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Janet Suzman is a South African and British actress born on 9 February 1939 in Johannesburg. She holds citizenship in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Her professional career began in 1964. She has worked as a film director, film actor, television actor, and stage actor. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Her notable work includes the film *Consecration*. She is married to Trevor Nunn and has one child.
Suzman was educated at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the University of the Witwatersrand. She speaks English, French, and Hebrew. Her religious worldview is Judaism. She is the relative of Helen Suzman. As an author, she has written five works, including *Stories from Ancient Egypt*, *Not Hamlet Meditations On The Frail Position Of Women In Drama*, *The Free State A South African Response To Chekhovs The Cherry Orchard*, and *Acting with Shakespeare*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Stories from Ancient Egypt
- Not Hamlet Meditations On The Frail Position Of Women In Drama
- The Free State A South African Response To Chekhovs The Cherry Orchard
- Acting with Shakespeare
- The Free State
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Film & TV
Acting · Johannesburg, South Africa
Dame Janet Suzman DBE (born 9 February 1939) is a South African and British actress.
Known for
- Consecration — Mother Superior2023
- Remembers… — Self2022
- The Crown — Literary Agent2016
- Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson — Tove Jansson (voice)2012
- The Real Great Escape — Dorothe Bushell (voice)2012
- Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard — Self2012
- Labyrinth — Esclarmonde2012
- The Colour of Magic — Ninereeds2008
- The Shakespeare Sessions2003
- Max — Max's Mother2002
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 53
- Total plays
- 139
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,523x
- A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 28,978x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- Use of Chemotherapy plus a Monoclonal Antibody against HER2 for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Overexpresses HER2
· 2001 · cited 9,348x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,265x
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Quotes
- “Any government would be really embarrassed to ban Shakespeare.”
- “The apartheid government was frightened of ridicule. Everyone is frightened of laughter.”
- “Theatre is a white invention, a European invention, and white people go to it. It's in their DNA. It starts with Shakespeare.”
- “Life and art get mixed up sometimes – it's what actors draw on.”
- “My sensitivity to prejudice is high because I was brought up in South Africa. My awareness of all this crap came earlier, and it's stayed with me, and it's why I'm militantly liberal.”
- “I remember being absolutely shocked in Australia at the absence of black people.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-02-09 ) 9 February 1939 (age 87) , Johannesburg , South Africa
- Education
- Kingsmead College
- Alma mater
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Occupations
- Actress, director
- Spouse
- Trevor Nunn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1986 )
- Relatives
- Helen Suzman (aunt)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Janet Suzman (born 9 February 1939) is a South African-born British actress who had a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles on television. In her first film, Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), her performance as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna earned her several honours, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Suzman later starred in a wide range of classical and modern drama as well as directing many productions in the UK and South Africa. Suzman appeared in A Dry White Season (1989), a film that examined apartheid.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Janet Suzman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.