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Sophie Mgcina(1938-2005)

  • Actress
  • Composer
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Sophie Mgcina was born in 1938. She was an actress and composer, known for Cry Freedom (1987), A Dry White Season (1989) and Dingaka (1964). She died on 2 December 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Born1938
DiedDecember 2, 2005
Born1938
DiedDecember 2, 2005
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Known for

Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom (1987)
Cry Freedom
7.4
  • Evalina
  • 1987
A Dry White Season (1989)
A Dry White Season
7.0
  • Margaret
  • 1989
Dingaka (1964)
Dingaka
6.5
  • Hymn Soloist
  • 1964
Netnou Hoor die Kinders!
4.2
  • Chanel
  • 1977

Credits

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Actress

  • Lettre d'amour zoulou (2004)
    Lettre d'amour zoulou
    6.4
    • Me'Tau
    • 2004
  • Ipi Ntombi: An African Dance Celebration
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • (as Sophie Mgcina-Davids)
    • 1997
  • Sean Connery, Joanne Whalley, Louis Gossett Jr., John Lithgow, Diana Rigg, and Colin Friels in A Good Man in Africa (1994)
    A Good Man in Africa
    5.1
    • Hospital Sister
    • 1994
  • The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger (1992)
    The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger
    8.2
    • Ella
    • 1992
  • Soweto
    • 1991
  • A Dry White Season (1989)
    A Dry White Season
    7.0
    • Margaret
    • 1989
  • Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom (1987)
    Cry Freedom
    7.4
    • Evalina
    • 1987
  • Netnou Hoor die Kinders!
    4.2
    • Chanel
    • 1977
  • Dingaka (1964)
    Dingaka
    6.5
    • Hymn Soloist
    • 1964

Composer

  • Gensyn med Johannesburg
    • Composer
    • 1996

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Sophie Thoko Mgcina
  • Born
    • 1938
  • Died
    • December 2, 2005
    • Johannesburg, South Africa

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Appeared on the South Africa stage and starred in the jazz opera "King Kong" in 1960; also a composer.

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