Joey de Koker

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(1932-2014) Actress, teacher and director.

Biography

Originally from Paarl, studied social science. but went straight into freelance teaching until she became interested in acting.

She had a son and a daughter, the actress Gretha Brazelle.

She died in Paarl on 26 June 2014.

Training

When she became interested in acting, she studied at the Akademie vir Dramakuns with Babs Laker and Rosalie van der Gucht, completing.


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

Stage

As actress

Roles inclkde:

Voorlopige Vonnis, NTO, 1958,

Speelgoed van Glas, (PACOFS 1984),

Een Bruid in de Morgen,

A Flea in her Ear (CAPAB 1988), directed by Schalk Jacobsz.

Pieter-Dirk Uys’s Karnaval, directed by Dawie Malan and also starring Lida Botha, Dale Cutts and Magda Beukes at Upstairs at the Market in 1981;

Die Vleiroos (as Nedda Barnard), Nico Arena, and National Arts Festival, 1992.


As stage director

She directed Die Pluimsaad Waai Vêr for PACOFS, 1967;

An English translation of Putsonderwater by Anthony Dawes as The Virgin and the Vultures by the amateur dramatic society of the Johannesburg College of Education;

Kwart voor Dagbreek at Meul Teater, Paarl, presented by Paarl Theatre Club, October 1996.


Radio and television

Actress


Director

Resident Afrikaans drama producer for SABC in Cape Town

She acted in the television series Avenues which was broadcast on SABC3, 1998 and in the film Anderkant die Stilte, 2012.

Director of the radio drama Drif, 1995.

Awards, etc

Nominated for a Radio Artes as director of the radio drama Drif, 1995.

Sources

Cape Times, 7 July 1992.

Die Burger, 13 Mrt 2012

Joey de Koker 1932-2014: Die Burger, 3 Julie 2014: p. 16

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