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She played the title role in ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]''. She has also appeared in ''[[Diepe Grond]]''.  
 
She played the title role in ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]''. She has also appeared in ''[[Diepe Grond]]''.  
  
Performances include [[Fatima Dike]]’s ''[[So What’s New?]]'' at  the [[Market Theatre]] (1991), ''[[Apartheid on Trial]]'' (1994), ''[[Sister +]]'' and ''[[Spinning Out]]'' (1999).
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Performances include [[Fatima Dike]]’s ''[[So What’s New?]]'' at  the [[Market Theatre]] (1991), ''[[Apartheid on Trial]]'' (1994), ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'' (1996), ''[[Sister +]]'' and ''[[Spinning Out]]'' (1999).
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She wrote the play ;;[[Unsung Heroines]]''.
  
 
She had roles in films such as ''[[Sarafina!]]'' and ''[[Mapantsula]]''.
 
She had roles in films such as ''[[Sarafina!]]'' and ''[[Mapantsula]]''.

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Doris Sihula (19**-2007) Actress. Also credited as Doris Sehula.

Biography

Youth

Training

Career

She began her career in the 1960s with Gibson Kente.

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

She played the title role in Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena. She has also appeared in Diepe Grond.

Performances include Fatima Dike’s So What’s New? at the Market Theatre (1991), Apartheid on Trial (1994), The Good Woman of Sharkville (1996), Sister + and Spinning Out (1999).

She wrote the play ;;Unsung Heroines.

She had roles in films such as Sarafina! and Mapantsula.

Awards, etc

She received a Naledi Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

Sources

Beeld 28 February 2007.

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