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[[Vicki Vosloo]] (1939-). Actress.
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[[Vicki Vosloo]] (1939-) is an actress.
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Also known by her married name as Mrs [[L.J. van Schalkwyk]]
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Vicki was born and raised in Cradock, South Africa and studied at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] in the late 1950s.
 
  
She retired from acting in 1961 to work on a Dutch Reformed Church mission station in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) for a number of years. She was one of sixteen full time actors chosen by [[PACT]] in 1963.
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Vicki was born in Pretoria and had her first drama training in primary school, at the Laerskool Pretoria-Oos. She completed her schooling at the Hoër Meisieskool Rocklands in Cradock, South Africa in 1955, before  going to the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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There she obtained three qualifications in four years (1956-1959): a BA (with Languages, Drama and Psychology), a three-year teachers' diploma (in Afrikaans, elocution and drama), a one-year teachers' diploma diploma (in English elocution and drama).
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She worked the SA Information Service as an assistant information officer for a while, while continuing with her acting career as well as doing work as a radio announcer for the [[SABC]].
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By 1964 she had left her acting career behind, moving to Southern Rhodesia.  where she teaching elocution at the school for the deaf at the Morgenster mission station at Fort Victoria. In 1965 she married a Mr van Schalkwyk there, and the couple had one daughter.
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In 1970 she moved back to the Cape region to settle in Paarl, where she gave part-time remedial courses.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
She has appeared on stage in productions of ''[[Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder]]'' for  [[University of Stellenbosch Department of Speech and Drama]], 1958, (probably in [[Afrikaans]]), ''[[The Dark is Light Enough]]'' (1959), ''[[Nie vir Geleerdes]]'' ([[NTO]] 1960), ''[[Rhinocéros|Die Renosters]]'' (1963-4), ''[[Herr Sleeman kommer|Meneer Sleeman Kom]]'', ''[[Der Zerbrochene Krug|Die Gebreekte Kruik]]'' (as the girl in the case, 1963).
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She has appeared on stage in productions of: ''[[Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder]]'' for  [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department|University of Stellenbosch Department of Speech and Drama]], 1958, (probably in [[Afrikaans]]), ''[[The Dark is Light Enough]]'' (1959), ''[[Nie vir Geleerdes]]'' ([[NTO]] 1960),  
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In 1963, she became one of sixteen full time actors chosen by [[PACT]] for their first company.
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''[[Rhinocéros|Die Renosters]]'' (1963-4), ''[[Herr Sleeman kommer|Meneer Sleeman Kom]]'', ''[[Der Zerbrochene Krug|Die Gebreekte Kruik]]'' (as the girl in the case, 1963).
  
 
She starred in the films ''[[Basie]]'' and ''[[Die Jagters]]'' in 1961.
 
She starred in the films ''[[Basie]]'' and ''[[Die Jagters]]'' in 1961.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 11 October 1961; 1 January 1963.
 
''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 11 October 1961; 1 January 1963.
  
 
Sources of the various productions.
 
Sources of the various productions.
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4581767.
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CV of Mrs [[L.J. van Schalkwyk]], submitted to [[ESAT]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:57, 9 August 2023

Vicki Vosloo (1939-) is an actress.

Also known by her married name as Mrs L.J. van Schalkwyk

Biography

Vicki was born in Pretoria and had her first drama training in primary school, at the Laerskool Pretoria-Oos. She completed her schooling at the Hoër Meisieskool Rocklands in Cradock, South Africa in 1955, before going to the University of Stellenbosch.

There she obtained three qualifications in four years (1956-1959): a BA (with Languages, Drama and Psychology), a three-year teachers' diploma (in Afrikaans, elocution and drama), a one-year teachers' diploma diploma (in English elocution and drama).

She worked the SA Information Service as an assistant information officer for a while, while continuing with her acting career as well as doing work as a radio announcer for the SABC.

By 1964 she had left her acting career behind, moving to Southern Rhodesia. where she teaching elocution at the school for the deaf at the Morgenster mission station at Fort Victoria. In 1965 she married a Mr van Schalkwyk there, and the couple had one daughter.

In 1970 she moved back to the Cape region to settle in Paarl, where she gave part-time remedial courses.

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

She has appeared on stage in productions of: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder for University of Stellenbosch Department of Speech and Drama, 1958, (probably in Afrikaans), The Dark is Light Enough (1959), Nie vir Geleerdes (NTO 1960),

In 1963, she became one of sixteen full time actors chosen by PACT for their first company.

Die Renosters (1963-4), Meneer Sleeman Kom, Die Gebreekte Kruik (as the girl in the case, 1963).

She starred in the films Basie and Die Jagters in 1961.

Sources

The Rand Daily Mail, 11 October 1961; 1 January 1963.

Sources of the various productions.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4581767.

CV of Mrs L.J. van Schalkwyk, submitted to ESAT.

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