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Lionel Ngakane
Deceased

When Did Lionel Ngakane Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 83
GenderMaleNationalitySouth AfricaBorn17/07/1920Died26/11/2003 (aged 83)Died inRustenburgWikidataQ6555737 ↗TMDb#937159 ↗

Lionel Ngakane was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid. His 1965 film Jemima and Johnny, inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London, won awards at the Venice and Rimini film festivals.

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Filmography14 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1978Victims of ApartheidMovieMokwe58
1975Child of HopeMovieMutumbulua55
1971Baobab: Portrait of a TreeMovieLegend Storyteller (voice)51
1969Two Gentlemen SharingMovieBill49
1964Theatre 625SeriesOfodile44
1962Studio 4SeriesHouseboy42
1962Dial RIXSeriesMbasa42
1961Nothing BarredMovieConvict41
1960Danger ManSeriesMoses Amadu40
1960The Night We Got the BirdMoviePorter40
1958Nor the Moon by NightMovieNimrod38
1957The Mark of the HawkMovieAfrican Doctor37
1956SafariMovieMakora36
1951Cry, the Beloved CountryMovieAbsolom Kumalo31