Wilma Stockenström
(1933-) Actress, poet and playwright.
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Biography
She was married to Ants Kirsipuu, who passed away in 2003.
Youth
Training
Studied drama at the University of Stellenbosch under Robert Mohr.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She wrote two one-act plays, Katlagters and Op Deurreis that were published in the periodicals Wurm and Contrast. She also wrote a play for children, Dawid, die Dik Dom Kat published by DALRO and Trippens se Patatta. **
Her play, Die Laaste Middagmaal, (along with Sheila Roberts’s My Weekend, Too) won the one-act play competition which was held at The Space in 1972/3 and was performed by them. *
She went on to work as a freelance actress for The Space Theatre ** and **. Among her key performances were in God's Forgotten (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1976), Strike up the Banned (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1976), **. She played in 'n Bruid in die Môre, The Chairs and Drie Susters directed by Robert Mohr. She starred in Barney Simon’s production of Fugard’s Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act together with Vivian Solomons at The Market in 1979.
She wrote the play Die Patatta and co-operated with Ants Kirsipuu in translating Andorra and Leonce en Lena from the German into Afrikaans.
She also became a excellent film and television actress, appearing in **, **.
Awards, etc
Sources
Die Patatta theatre programme notes, circa 1965.
Die Burger, 7 August 2008.
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