Janet Suzman

Also known as Dame Janet Suzman

South African-British actress

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Active from: 1939

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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 38,348x
A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 27,929x
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 10,815x
Use of Chemotherapy plus a Monoclonal Antibody against HER2 for Metastatic Breast Cancer That Overexpresses HER2
· 2001 · cited 9,279x
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 9,223x

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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)

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Wikidata facts

Number of children: 1

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date of birth: 1939-02-00
start of work period: 1964-00-00
name in native language: Janet Suzman

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Article

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.