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Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner military figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle.
Theron received an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". There was not much work for a young actress or dancer in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and the United States, where she got a job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career.
In 1994, her mother bought her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, and Charlize started visiting all of the agents on Hollywood Boulevard, but without any luck. She went to a bank to cash a check for $500 she received from her mother, and became furious when she learned that the bank would not cash it because it was an out-of-state check. She made a scene and an agent gave her his card, in exchange for learning American English, which she did by watching soap operas on television.
Her first role was in the B-film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995), a non-speaking part with three seconds of screen time. Her next role was as Helga Svelgen in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), which landed her the role of Tina Powers in That Thing You Do! (1996). Since then, she has starred in movies like The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) and The Italian Job (2003). On February 29, 2004, she won her first Academy Award, a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Monster (2003).- Actress
- Producer
Bonnie Mbuli was born on 18 March 1979 in Soweto, Transvaal, South Africa. She is an actress and producer, known for Invictus (2009), Catch a Fire (2006) and The Philanthropist (2009).- Ingrid Boulting was a ballerina and model, before embarking on an acting career. In 1976 she starred in The Last Tycoon, the last film directed by famed director Elia Kazan, written by Harold Pinter based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Hollywood novel The Last Tycoon, and produced by Sam Spiegel.
Boulting was the iconic face of Biba Cosmetics on the 1968 poster designed by Steve Thomas and photographed by Sarah Moon.
She was born in Transvaal, South Africa. - Actress
Doreen June Mantle was born 22 June 1926 in Johannesburg, South Africa and was a character actress who is probably best known for her recurring role as Mrs Warboys in the long-running British sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990) appearing in 18 episodes in the 1990s.
Mantle first travelled to Britain with her parents when she was just six weeks old. Around four years later they returned to South Africa. She then returned to the UK permanently in her late twenties.
She appeared in many British television series from the 1960s to the present, such as The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Chalk (1997), Casualty (1986), The Bill (1984), Doctors (2000), Holby City (1999), Love Soup (2005) and Jonathan Creek (1997). She played lollipop lady Queenie in Clatterford (2006).
Mantle has worked extensively on the stage in such productions as My Fair Lady, Keep It in the Family, The Seagull and Hamlet. She also toured Britain in Billy Liar in the role of Florence Boothroyd and performed at the National Theatre in The Voysey Inheritance. In 1979 she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Death of a Salesman. She also did a great deal of radio work for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.
In 2011 Mantle appeared in Coronation Street (1960) as the mother of Colin Fishwick whose identity was taken by John Stape.- Candice Hillebrand was born on 19 January 1977 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Tekken (2010), Othello: A South African Tale (2002) and How to Make Love to a Woman (2010).
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James Gracie was born on 8 January 1978 in Boksburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa [now South Africa]. He was an actor and writer, known for Discreet (2008), Eye in the Sky (2015) and Semi-Soet (2012). He was married to Anel Alexander. He died on 28 April 2023 in South Africa.- Donald Randolph was born on 5 January 1906 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Over-Exposed (1956), Topaz (1969) and Gambling House (1950). He died on 16 March 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Molly Lamont was born on 22 May 1910 in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She was an actress, known for The Awful Truth (1937), Jalna (1935) and The Jungle Princess (1936). She was married to Edward Bellande. She died on 7 July 2001 in Brentwood, California, USA.- Actress
- Casting Director
- Sound Department
Bubu Mazibuko was born in Soweto, Transvaal, South Africa. She is an actress and casting director, known for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), Gaz'lam (2002) and Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008).- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Leonard Sachs was born on 26 September 1909 in Roodeport, Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor and director, known for Thunderball (1965), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) and John Wesley (1954). He was married to Eleanor Summerfield. He died on 15 June 1990 in Westminster, London, England, UK.- Producer
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Guy is a seasoned executive with studio experience who can acquire, develop and produce content as well as manage a release slate.
