Elize Cawood

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Elize Cawood

Elize Cawood (* around 1952 in Bloemfontein ; † July 18, 2020 ) was a South African actress .

Life

Education and theater

Cawood attended Sentraal Hoërskool in Bloemfontein from 1968 to 1969, from which she graduated with a matric . From 1970 to 1973 she studied acting ( drama ) at the University of the Orange Free State ; there she graduated with a bachelor's degree . She began her professional acting career in 1974 as a member of the Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS). She stayed there for four years and played a wide variety of roles, from the classics of theatrical literature to contemporary, modern plays. She then went on a tour with the PACT ’s Youth Group through the Transvaal Province . Since 1979, Cawood worked as a freelance actress; The focus of her artistic activity was Johannesburg , where she also settled.

Her stage roles included: Viola in Was ihr wollt (at PACOFS), Natascha (Natalja Iwanowna) in Drei Schwestern (at PACOFS), Anja in Der Kirschgarten (at PACOFS), the title role in Nora or Ein Puppenheim and Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams ' Endstation Sehnsucht ' play in an Afrikaans translation , directed by Bobby Heaney .

In 1979 she appeared at the Market Theater in Johannesburg in the plays Die Van Aardes van Grootoor by Pieter-Dirk Uys and Ons Hou Konsert by Melt Brink . In August 1983 she played the role of Olive Schreiner in the one-person play Schreiner - a One Woman Play by Stephen Gray , directed by Lucille Gillwald, at Laager, a small venue in the Market Theater in Johannesburg . In November 1984 she was Elsa in the South African premiere of Athol Fugard's play The Road to Mecca at the Market Theater. Directed by Athol Fugard; her partners were Yvonne Bryceland and Louis van Niekerk. Mid-1980s, she appeared in Johannesburg in the play at the Windybrow Theater The Time of the Hyena of Mitzi Booysen on.

In 2006 she played Gloria van der Vyfer in the play Art of Charf by Paul Slabolepszy at the West End Theater in Pretoria, alongside Wilson Dunster . Since 2008 she has appeared regularly for over five years, with Wilson Dunster as butler James, in the role of Miss Sophie in the stage sketch Dinner for One . She made a guest appearance with it a. at the Roodepoort Civic Theater (2008), the Promusica Theater in Roodepoort (2010) and the Atterbury Theater in Pretoria (2011). One performance was also recorded for television and has been released on DVD. In the remake Dinner for One Two , Cawood played the butler, and Dunster played the Miss Sophie.

At the Afrikaans Arts Festival she appeared in three one-woman shows, Ek is Hier! , Girly se Konstitusie-Kwellings and Briewe aan 'n Rooida . In April 2014, Cawood played with Wilson Dunster at the Atterbury Theater in Pretoria in the comedy Die-hoe-sê-wat-sê-wie-nou-weer, written especially for Cawood / Dunster . In May 2015, Cawood and Dunster starred at the Atterbury Theater in Pretoria in the tragic comedy Die Wagkamer by Saartjie Botha .

Movie and TV

Since the late 1970s, Cawood also worked for film and television. During her appearances in the play The Van Aardes van Grootoor at the Market Theater, she was featured on South African television for the sitcom Oh George! which aired on SABC , engaged; Directed by Gray Hofmeyr . Cawood played Renate Muller, the wife of the Afrikaans-speaking couple Tokkie and Renate Muller.

In 1983 she played the leading female role in the South African television series Verspeelde Lente , directed by Manie van Rensburg . Cawood played the young Pop le Roux, who marries a much older man. In 1990 she starred in the South African feature film The Fourth Reich , again directed by Manie van Rensburg. She embodied Romy Taillard, the "dutiful wife" of police officer Jan Taillard; She spoke her role with a "golden and vulnerable voice". In the South African comedy Taxi to Soweto (1991), again directed by Manie van Rensburgs, Cawood played the white South African Jessica du Toit, whose political attitude, awakened by the misery of the black population in the slums of Soweto , turned from indifference to social engagement transformed.

In 2004 she had a supporting role as Anna Hoffman in the British-South African co-production Red Dust - The Truth Leads to Freedom . In 2004 she was seen on German television in the two-part TV series The White African at the side of Gerd Silberbauer and Nathalie Boltt . She played Emma van Tonderen, the wife of businessman Cees van Tonderen. In some cast lists and in the IMDb , her name is incorrectly listed as Elize Caywood .

In the SABC3 soap opera Isidingo (2009), Cawood played alongside her daughter Jenna Dunster , and her mother in the film. In 2010 she played the role of Baby in the SABC2 sitcom Die Uwe Pottie Potgieter ; she was one of the five actors listed as leading actors in the series.

