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Berdine Grünewald (b. 15/08/1914 – d. 07/08/1994) was an actress and illustrator.
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See [[Berdine Grünewald]]  
 
 
== Biography ==
 
 
Born Berdine Groenewald, Berdine Grünewald was considered by many to have been one of the most attractive women to have appeared on the South African stage.  A classically trained actress, she started her theatrical career at the age of 21 when, in 1935, she took over the role of Esther, originally played by [[Elsa Fouché]], in ''[[Oom Paul]]'', presented by [[Hendrik]] and [[Mathilde Hanekom]]’s touring company.  She stayed with the Hanekoms for three years and then joined [[André Huguenet]] for ''[[Die Kwaksalwer]]'' in 1939, followed by several other productions.  She also took a number of roles with the [[Volksteater]] and the [[National Theatre Organisation]].  She and Huguenet remained close and she played Ophelia opposite him in his Afrikaans-language version of ''[[Hamlet]]'' in 1947 and as Lady Macduff in his ''[[Macbeth]]'' in 1950.  In 1951 she visited Australia with the British Commonwealth Theatre Company and in 1955 worked with [[Ruth Oppenheim]] at Johannesburg’s [[Windmill Theatre]].  Her last stage performance in South Africa was in ''[[Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'' in 1966.
 
 
 
In 1960 she married the American playwright, screenwriter and popular/controversial science writer Robert Ardrey and as Berdine Ardrey illustrated three of his books on the science of human origins: ''African Genesis'' (1961), ''The Territorial Imperative'' (1966) and ''The Social Contract'' (1970).  They initially settled in Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood and 1977 came back to South Africa to live in Kalk Bay.  Robert died there in 1980 and Berdine in 1994. 
 
 
 
== Credits ==
 
 
 
'''Theatre'''
 
 
 
1935 – ''[[Oom Paul]]'' (Directed by [[Hendrik Hanekom]]),
 
1936 – ''[[Erfsonde]]'' (Directed by [[Hendrik Hanekom]]),
 
1937 – ''[[Die Geleende Bruid]]'' (Directed by [[Hendrik Hanekom]]),
 
1937 – ''[[Generaal de Wet]]'' (Directed by [[Hendrik Hanekom]]),
 
1938 – ''[[Deugniet en Korrelkop]]'' (Directed by [[Hendrik Hanekom]]),
 
1938 – ''[[Nita die Danseres]]'' ([[D.K.T. Teaters]]),
 
1939 – ''[[Die Kwaksalwer]]'' (Directed by [[André Huguenet]]),
 
1939 – ''[[Die Tweede Grieta]]'' (Directed by [[André Huguenet]]),
 
1940 – ''[[As Mure Kan Praat]]'' (Directed by [[André Huguenet]]),
 
1941 – ''[[Lenie]]'' (Directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]]),
 
1941 – ''[[Maria Stuart]]'' (Directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]]),
 
1942 – ''[[Satansloon]]'' (Directed by [[Pierre de Wet]] for [[Teatergroep]]),
 
1945 – ''[[Die Rooi Pruik]]'' (Produced by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] for [[Die Maskerspelers]] and later taken to North Africa to be performed for South African troops in Cairo),
 
1947 – ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Directed in Afrikaans by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] & [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]),
 
1948 – ''[[The Witch]]'' ([[Johannesburg Repertory Society]]),
 
1949 – ''[[Minnaar Onder die Wapen]]'' (Directed by [[Marda Vanne]] for [[National Theatre Organisation]]),
 
1949 – ''[[Die Indringer]]'' (Directed by [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] for [[National Theatre Organisation]]),
 
1950 – ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Produced in Afrikaans by [[Gwen ffrangcon-Davies]] for [[National Theatre Organisation]]),
 
1951 – ''[[The Devil’s Disciple]]'' (Produced by Ngaio Marsh for British Commonwealth Theatre Company in Sydney),
 
1955 – ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' (Produced by [[Ruth Oppenheim]] at [[Windmill Theatre]], Johannesburg),
 
195* - ''[[The Immoralist]]'' (Produced by [[Ruth Oppenheim]] at [[Windmill Theatre]], Johannesburg),
 
1956 – ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' ([[National Theatre Organisation]]),
 
1958 – ''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'' (Directed by [[Robert Mohr]] for [[National Theatre Organisation]]),
 
1966 - ''[[Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'' (Directed by [[René Clermont]] for [[CAPAB]]).
 
 
 
 
 
'''Film'''
 
 
 
She only acted in a few films.  She played, uncredited, in [[Zoltan Korda]]’s film version of ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country]]'' (1951), acted in [[Bladon Peake]]’s ''[[Inspan]]'' (1953) and was in the now totally forgotten ''[[Die Leeu van Punda Maria]]'' (1954), made on 16mm by [[Gerrie Snyman]]. 
 
 
 
'''Radio'''
 
 
 
Together with the likes of [[Hendrik Hanekom]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[Antonius Ferreira]], [[Jacques Lochner]] and [[Johann Lubbe]] she acted in ''[[Tamboere in die Nag]]'', the first Afrikaans radio series adapted from the detective story ''[[Die Skerpioen]]'' by [[Hendrik Brand]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Binge, L.W.B. - Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950) (1969)
 
 
 
Botha, Danie - Voetligte & applaus!: die beginjare van die Afrikaanse beroeptoneel (2006)
 
 
 
Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm (1982)
 
 
 
Minnaar-Vos, Anna - Die spel gaan voort: die verhaal van Hendrik en Mathilde Hanekom (1969)
 
 
 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0344615/?ref_=nv_sr_2
 
  
 
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