Most recently, Guy has been doing double duty both as President of Production for Vendome Pictures and producing on behalf of his own slate of projects. Before that, he headed up Paramount Vantage, and ran Acquisitions and Co- productions for New Line Cinema and for Lionsgate Films.- Actor
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Presley Chweneyagae was born in 1984 in Soweto, Transvaal, South Africa. He is an actor and director, known for Tsotsi (2005), The River (2018) and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013).- Oscar Pistorius was born with fibular hemimelia (congenital absence of the fibula) in both legs, and when he was 11 months old, his legs were amputated halfway between the knee and ankle. Fitted with artificial legs, he played sports at Constantia Kloof Primary and Pretoria Boys High School, including rugby, wrestling, water polo and tennis. After injuring his knee in rugby, he took up running as part of his rehabilitation. He runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fiber transtibial artificial limbs by Ossur, and has been the subject of controversy in the acceptance of prosthetics in sports competition. In January of 2008, the IAAF ruled him ineligible for able-bodied competitions as studies showed he might have an advantage over non-disabled runners. However, this ruling was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sports in May of 2008.
In 2012 Pistorius is the world record holder for T44 disability classification in the 100, 200 and 400 meter events. In 2012 he also became the first amputee runner to participate in the Olympic Games, where posted a time of 45.44 seconds to advance to the semi-finals of the 400 meter event. However, he failed to make the finals. He also ran in the 4 x 400 meter relay as part of the South African team, but failed to win a medal. - Elaine Lee had worked extensively in theatre and radio in her native South Africa prior to settling in Australia in 1970. In 1972 she was one of the original cast members of groundbreaking serial Number 96 (1972) in which she played smouldering older sex-symbol Vera Collins and suffered through a series of ill-fated love affairs with various shady men. She reprised the role in the feature film version of the serial Number 96 (1974). Vera Collins was one of the show's most popular characters and survived four and a half years of tribulation until Elaine Lee left the series. Soon after a spin-off featuring Lee as Vera Collins and another former Number 96 actress Abigail was planned but did not eventuate. She then made infrequent guest appearances in television drama series and mini-series, while her career moved more towards the stage with several successful theatrical roles. In 1997 she returned to a regular television role in the comedy series _"Bullpitt" (1997)_. Her character, named Joan Collins, is somewhat of a parody of Vera Collins and of Elaine Lee herself.
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- Writer
Gert van den Bergh was born on 16 October 1920 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor and writer, known for Zulu (1964), The Naked Prey (1965) and Stropers van die Laeveld (1962). He died on 16 February 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa.- A multi award-winning veteran actor.
Awards include the Vita Nomination for Best Ensemble Performance in Musical Theatre, Best Script of a New South African Play and Best Director, the Vita Award for Best Performance in a Comedy by a Male for Call Us Crazy, Pan African Heritage Broadcast Achievement Award for Drama as well as the Dalro Award for Best Actor for The Suit.
He appeared in movies and television productions such as The long walk to Freedom, Man in the Mirror, Madiba, Queen Sono, The Herd, Farewell Ella Bella, The River, The whale Caller, and many more...
Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, is one of South Africa's most respected actors and has performed in Film, Television and Theatre in South Africa, the USA and Britain as well as in Europe.
He was part of the Royal Shakespeare company and played in London's West End. Other theatre productions include Othello, The Suit, Smallholding, Raisin in the Sun, The Good Woman of Sharkville, Guess Who's Coming for Dinner, Prophets in The Black Sky, The Lion King, Aaron and Titus Andronicus. - Errol Musk was born on 25 May 1946 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. He was previously married to Maye Musk.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Casting Department
Joe Mafela was born in 1942 in Sibasa, Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Retribution (2011), Going Up! (1998) and Ten Little Indians (1989). He died on 18 March 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.- Hazel Hughes was born on 21 April 1913 in Transvaal, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Pride and Prejudice (1958), Theatre 625 (1964) and BBC Play of the Month (1965). She was married to Ernest J. Shellard. She died on 16 November 1974 in London, England, UK.
