Joan Brickhill
Encyclopedia
Joan Brickhill is an award-winning South African actress who has worked in radio
, theatre
, television
, and film
. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected South African actors of the twentieth century. Together with Louis Burke, Brickhill founded Brickhill-Burke Productions.
Brickhill's first feature film was "Nor the Moon by Night' (1958)", in which she played Harriet Carver, the lead role. "Follow That Rainbow" (1979) was her second feature film. She directed and presented, with Louis Burke, the first South African play in KwaZulu-Natal
to be performed for multi-racial audiences.
She has also worked as an Executive Entertainment Producer at Sun City
.
Best Musical nomination
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected South African actors of the twentieth century. Together with Louis Burke, Brickhill founded Brickhill-Burke Productions.
Career
Brickhill was a child prodigy, making her stage debut at two. She later worked as a drama teacher.Brickhill's first feature film was "Nor the Moon by Night' (1958)", in which she played Harriet Carver, the lead role. "Follow That Rainbow" (1979) was her second feature film. She directed and presented, with Louis Burke, the first South African play in KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
to be performed for multi-racial audiences.
She has also worked as an Executive Entertainment Producer at Sun City
Sun City, North West
Sun City is a luxury casino and resort, situated in the North West Province of South Africa. It is located about two hours' drive from Johannesburg, near the city of Rustenburg. The complex borders the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.- History :...
.
Tony Awards
Best Choreography nomination- 1990: Meet Me in St. LouisMeet Me in St. Louis (musical)Meet Me in St. Louis is a musical based on the 1944 film of the same title, about a family living in St. Louis, Missouri on the eve of the 1904 World's Fair....
Best Musical nomination
- 1990: Meet Me in St. LouisMeet Me in St. Louis (musical)Meet Me in St. Louis is a musical based on the 1944 film of the same title, about a family living in St. Louis, Missouri on the eve of the 1904 World's Fair....