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Thelma Gutsche

てるま・ぐーちぇ

Teruma Gutsche

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1915-01-07 (Somerset West, Cape Province)
Died
1984-11-05 (Montagu, Western Cape) age 69
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
English
Residence History
Somerset West

Career

Occupations
Filmmaker, film historian, writer, arts patron
Active Years
1940-1984
Affiliations
Association of Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (founding member, life president), Simon van der Stel Foundation (founding member), Africana Museum Advisory Committee, Bensusan Museum of Photography Consultative Committee, National Council of Women in South Africa (president)

Education

University of Cape Town
Ethics, Logic, and Philosophy
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1946
Country: South Africa
Doctoral dissertation: The History and Social Significance of Motion Pictures in South Africa 1895-1940

Awards

Central News Agency Literary Award
1966
Work: No Ordinary Woman: The Life and Times of Florence Phillips
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The History and Social Significance of Motion Pictures in South Africa, 1895-1940

1972 Film history

Book based on her doctoral dissertation on South African film history up to 1940.

South African cinema history

No Ordinary Woman: The Life and Times of Florence Phillips

1966 Biography

Biography of Florence Phillips.

Arts patronage

The Bishop's Lady

1970 Biography

Biography of church architect Sophy Gray.

Architecture

There Was a Man: The Life and Times of Sir Arnold Theiler

1972 Biography

Biography of Sir Arnold Theiler.

Veterinary science

Bibliography

  • Do You Know Johannesburg (1947, with Patricia Knox)
  • No Ordinary Woman: The Life and Times of Florence Phillips (1966)
  • Old Gold: The History of the Wanderers Club (1966)
  • The Microcosm (1968)
  • The Bishop's Lady (1970)
  • A Very Smart Medal: The History of the Witwatersrand Agricultural Society (1970)
  • The History and Social Significance of Motion Pictures in South Africa, 1895-1940 (1972)
  • There Was a Man: The Life and Times of Sir Arnold Theiler (1972)

Health

  • Emphysema
    晩年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Referred to as 'South Africa's most accomplished early cinema historian'.

Archives

  • University of Cape Town