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| − | Born Mathilda de Beer in Beaufort West on December 9, 1896 and raised there, where she and her brother [[Thys de Beer]] became involved in local amateur dramatics. She also met [[Hendrik Hanekom]] there and they and married on 5th August in 1918. Their daughter, [[Tilana Hanekom]], also became an actress, and was married to actor and manager [[Eghard van der Hoven]]. | + | Born [[Mathilda de Beer]] in Beaufort West on December 9, 1896 and raised there, where she and her brother [[Thys de Beer]] became involved in local amateur dramatics. She also met [[Hendrik Hanekom]] there and they and married on 5th August in 1918. Their daughter, [[Tilana Hanekom]], also became an actress, and was married to actor and manager [[Eghard van der Hoven]]. |
She passed away in Pretoria on December 29, 1976. | She passed away in Pretoria on December 29, 1976. | ||
Revision as of 07:58, 7 June 2014
(1896-1976) Pioneering Afrikaans stage, radio and film actress and drama teacher.
Biography
Born Mathilda de Beer in Beaufort West on December 9, 1896 and raised there, where she and her brother Thys de Beer became involved in local amateur dramatics. She also met Hendrik Hanekom there and they and married on 5th August in 1918. Their daughter, Tilana Hanekom, also became an actress, and was married to actor and manager Eghard van der Hoven. She passed away in Pretoria on December 29, 1976.
Theatre work
After teaching for a while, they founded a travelling theatre group, Hendrik Hanekom Toneelgeselskap, the two of them often writing their plays and normally playing lead roles in all their the productions. When the company amalgamated with that of Paul de Groot in June 1926, she became a member of the new company, the Paul de Groot Toneelgeselskap.
She went on to work regularly for the newly founded National Theatre Organisation, beginning with a year-long tour with their bilingual company in 1948 (a company which included André Huguenet, Siegfried Mynhardt, Leon Gluckman, Frank Wise, Lorna Cowell, Vivienne Drummond and Enone van den Bergh). After that she continued working for NTO on various productions.
Stage Roles
Her many stage performances included roles in **, Nag het die wind gebring (1948/49), Oupa Brompie (1950), Candida (1950), Ek Onthou vir Mamma (1954), Skrikkeljaar (1958).
Sources
http://hanekom.org/webtrees/family.php?famid=F130&ged=HANEKOM
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