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[[Bie Engelen]] wrote and published ''Tine Balder. Een leven in het theater'', a chronicle of her mother’s life in the theatre, including her South Arican period. Published in a limited edition of 20 copies in 2022. (The volume includes an English version of the biographical section.)
 
[[Bie Engelen]] wrote and published ''Tine Balder. Een leven in het theater'', a chronicle of her mother’s life in the theatre, including her South Arican period. Published in a limited edition of 20 copies in 2022. (The volume includes an English version of the biographical section.)
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She was born Antwerp, Belgium, in 19** and grew up there. In the late 1950s her father was offered work as a director for the [[National Theatre Organisation]]  ([[NTO]]) in South Africa and in 1961 became the first head of the newly established  drama department the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. Her mother worked as actress, lecturer and costumier for the department as well. 
 
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Bie studied at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] until 1966, where she met and married [[John Cartwright]]. She went abroad in 1969 to study decor and costume design.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 15:24, 26 February 2023

Bie Engelen (1945-) is a trained actress, décor and costume designer and teacher of English.

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Biography

Born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1945, and grew up there. In 1961 her family moved to Stellenbosch where her father, Fred Engelen, had been appointed a director for the Cape Regional branch of the National Theatre Organisation (NTO), and shortly thereafter was appointed as the first head of the newly established department of drama at the University of Stellenbosch. Her mother, the well-know actress Tine Balder, worked as a professional actress, and as a lecturer and costumier for the department as well.

Bie graduated from the Stellenbosch Drama Department in December 1967. She had married John Cartwright and they went to Canada in 1969 for further study. After their divorce, her husband returned to South Africa while she remained in Canada.

Her résumé on LinkedIn for the ensuing period includes stintes at being a leatherworker and running her own garden maintenance business. Already fluent in Flemish, French, German and Afrikaans, she now mastered English, which she has gone on to teach as a second language around the world, from her base in Toronto.

Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance

While a student at the department of drama Bie was cast in two UTS productions:

Exit the King (as "Queen Marguerite") and Die Erfgename (as "Catherine Sloper").

Early in 1969 she joined CAPAB's Afrikaans company, to be cast as "Queen Marie" in Die Koning Sterf.

Bie Engelen wrote and published Tine Balder. Een leven in het theater, a chronicle of her mother’s life in the theatre, including her South Arican period. Published in a limited edition of 20 copies in 2022. (The volume includes an English version of the biographical section.)

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

She appeared as "Koningin Marie" in Die Koning Sterf for the University Theatre Stellenbosch (UTS) in 1969.

Sources

http://www.ragnarokr.org/index.php-title=Bie_Engelen.html

https://algonquinislandassociation.weebly.com/bie-engelen.html

Die Koning Sterf programme notes, 1969.

E-mail correspondence from Bie Engelen.

Bie Engelen 2022.Tine Balder. Een leven in het theater. Toronto: (c)Bie Engelen.

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