Tombi (in the production which toured South Africa, Monte Carlo, USA and New Zealand); Porgy and Bess; Little Shop of Horrors, Somdaka.
Television series include: Zone 14 (Stella Moloi); Rhythm City (Mamokete Khuse); Soul City; Mazinyo Dot Q; 90 Plein Street; Khululeka; Yizo Yizo 3; Generations; and Gomora.
Feature films include: The Air Up There (1994); Chikin Biznis ... The Whole Story! (1999) I Dreamed of Africa (2000); Country of My Skull (2004), The Black Panther, .
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Chiume
http://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=4560
NELM catalogue.
https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/08/06/connie-chiume-dies-at-72-1
Keitumetse Maako. 2024. "Remembering Connie Chiume: A four-decade journey from Welkom to Hollywood's silver screen", News24 9 August, 2024.
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