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(19*-) Actress in film, radio and television and on stage. Born in **. Studied at the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]], won [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] for Most Promising Student in 1985. Besides acting, she has worked as Head of the UCT Wardrobe, lectured on stage make-up, and directed and designed for theatre and worked as an accent and performance coach for film. Highlights of her theatre acting career include ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'', ''[[Wit]]'', ''[[Women Beware Women]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]'', one of three one-woman shows she toured with in Canada under the directorship of [[Geoffrey Hyland]], ''[[The Beauty Queen of Leenane]]'' directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 2001),''[[ Broken Glass]]'' (2011). She is also a painter, and she has exhibited and sold her paintings internationally.  
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[[Claire Berlein]] (19*-) Actress in film, radio and television and on stage.
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== Biography ==
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== Training ==
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Claire graduated with distinction from the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] in 1985.
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== Career ==
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After two years as a member of the [[CAPAB]] Drama Company, she freelanced in theatre, film and television. Besides acting, she has worked as Head of the UCT Wardrobe, lectured on stage make-up, and directed and designed for theatre and worked as an accent and performance coach for film. She is also a painter, and she has exhibited and sold her paintings internationally.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Highlights of her theatre acting career include Helena in ''[[A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur]]'' 1990, Masha in ''[[The Seagull]]'', Lavinia in ''[[Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome]]'', ''[[Wit]]'', ''[[Women Beware Women]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]'', one of three one-woman shows she toured with in Canada under the directorship of [[Geoffrey Hyland]], ''[[French Gray]]'' as Marie Antoinette (1995), ''[[The Beauty Queen of Leenane]]'' directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]], Best Actress, 2001), ''[[ Broken Glass]]'' (2011).
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Other productions include ''[[The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant]]'', ''[[Grace and Glorie]]'', ''[[Madame de Sade]]'', ''[[Separate Tables]]'' , ''[[Les Fourberies de Scapin|Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino]]'' (1986), ''[[Women in the Wings]]'', ''[[The Blue Iris]]'', ''[[Personal Column]]'', ''[[Ghetto]]'', ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[Frühlings Erwachen|Spring Awakening]]'', ''[[Grace and Glorie]]'' (1998).
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She designed costumes for ''[[Exit the King]]'' 1997, ''[[The Trojan Women]]''.
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Movie work includes ''The Red Winter'', ''Astor Mansions'' and ''An African Dream''.
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== Awards, etc ==
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Won [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] for Most Promising Student in 1985.
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''[[Beauty Queen of Leenane|The Beauty Queen of Leenane]]'' directed by [[Janice Honeyman]] ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]], Best Actress, 2001).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=26682
 
http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=26682
  
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''A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur'' theatre programme, 1990.
  
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 09:48, 29 December 2017

Claire Berlein (19*-) Actress in film, radio and television and on stage.

Biography

Training

Claire graduated with distinction from the University of Cape Town Drama Department in 1985.


Career

After two years as a member of the CAPAB Drama Company, she freelanced in theatre, film and television. Besides acting, she has worked as Head of the UCT Wardrobe, lectured on stage make-up, and directed and designed for theatre and worked as an accent and performance coach for film. She is also a painter, and she has exhibited and sold her paintings internationally.


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

Highlights of her theatre acting career include Helena in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur 1990, Masha in The Seagull, Lavinia in Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome, Wit, Women Beware Women and The Yellow Wallpaper, one of three one-woman shows she toured with in Canada under the directorship of Geoffrey Hyland, French Gray as Marie Antoinette (1995), The Beauty Queen of Leenane directed by Janice Honeyman (Fleur du Cap, Best Actress, 2001), Broken Glass (2011).

Other productions include The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Grace and Glorie, Madame de Sade, Separate Tables , Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino (1986), Women in the Wings, The Blue Iris, Personal Column, Ghetto, The Phantom of the Opera, Spring Awakening, Grace and Glorie (1998).

She designed costumes for Exit the King 1997, The Trojan Women.

Movie work includes The Red Winter, Astor Mansions and An African Dream.

Awards, etc

Won Fleur du Cap for Most Promising Student in 1985.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane directed by Janice Honeyman (Fleur du Cap, Best Actress, 2001).

Sources

http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=26682

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur theatre programme, 1990.


Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography


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