Shaleen Surtie-Richards: The final bow of an extraordinary national treasure
Chris Barron pays tribute to the actor Shaleen Surtie-Richards, whose exceptional appeal lay in her quintessential and humorous South Africanness with which all, regardless of colour or class, could identify
13 June 2021 - 00:03
Shaleen Surtie-Richards, who has died in Cape Town at the age of 66, was a kindergarten teacher turned actor whose roles in film, television and on stage as Fiela, Nenna and Shirley Valentyn were part of SA’s national heritage and improved the landscape...
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