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Michelle Maxwell (CT)
Biographical Information
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BIO
Michele Maxwell has been a successful and active part of the South African Artistic Community, since the early seventies.
She worked as an actress and musician in London, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Israel, Australia and Canada. As an actress she ranges from the intensity of Linda Loman in “Death of a Salesman” to the comedy and flamboyance of the mean Miss Hannigan in the musical “Annie”. She is a pianist, singer and musical director.
Having trained at the university of Cape Town’s Speech and Drama Dept., with additional courses at the Actor’s Institute in London, she has a well-modulated accent, and is comfortable with English Regional Dialects. She slips easily into conversational, colloquial South African English, and having a touch of the eccentric about her, can handle radio spots that are slightly off-the-wall.
Her local television work includes “Fishy Fêshuns” and “Streaks”. She is currently in e-tv’s series “Scandal”
SA FILM
Jerusalem Support dir. Ralph Ziman
Dead Famous Support dir. Alex Yasbeck
Citizen Monkey Support AFDA Film School
Hoodlum & Son Support Peak Viewing Films
TELEVISION
Scandal Support ETV
Fishy Feshuns 1 & 11 Lead dir Roberta Durand
Isidingo Support S.A.B.C.
Generations Support S.A.B.C.
Going Down Gorgeous Support S.A.B.C
Streaks Support S.A.B.C.
My Jazz Indaba Lead E-TV 1
Jazzmataz Featured Musician S.A.B.C. TV 3
THEATRE
Notable dramatic performances from the last twenty eight years in stage productions include;
Tale of the Allergist’s Wife Marjorie Taub dir. CharmainemWeir Smith
Death of a Salesman Linda Loman dir. Bobby Heaney
Popcorn Farrah Delamitri dir. Dawn Lindberg
Full Gallop (one woman play) Diana Vreeland dir. Marilyn VanRenen
Family Secrets (one woman play) 5 Characters dir. Marilyn VanRenen
Jumpers Dotty dir. Malcolm Purkey
A bsurd Person Singular Eva dir. Ken Leach
Major Barbarba Title Role dir. Frank Shelley
The Sisters Rosensweig Dr. Gorgeous dir. Allan Swerdlow and Janet Suzman
The Cherry Orchard Varia dir. Ken Leach
Cowboy Mouth Cavale dir. Charles Comyn
Poppie Nongena All the White Madams London - The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, The onmawarehouse Tours to Australia, Canada
Notable Musical productions include;
Annie Miss Hannigan dir. Charmaine Weir-Smith
Femme Fatale with Ian Von Memerty Pianist/Musical director dir. Joan Brickhill
My Way Pianist/Musiacal director dir. Jill Gerard, Keith Smith
Nunsense Mother Superior dir. Marilyn VanRenen
Guy’s ’n Doll’s Miss Adelaide dir. Mavis Taylor
Mame Title Role dir. David Mathieson
S.A. Love Pianist/Musical director dir. Christo Leach
Boogie Woogie Bubble ‘n Squeak South Africa – The Market & Baxter Theatre London UK - The Mayfair & Donmar Tours Australia & Canada
Notable Performances as a Musician;
Featured Soloist (Piano) with The National Symphony Orchestra, Johannesburg.
Featured Soloist (Vocalist) with The Symphonic Pops, Cape Town.
Worked with many Jazz Ensembles in the United Kingdom and as a solo Pianist / Vocalist has worked in Germany, Holland, Israel, Finland, Sweden and Belfast.
In South Africa, concert appearances with her own bands at; The Baxter Theatre, Theatre Rendezvous - Pretoria, Zoo Lake Jazz Festival, P.E. Opera House, The Waterfront Amphitheatre - Cape Town,
The Oudelibertas Amphitheatre - Stellenbosch.
TRAINING
The University of Cape Town - performers Diploma in Speech & Drama with two extra years at music college. Theatre Courses at the Actor’s Institute in London during 1981 to 1989
AWARDS
Naledi Award nomination “Best Lead Actress” for “Tale of the Allergist’s Wife”
FNB Vita Nomination, Best Lead Actress for “Death of a Salesman”
FNB Vita Nomination, Best Performance in Musical Theatre by a Female for “Annie”
FNB Vita Nomination for Best Performance by actress in a supporting role for “Popcorn”
Three Leaf Awards for Best Supporting Actress for “The Cherry Orchard” and “America Hurrah”
Vita Nomination, Best Actress for “Absurd Person Singular”
Vita Nominations for Best Performance in a Musical for “Guys ’n Dolls”, “S.A. Love” Annie
Vita Nomination for Best Actress for “Full Gallop”, Death of a Salesman.
