Brenda Wood
(19*-) Actress. ****
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Biography
Born, educated and trained in Johannesburg. Moved to Cape Town in the mid 1980s.
Training
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Performed in The Cat and the Canary, Cause Célèbre (for Pieter Toerien), The Cocktail Party (for Prester John Enterprises), Doctor on the Boil, Last of the Red Hot Lovers.
Roles include **, "Miss Daisy" in Driving Miss Daisy. Starred in Brickhill-Burke’s production of Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers together with Melody O’Brian, Lynne Maree and Hal Orlandini at His Majesty’s Theatre in 1980. The Man Most Likely To (1985), Heliotrope Bouquet (1994).
Awards, etc
Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actress, 1991 for her role in Driving Miss Daisy.
Sources
Tucker, 1997
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