- Phemelo Motene was born in 1978 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Generations (1993). She has been married to Mthandeni Ngcobo since January 2003.
- Writer
- Casting Director
- Additional Crew
Zelda La Grange was born on 29 October 1970 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. She is a writer and casting director, known for Invictus (2009), Good Morning, Mr. Mandela and Miracle Rising: South Africa (2013).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mabel Mafuya was born in 1934 in Soweto, Transvaal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Dangerous Ground (1997), The World Unseen (2007) and Inkedama (1975). She was previously married to Mekgoe, Harry.- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Producer
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Devin Tanchum has worked with documentary greats such as Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer, John Walter, and Alan Berliner. "The Russian Woodpecker (2015)" won the Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. His work has been featured on HBO, Amazon, and PBS.
He lives in New York and is married to the costume designer, Lauren Tanchum.- Peggy Phango was born on 28 December 1928 in Orlando, Transvaal, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Goodnight Sweetheart (1993), Brothers and Sisters (1998) and The Crucible (1981). She died on 7 August 1998 in London, England, UK.
- André P. Brink was born on 29 May 1935 in Vrede, Transvaal, South Africa. He was a writer, known for Hanna X, A Dry White Season (1989) and Somer (1975). He was married to Karina Magdalena Szczurek, Marésa de Beer, Sophia (Alta) Albertina Miller, Salomina (Salomi) Louw and Estelle Naudé. He died on 6 February 2015 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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David Hughes was born in Eastern Transvaal, South Africa. He was a cinematographer and director, known for National Geographic Explorer (1985), Lions of the African Night (1987) and Missing Link (1988). He was married to Carol Hughes. He died in March 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.- Daniela Ganter was born on 7 May 1992 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008), Wolf Creek 2 (2013) and Room 6 (2018).
- Margaret Scott was born on 26 April 1922 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Nutcracker: The Story of Clara (1994). She was married to Derek Ashworth (Dick) Denton. She died on 24 February 2019 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Actor
- Writer
Frank Fenter was born on 25 February 1936 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor and writer, known for The Big Pull (1962), Africa Shakes (1966) and Mess Mates (1960). He was married to Sharon Tandy. He died on 21 July 1983 in Macon, Georgia, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Nadine Gordimer was born on 20 November 1923 in Springs, Transvaal, South Africa. She was a writer and director, known for City Lovers (1982), The Gordimer Stories (1982) and Allen Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984). She was married to Reinhold Cassirer and Gerald Gavronsky. She died on 13 July 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.- Graeme Smith was born on 1 February 1981 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Cricket and the Rainbow Nation (2017), Victory (2009) and Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (1998).
- Keith Geyer was born in 1953 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He is an actor, known for Karate Killer (1976). He is married to Deborah Jane. They have three children.
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Michael Rosenberg was born on 25 December 1943 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Michael was a producer and director, known for People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988), National Geographic Specials (1965) and The World About Us (1967). Michael was married to Jennie Muskett. Michael died on 21 October 2015 in South Africa.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Sharon Tandy was born on 18 September 1943 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Brutal Glory (1989), Africa Shakes (1966) and Beat-Club (1965). She was married to Frank Fenter. She died on 21 March 2015 in London, England, UK.- Albie Morkel was born on 10 June 1981 in Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa.
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Stefanie Sycholt was born in 1963 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. She is a writer and director, known for Malunde (2001), Themba (2010) and Ein Sommer am Gardasee (2022).- Kgalema Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 in Boksburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa [now South Africa].
- Claude Brenner was 12½ in 1940 and already a high school freshman when he made the first of what would be dozens of appearances on "Quiz Kids," a radio show that quickly became a household name.
