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=== Career ===
 
=== Career ===
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Starting off as a performer for [[Volksteater]] in the late nineteen thirties, he was also a member of the [[Katdorings]]. Then became a member of the [[Pierre De Wet Toneelgeselskap]] (with [[Paula Styger]], [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] and [[Gert van den Bergh]]) which toured South Africa in 1944.
  
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He later worked for [[NTO]] as well as the [[SABC]]. Became public relations officer for the city of Johannesburg.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Starting off as a performer for [[Volksteater]] in the late nineteen thirties, he was also a member of the [[Katdorings]] and performed in plays such as **, **. In 1941 he did ''[[Dagbreek]]'' ([[Wynand du Preez]]), for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] (Dir. [[Hermien Dommisse]]). Then became a member of the [[Pierre De Wet Toneelgeselskap]] (with [[Paula Styger]], [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] and [[Gert van den Bergh]]) which toured South Africa in 1944. Among the plays he did were ''[[Pinkie]]'' ([[Pierre de Wet]], 1944)He later played in a number of amateur and professional productions (including the famous 1947 Afrikaans ''[[Hamlet]]'') and worked for [[NTO]] as well as the [[SABC]]. Became public relations officer for the city of Johannesburg. He also acted in a number of the films made in the 1940s and 50s, including ''[[Simon Beyers]]'' (dir Pierre de Wet, 19**), ''[[Die Kaskenades van Dokter Kwak]]'', *
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In 1941 he did ''[[Dagbreek]]'' ([[Wynand du Preez]]), for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] (Dir. [[Hermien Dommisse]]). Among the plays he did for [[Pierre De Wet Toneelgeselskap]] were ''[[Pinkie]]'' ([[Pierre de Wet]], 1944).
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He later played in a number of amateur and professional productions (including the famous 1947 Afrikaans ''[[Hamlet]]'').
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He also acted in a number of the films made in the 1940s and 50s, including ''[[Simon Beyers]]'' (dir Pierre de Wet, 19**), ''[[Die Kaskenades van Dokter Kwak]]''.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 09:49, 5 June 2017

Jan Cronjé. (19** - 19**) Teacher, Afrikaans stage and film actor and radio-announcer, public relations officer.


Biography

Youth

Training

Career

Starting off as a performer for Volksteater in the late nineteen thirties, he was also a member of the Katdorings. Then became a member of the Pierre De Wet Toneelgeselskap (with Paula Styger, Anna Neethling-Pohl and Gert van den Bergh) which toured South Africa in 1944.

He later worked for NTO as well as the SABC. Became public relations officer for the city of Johannesburg.

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

In 1941 he did Dagbreek (Wynand du Preez), for the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society (Dir. Hermien Dommisse). Among the plays he did for Pierre De Wet Toneelgeselskap were Pinkie (Pierre de Wet, 1944).

He later played in a number of amateur and professional productions (including the famous 1947 Afrikaans Hamlet).

He also acted in a number of the films made in the 1940s and 50s, including Simon Beyers (dir Pierre de Wet, 19**), Die Kaskenades van Dokter Kwak.

Awards, etc

Sources

(See Hauptfleisch, 1985; Du Toit, 1988) [TH, JH]

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