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[[Sam Phillips]] (1948-2021) was a singer, dancer and actor.  
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[[Sam Phillips]] (1948-2021) was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor, director, producer, writer, and music composer.  
  
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==Biography==
  
This article from Eyewitness News, 16 January, 2021[https://ewn.co.za/2021/01/16/actor-sam-phillips-dies] - TO BE ADDED
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Sam Phillips died on 16 January, 2021, at the age of 72.  
  
JOHANNESBURG - South African actor Sam Phillips has died at the age of 72.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
The news was confirmed by his agency Gaenor Artiste Management.
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'''Stage work'''
  
It’s understood Phillips who graced South African TV screens for decades long died during the early hours of this morning.
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He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[The First South African]]'', ''[[The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'' and ''[[The Sacrifice of Kreli]]''.
  
His agency remembered him as a revered actor, director, producer, writer, and music composer who featured in well-known productions including Phamokate, Backstage, Soul City, The Wild, and Isibaya.
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He had a role in ''[[Dark Voices Ring]]'' at The [[People's Space]] Theatre in October 1979.
  
He has also featured in international plays like Athol Fugard's Master Herold and The Boys in New Orleans.
 
  
This is another blow to South Africa’s entertainment industry – just this week the same agency confirmed the passing of South African film and television award-winning actress Lindiwe Ndlovu who died at the age of 45.
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Internationally he appeared in [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''[[Master Harold and the Boys]]'' in New Orleans.  
  
==Biography==
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He appeared in ''[[Separate Development]]'' in 1980.
 
 
Sam Phillips died on 16 January, 2021, at the age of 72.  
 
  
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
  
He worked at [[The Space]] in the 1970s, acting in ''[[The First South African]]'', ''[[The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria]]'', ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'' and ''[[The Sacrifice of Kreli]]''.
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'''Film and TV work'''
  
He had a role in ''[[Dark Voices Ring]]'' at The [[People's Space]] Theatre in October 1979.
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He had a role in the short film  ''[[Senzeni na?]]'', nominated for a Oscar in 1991, and appeared as "Themba" in ''[[The Caretaker]]'' (written by Thulani Mkhize, 1999).
 
 
He appeared in ''[[Separate Development]]'' in 1980.
 
  
He had a role in the short film  ''[[Senzeni na?]]'', nominated for a Oscar in 1991, and appeared as "Themba" in ''[[The Caretaker]]'' (written by Thulani Mkhize, 1999).  
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Appeared in such TV programmes as ''[[Phamokate]]'', ''[[Backstage]]'', ''[[Soul City]]'', ''[[The Wild]]'' and ''[[Isibaya]]''.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 17:00, 16 January 2021

Sam Phillips (1948-2021) was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor, director, producer, writer, and music composer.

Biography

Sam Phillips died on 16 January, 2021, at the age of 72.

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

Stage work

He worked at The Space in the 1970s, acting in The First South African, The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria, Lysistrata S.A. and The Sacrifice of Kreli.

He had a role in Dark Voices Ring at The People's Space Theatre in October 1979.


Internationally he appeared in Athol Fugard's Master Harold and the Boys in New Orleans.

He appeared in Separate Development in 1980.


Film and TV work

He had a role in the short film Senzeni na?, nominated for a Oscar in 1991, and appeared as "Themba" in The Caretaker (written by Thulani Mkhize, 1999).

Appeared in such TV programmes as Phamokate, Backstage, Soul City, The Wild and Isibaya.

Sources

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.

Sunday Times, 15 February 1991.

The Sowetan, 15 June 1999.

Photograph held by NELM (Dark Voices Ring): [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 21. 11.

https://ewn.co.za/2021/01/16/actor-sam-phillips-dies

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