"I was two years ahead in school, younger than most of my classmates," he told the Globe in 1983. "At school there were both approbation and envy. We had to live up to it and live it down at the same time. As one of my fellow quiz kids said, 'We had to be both abnormally brilliant and brilliantly normal.' "
He joined as a panelist for the Christmas Day broadcast in 1940, and the show became a stepping stone to the rest of his life. Mr. Brenner was living in Chicago and his "Quiz Kids" appearances helped secure a scholarship to Lake Forest Academy, north of the city, which led him to MIT.
"If I hadn't been on 'Quiz Kids,' I would never have gone to Lake Forest," he said in 1983, "and who knows how different my life would have been."
Mr. Brenner, an energy company executive and consultant who formerly served as an MIT Corporation member and as president of the MIT Alumni Association, died of a heart attack March 7 at the Cambridge home of his longtime companion, Anne Lowell. He lived in Lexington and was staying with her while recuperating from pacemaker surgery. A storyteller known for his lively anecdotes, he was 86 and had been joking and laughing until just before he died.
"We use the word gentleman kind of loosely," Lowell said, "but he was a true gentleman in all senses of that word."
They were a couple for 14 years, after meeting in Maine, where they attended different weddings and stayed at the same inn, in rooms with adjoining balconies. She was reading and through the latticework separating them "I heard a very pleasant voice asking me if it was a good book," she recalled. He lived in Lexington, she in Cambridge, and they had dinner that night. "We just talked and talked," she said. "I've never known anybody who made me laugh so much. He was a great soul."
Mr. Brenner, she added, "had so many passions. He loved his family. He loved music and the arts. He loved to write light verse in the Ogden Nash tradition. His intellect was astonishing and fascinating because there was nothing he wasn't interested in. To learn something every day was de rigueur with him."
That curiosity fired his intellect from boyhood. In an essay for an MIT publication posted online, Mr. Brenner noted that Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Sherry Turkle "determined that young people who choose a career in science or technology were first motivated by an object in their childhood." He drew inspiration from three South African Airways planes he saw while visiting Johannesburg's airport with his mother and sister one afternoon when he was 8.
"The wonder of those machines sparked a passion for model airplanes and a determination to be an aeronautical engineer," he wrote.
The younger of two siblings, Mr. Brenner was born in Pretoria and lived at first in a country village. He was 8 months old when his father died. Mr. Brenner later moved with his mother and sister to Pretoria and then to Johannesburg. His mother's chiropractic studies brought them to the north side of Chicago in 1939.
Little more than a year later, Mr. Brenner was one of the "Quiz Kids," who were chosen for their high intelligence, personality, and sense of humor. A panel of five competed on each show, and the three with the highest scores were joined by two others the following week.
Mr. Brenner had wanted to attend Lake Forest Academy, but his mother couldn't afford the tuition. A Lake Forest graduate on the "Quiz Kids" staff helped secure a scholarship, however, and he spent his junior and senior years at the prep school.
He received a partial scholarship to MIT, too, and arrived in 1944, a week before turning 16. The $100 war bonds he received for each "Quiz Kids" appearance covered other costs. "I set out to prove that being a quiz kid wasn't the beginning and end of my existence," Mr. Brenner told the Globe in 1983.
At MIT, he studied in the aeronautics and astronautics department, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1947 and a master's in 1948. He also joined the glee club and drama club, and wrote for the student newspaper, where he was editor in chief his senior year. "I flourished here. I loved it here," Mr. Brenner said in a pair of oral history interviews MIT conducted in 2008 and 2009.
After graduating, he moved first to South Africa and then to England, for a job with the de Havilland aircraft company. Returning to the United States, he worked in the high tech and energy fields, serving as an executive with Northeast Solar Energy Center in Cambridge and establishing the consulting firm Commonwealth Energy Group.
Mr. Brenner traveled for work and for pleasure, including a trip around the world about 15 years ago and a more recent visit to South Africa, where he still had relatives.
"He wanted things neat and tidy - I think it was the engineer in him - so he wanted to visit every state capital, which he did," Lowell said. Mr. Brenner, she added, "was a great keeper of lists," which included the tail numbers of every plane he flew on and the names of Massachusetts municipalities where he had dined.
