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Dolly Rathebe
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Randfontein, South Africa
Dolly Rathebe (OIS) (2 April 1928 – 16 September 2004) was a South African musician and actress who performed with the Elite Swingsters jazz band, and in Alf Herbert's African Jazz and Variety Show. Rathebe died on 16 September 2004 from a stroke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolly Rathebe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Sophiatown — Self2003
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony — Self2002
- Malunde2001
- Hijack Stories — Mrs. Dilomo2001
- Cry, the Beloved Country — Mrs. Kumalo1995
- In a Time of Violence: The Line — Gogo1994
- Friends — Innocentia1994
- The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat — Gladys1993
- Mapantsula — Ma Mobise1988
- The Pennywhistle Blues — Lili Shabulala1951
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Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, Dolly Rathebe grew up in Sophiatown and discovered around 1948 after singing at a picnic in Johannesburg. She rose to fame in 1949 aged 19 when she appeared as a nightclub singer in the British-produced movie, Jim Comes To Jo'burg, and became an international star when she sang with the Afro-jazz group, the Elite Swingsters in 1964. She died in 2004 from a stroke. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dolly+Rathebe">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josephine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Randfontein
- Place of death
- Pretoria
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of death
- 2004-09-16
- date of birth
- 1928-04-02
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
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