Pat's daughter, Tessa, remembers: "During her career, she worked with names such as Bob Holness, Cedric Messina and Ray Johnson. Amongst other work, she featured regularly in the "Lux Radio Theatre" and had her own spot called "Dulux Homeowners Club". She was also in the long running serial "Big Sister", and played Rosie in "From Chrystal, with Love".
Two other recordings
that I know she acted in are "Telltale Romance No. 2: Sorry I Sinned"
alongside 'Van Doren' and 'Joan Robinson', and "My Redeemer Liveth"
(19 April 1946) alongside Cedric Messina, Philip Burgess, Hugh Evans and Dewar McCormack."
The SABC Radio Archives preserves her memory in the form of a recording of an episode of "From Crystal with Love", as well as a recording of abovementioned "My Redeemer Liveth", and "Tales from the Bushveld", as well as her playing in an operetta named "Paganini", adapted by Stephen O'Reilly.
Retha Buys
Archivist: Springbok Radio Revisited
How wonderful that my mother has been resurrected after all these years of having been completely lost
ReplyDeleteAs Henry Diffenthal said to me when I called him the other day and asked if he remembered her..'Of course I remember her. She was one of the best actresses we had'. He is so pleased a young friend of mine persevered in having her remembered. It is wonderful to see her face shining from the archives page, like the star she was.
Thank you.
Tessa Lowe
How wonderful that my mother has been resurrected after all these years of having been completely lost
ReplyDeleteAs Henry Diffenthal said to me when I called him the other day and asked if he remembered her..'Of course I remember her. She was one of the best actresses we had'. He is so pleased a young friend of mine persevered in having her remembered. It is wonderful to see her face shining from the archives page, like the star she was.
Thank you.
Tessa Lowe
Hi Tessa. This is much as I remember your Mom. An amazing actress! She taught me "elocution" when I was about eleven (I think you were about six!) and had me learning (and performing) great chunks of Shakespearean drama...and woke in me a life-long love of the theatre.
DeleteI remember well that beautiful face...and her extraordinary violet-blue eyes.
Oh how wonderful that you remember her like that! I probaby learned my Shakespeare whilst listening to her teaching you yours! Was it Viola ? Or Kate? ;-)
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