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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==

Revision as of 16:52, 31 January 2018

Betty Hugo (19**- 2001).

Biography

Born Betty Botha in Cape Town, the daughter of Minna Freund and Judge C.L. Botha. Married to Leon Hugo.

Youth

Training

Studied at University of Stellenbosch.

Career

She was a founder member of the Libertas Theatre Club in Stellenbosch.

Became a lecturer in English at the University of South Africa and later the Pretoria Technikon. While there she was an active member of the *** dramatic society and wrote a thesis on translations of Shaw’s works into German.

She was a lecturer in drama at Pretoria University in 1978.

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

She made her debut as actress in So praat die ou rivier in 1954. She has also appeared in Dear Antoine (CAPAB 1971), The Great Galeoto (PACT 1974), **

Awards, etc

Sources

So praat die ou rivier programme notes, 1954.

Pretoria News, 3 May 1978.

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