Jana Cilliers

Jana Cilliers

Born: January 1, 1950
Jana CILLIERS, Actress. (1950-) Daughter of renowned painter Betty-Cilliers Barnard, she studied acting at the University of Pretoria and London’s RADA, before returning to South Africa in the 1970's to become part of the new generation of bilingual performers working for the various Performing Arts Councils, as well as the independent companies such as The Space in Cape Town, The Market Theatre in Johannesburg and Pieter Toerien Productions. She married actor/film director Regardt van den Bergh. They have two daughters, of which one - Lika Bearing (nee van den Bergh) also turned to acting. Jana later married actor Bill Flynn.

Movies for Jana Cilliers...

Title: Die Boekklub
Character: Anna Uys
Released: January 12, 2016
Type: TV
The series tells the story of Tom Niemandt who receives an unexpected call that leads him to the Karoo. While trying to make sense of Merweville, the village in the Karoo, he meets a group of people who change his life irrevocably.
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Title: Republiek van Zoid Afrika
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 2014
Type: TV
Karen Zoid's talk show with comic sketches, visits with influential and exceptional people, and music that will take your breath away.
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Title: Binnelanders
Character: Joeke Rossouw
Released: October 13, 2005
Type: TV
A South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital, Binneland Kliniek, in Pretoria, and the storyline follows the trials, trauma and tribulations of the staff and patients of the hospital.
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A Pot of Winter
Title: A Pot of Winter
Character: Die Vrou
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
The traumatic experience of a standard 9 (grade 11) Elizabeth who feels the influence of her parents divorce, during a period of sexual awakening. Based on the novel by Maretha Maartens.
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A Private Life
Title: A Private Life
Character: Stella Joubert
Released: November 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood, but their son Paul will suffer when he is unable to marry his white girlfriend Andrea.
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Quest for Love
Title: Quest for Love
Character: Alexandra
Released: November 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Set against a political backdrop in Africa, the story spanning several years, unfolds around the powerful interaction between two women, their strong sexual allure, and their search to find meaning through it all.
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Niemand weint für immer
Title: Niemand weint für immer
Released: November 11, 1984
Type: Movie
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Boetie Goes to the Border
Title: Boetie Goes to the Border
Character: Professor
Released: June 6, 1984
Type: Movie
Boetie is the type of guy who will do anything to get out of military service. Until his father makes him an offer he can't refuse. Its a story of a rich kid who learns the value of being a man.
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Blink Stefaans
Title: Blink Stefaans
Character: Linda Rossouw
Released: June 22, 1981
Type: Movie
Fanus is a nerdy sound technician who is never noticed by anyone, and especially not by the boss’s pretty but temperamental daughter, Linda. All this changes with the arrival of alter ego 'Blink Stefaans', who has plenty of advice for Fanus, from how to be more assertive to how to dress. 'Blink' translates to bright or shiny. Suddenly Fanus life changes into a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs. Blink Stefaans, in this gentle romantic comedy.
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Place Under the Sun
Title: Place Under the Sun
Character: Karen Viljoen
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A dreaded sickness destroys Karen Viljoen life as rich man's wife. She is diagnosed as leprous. While Karen is in the Westford hospital with her sickness, her husband Otto finds solace with his secretary. To top it all Karen's son is taken away from her. Her doctor, Tertius Louw, intervenes just in time.
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Eendag op 'n Reëndag
Title: Eendag op 'n Reëndag
Released: June 2, 1975
Type: Movie
A man deep in debt goes to a gamblinghouse to get the money he needs to pay it of but one of his friends come along and sees that the gambler man has cheated and so he killed him