In the South African feature film Liefling the Movie (2010) she was Elsa Ferreira; she embodied the grandmother of the student Jan Ferreira, who grew up with his grandmother and was raised by her. In the South African feature film Die Wonderwerker (2012), a biopic about the well-known South African writer Eugène Marais , she played Maria van Rooyen, on whose farm Marais lived for a few months. In the South African movie Lien se Lankstaanskoene (2013) she played the beggar Rose, who lives on the street. In 2014 she had a leading role in the television series Pandjieswinkelstories ( Pawnshop Stories ).

Awards and private matters

Cawood has received several awards as an actress. She was "Best Actress in a Drama Series" in 1984 and 1985. She was named "Best Supporting Actress" at the Vita Awards, Dalro Awards, Scenaria Awards and the Artes Awards. In 1999 she was named "Best Actress" at the Avanti Awards (National Television and Video Association Awards) for her role in the short film An Old Wife's Tale . In 2007 she received the “Best Actress Award” for her role in the TV soap Villa Rosa at the ATK Veertjie Awards. In 2013 she was nominated for her role as Maria van Rooyen in Die Wonderwerker at the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA Awards) in the category “Best Actress in a Feature Film”.

Her brother is the film and television director Bromley Cawood . Cawood was married to the South African actor and director Wilson Dunster , with whom she a. a. appeared in Dinner for One . The marriage resulted in two children, Luke Dunster and Jenna Dunster , who also works as an actress.

Cawood spoke English and Afrikaans; In these languages ​​she was also active as an actress on stage, in film and television. She lived in Johannesburg.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1979: Wat Jy Saai (feature film; South Africa)
  • 1980: Les visiteurs (TV mini-series)
  • 1981: Oh George! (Sitcom)
  • 1983: Verspeelde Lente (TV series)
  • 1983: Body Asia Stories (TV series)
  • 1986: Arme moordenaar (TV movie)
  • 1990: The Fourth Reich (feature film; South Africa)
  • 1991: Taxi to Soweto (Taxi to Soweto) (feature film; South Africa)
  • 1993: Daisy de Melker (TV movie)
  • 1999: An Old Wife's Tale (short film)
  • 2001: The Long Run (feature film; South Africa)
  • 2001: Lyklollery (feature film; South Africa)
  • 2004: Red Dust (Red Dust) (feature film; South Africa)
  • 2004: The White African (two-part TV series; Germany)
  • 2007: Villa Rosa (TV soap)
  • 2009: Isidingo (TV soap)
  • 2010: Proesstraat (continuation: Mother ); Television series
  • 2010: The Uwe Pottie Potgieter (TV series)
  • 2010: Liefling die Movie (feature film; South Africa)
  • 2012: The Wonderwerker (feature film; South Africa)
  • 2013: Lien se Lankstaanskoene (feature film; South Africa)
  • 2014: Pandjieswinkelstories (Pawnshop Stories) ; Television series
  • 2015: Dis ek, Anna
  • 2016: Vir Altyd
  • 2016: Sy klink soos lente
  • 2016: Vir the Voëls
  • 2018: Stroomop

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elegant! Enigmatic! Elize Get It Online Bloemfontein, June 28, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2015
  2. ^ Elize Cawood in: The Encyclopaedia of South African Theater and Performance Department of Drama; University of Stellenbosch . Retrieved May 26, 2015
  3. ^ Renowned SA actress Elize Cawood dies
  4. ^ Art of Charf (Lady Lonely Hearts) Artslink.co.za. News from May 16, 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2015
  5. ↑ Dinner for One en Dinner for One Too ( Memento from May 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Kyknet from December 18, 2014. Accessed on May 26, 2015
  6. ↑ Oh George! ( Memento of July 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); Plot, production details and cast. Retrieved May 26, 2015
  7. ↑ Verspeelde Lente ( Memento from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ); Plot, production details and cast. Retrieved May 26, 2015
  8. ↑ The Fourth Reich ; Movie review. Retrieved May 26, 2015
  9. ↑ TAXI TO SOWETO ; Plot, production details, scene photos and cast. Retrieved May 26, 2015
  10. ↑ Avantis laud small treasures Mail & Guardian News 1999. April 16 Accessed on May 26, 2015
  11. ↑ SAFTAs nominees announced ( Memento from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) ScreenAfrica from February 14, 2013. Accessed on May 26, 2015
  12. ^ South African Film and Television Awards 2013: Nominations Chino Kino, February 13, 2013. Accessed May 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Cawood, Elize
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African actress
DATE OF BIRTH around 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bloemfontein , Orange Free State Province , Republic of South Africa
DATE OF DEATH 18th July 2020