"He loved listing off all the cities and towns in Massachusetts," she said, and if he awoke in the middle of the night, he would list them alphabetically as a way of getting back to sleep. "He found it soothing."
A service has been held for Mr. Brenner, who in addition to Lowell leaves his son, Paul of Coto de Caza, Calif.; his daughter, Harriet Severino of Somerville; four grandchildren; and his former wife, Mary Petschek of Lexington.
Mr. Brenner was retired, in a loose sense of the word. "He liked to say he was between engagements," Lowell said. "In his retirement he became increasingly busy with MIT."
Along with his work with the MIT Corporation and the alumni association, he served as the 1947 class president through all reunions and on dozens of MIT committees and panels, among them the Educational Council, the Council for the Arts at MIT. The alumni association presented him with the Bronze Beaver Award for his service.
Though that early "Quiz Kids" experience paved the way to what followed, Mr. Brenner said in the MIT oral history that he had expressed misgivings about joining the program in an essay that was part of the application process.
"I wrote and said, with all sincerity, that I wasn't sure I did want to be a quiz kid because as I listened to that program, those kids were very bright," he said. "And they were going to be tough competition." - Additional Crew
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Laurie Kay was born on 5 May 1945 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Laurie was a producer and production manager, known for African Express (1990), Back to Freedom (1988) and Wie Laaste Lag... (1986). Laurie died on 24 April 2013 in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa.- Actress
Tanya Baleson was born in 1981 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She is an actress, known for Drum (2004), Justice for All (1998) and Cavegirl (2002).- Desiré Wilson was born on 26 November 1953 in Brakpan, Transvaal, South Africa.
- Denis Lindsay was born on 4 September 1939 in Benoni, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. He died on 30 November 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Rennie Airth was born in 1935 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Rennie is a writer, known for Le grand escogriffe (1976).
- Cyril Chosack was born in 1916 in Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor, known for The Man Without a Face (1935), Late Extra (1935) and Servants All (1936). He died on 16 January 1991 in South Africa.
- Aaron Mokoena was born on 25 November 1980 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
- Gail Kelly was born on 25 April 1956 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. She has been married to Allan Kelly since December 1977. They have four children.
- Wian Sullwald was born on 1 April 1993 in Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa.
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- Editor
Christine Locker was born on 29 November 1973 in Witbank, Transvaal, South Africa. Christine is a writer and director, known for My neighbor Earl (2020), Footsie and the Toe (2006) and Wages of Sin (2006).- William Plomer was born on 10 December 1903 in Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He was a writer, known for The Butterfly Ball (1977), Gloriana (2000) and Gloriana (1984). He died on 21 September 1973 in Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Hispanic beauty Michella was born on December 30th 1981 in South Africa to Portuguese parents. At the age of nine a production company spotted her talent for dancing and acting and offered the young Michella a contract as a TV presenter for a popular kids TV program. Fearing her education would suffer, her mother and stepfather declined the contract and encouraged her to follow a more academic route. Michella finished her education at sixteen and through sheer determination followed her heart and on moving back to Portugal, began her career as a professional dancer (doing Street Dance) in Portuguese shows. She also sang on a Portuguese radio show. Her ambition for success brought her to England at twenty-one where she pursued her career as an actress, starting out in "Frances Tuesday." She continued with dancing but this time teaching it rather than performing on stage. Recently Michella has teamed up with award-winning Spanish director Miguel Alcantud to work on a comedy script she wrote in which she plays Italian dancer, Nina. Miguel, maker of the film "Impulsos" and "Anestazsi" starring Sir Derek Jacobi, impressed with her passion and determination, has asked her to audition for his next film, "When You Dream", acting alongside Sir Derek Jacobi. Her classic dark looks and talent for accents allows her to be flexible with her roles. Besides dancing,acting, writing, singing and modeling, her other abilities include speaking fluent Portuguese, Afrikaans, English and basic French and Spanish.