Yvonne Bryceland

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Yvonne Bryceland
Born	(1925-11-18)18 November 1925 Cape Town, South Africa
Died	13 January 1992(1992-01-13) (aged 66) London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress

Yvonne Bryceland (18 November 1925 – 13 January 1992) was a South African stage actress, who is well known for portraying Lena in "Boesman and Lena"

Early life

She was born Yvonne Heilbuth in Cape Town, South Africa.

Career

Bryceland worked as a newspaper librarian before her theatrical début in Stage Door in 1947. Some of her best-known work was in the plays written by Athol Fugard.

Described as the first lady of South African theatre, Bryceland was a committed South African artist who, in 1972, defied racial segregation by co-founding, with her husband, South Africa's first non-racial theatre, the Space Theatre in Cape Town.^[1]

Filmography

Stealing Heaven (1988) as Baroness Lamarck
The Road to Mecca (1991) as Miss Helen

Award

The Order of Ikhamanga in Silver was awarded posthumously to Bryceland for "Excellent Achievement in the Fields of Dramatic Art"^[1]

Death

Yvonne Bryceland died of complications from cancer in 1992 at age 66 in London United Kingdom.

Other

Her name has sometimes been misspelled as Yvonne Brayceland.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Staff writer (undated). "The Order of Ikhamanga in Silver Awarded to Yvonne Bryceland (1925–1992) for Excellent Achievement in the Field of Dramatic Art — Profile of Yvonne Bryceland". President of South Africa. Accessed 2 January 2010.

External links

v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress (1985–2000)

Yvonne Bryceland (1985) Lindsay Duncan (1986) Judi Dench (1987) Fiona Shaw (1990) Kathryn Hunter (1991) Juliet Stevenson (1992) Alison Steadman (1993) Fiona Shaw (1994) Clare Higgins (1995) Judi Dench (1996) Janet McTeer (1997) Zoë Wanamaker (1998) Eileen Atkins (1999) Janie Dee (2000)

Complete list (1985–2000) (2001–)

Persondata
Name	Bryceland, Yvonne
Alternative names
Short description	South African actor
Date of birth	18 November 1925
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death	13 January 1992
Place of death	London, United Kingdom

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