Annabel Linder
email Annabel on hosts@1485.org.za

Annie & Sam Showtime  
Saturdays at 9 pm,
reteated at 8pm  


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Multi award winning actress, comedienne and singer Annabel Linder, has distinguished herself in all spheres of the entertainment media.She has been nominated 11 times for various awards given for excellence in theatre, T.V. and radio, and has won five of them.Two Dalro awards – one for theatre for “Torch Song Trilogy” - one for musical theatre for “Chicago”, the “To-night” award for “Heroes on television, the “Naledi” award for “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife”on stage, and the Vita award for “Rose”,for her portrayal of an 80 year old Holocaust survivor at the Theatre on the Square. She was also nominated for a Vita Award for her performance in "Driving Miss Daisy" opposite John Kani. She received her 10th nomination for a Naledi for her performance in "From to Door" for Pieter Toerien productions in 2006.
In 2008 she appeared in the popular daily series "Sewende Laan" for Danie Odendaal Productions, playing the part of an eccentric ballroom dancing teacher. She appeared in 10 episodes.
She is one of the only female singer-comediennes on the cabaret circuit, doing an hour of songs and comedy for corporates, and is an accomplished voice over artist. A tribute was paid to her by Dali Tambo who featured her in his 1 hour program on National Television, “People of the South”. She has worked consistently in stage productions, T.V, film and radio over the four decades of her career.
Last year 2009, she did a season at the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square playing the role of Florence Foster Jenkins to great critical acclaim, singing, dancing and acting ---the triple threat . She was nominated for this performance for the Naledi Awards, making it her 11th nomination for excellence in her craft. This year,2010, she was in the new TV Series "Sex Tips for Girls - Foreplay" for ETV, and completed a 9 month stint on Chai FM radio presenting a 3 hour daily programme of in depth interviews varying from entertainment, politics, financial, technological, and medical subjects. She has just completed a season for the soapie "Binnelanders" on M-Net, playing the ex wife of an Altzheimer sufferer, to be screened in December 2010. She and her husband Sam Sklair can be heard on Radio Today 1485 AM every Saturday at 9am and repeated at 8pm, doing
"Annie and Sam Showtime", an hour of music and chat.

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