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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
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Her stage work includes classic plays such as ''[[Elektra]]'', ''[[Antigone]]'' and ''[[Medea]]'', for [[PACT]]*?,
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Her stage work includes classic plays such as ''[[Elektra]]'', ''[[Antigone]]'' and ''[[Medea]]''.
  
''[[Mirakel]]'' (1992),
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For [[CAPAB]] [[La Dama Duende|Kom Spook By My]], [[Pas op dat je geen woord zegt|Moenie Praat Nie]] (1968).
  
Her film and TV work as actress includes roles in the film ''Dit was aand en dit was môre'' ([[Franz Marx]], 1978), and such TV series as ''Dokter-Dokter'' and ''Drama-Drama''.  After the birth of her son, she began to focus on her writing, prioducing a range of radio series, such as ''Die Mannheim Sage'', ''Hartjie my Liefie'', ''Noodlotskoppelmaai'', ''Solitaire'' and ''Vriendinne''. Because of the success of Die Mannheim Sage, she was asked to rework it for TV for the 1986 Johannesburg centerary celebrations. This was followed by ''Moordspeletjies'' and the storylines of ''Glaskastele''. She has also published her scripts in novelised form (2006-2007).  
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For [[PACOFS]] [[Afrikaners is Plesierig]], [[Huis Clos|In Kamera]], [[The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife]] (1971),  [[Under Milk Wood]], [[Les Aveugles|Die Blindes]] (1973).
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For [[PACT]] [[Double Jeu|Dubbelspel met die Dood]] (1974).
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''[[Mirakel]]'' (1992).
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Her film and TV work as actress includes roles in the film ''Dit was aand en dit was môre'' ([[Franz Marx]], 1978), and such TV series as ''[[Willem]]'', ''Dokter-Dokter'' and ''Drama-Drama''.   
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After the birth of her son, she began to focus on her writing, prioducing a range of radio series, such as ''Die Mannheim Sage'', ''Hartjie my Liefie'', ''Noodlotskoppelmaai'', ''Solitaire'' and ''Vriendinne''. Because of the success of Die Mannheim Sage, she was asked to rework it for TV for the 1986 Johannesburg centerary celebrations. This was followed by ''Moordspeletjies'' and the storylines of ''Glaskastele''. She has also published her scripts in novelised form (2006-2007).
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

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Lerina Erasmus. (19*-) Writer and actress.

Biography

Lerina was born in Namibia and has lived in Johannesburg for most of her life. She is married to Gunther Schmikal.


Youth

Training

She studied drama at the University of Pretoria.


Career

She started as an actress with PACT.

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

Her stage work includes classic plays such as Elektra, Antigone and Medea.

For CAPAB Kom Spook By My, Moenie Praat Nie (1968).

For PACOFS Afrikaners is Plesierig, In Kamera, The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife (1971), Under Milk Wood, Die Blindes (1973).

For PACT Dubbelspel met die Dood (1974).

Mirakel (1992).

Her film and TV work as actress includes roles in the film Dit was aand en dit was môre (Franz Marx, 1978), and such TV series as Willem, Dokter-Dokter and Drama-Drama.

After the birth of her son, she began to focus on her writing, prioducing a range of radio series, such as Die Mannheim Sage, Hartjie my Liefie, Noodlotskoppelmaai, Solitaire and Vriendinne. Because of the success of Die Mannheim Sage, she was asked to rework it for TV for the 1986 Johannesburg centerary celebrations. This was followed by Moordspeletjies and the storylines of Glaskastele. She has also published her scripts in novelised form (2006-2007).

Awards, etc

Sources

1992 National Arts Festival Souvenir Programme, p. 65.

Die Burger and Beeld, 24 November 2016.

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