Shaleen Surtie-Richards

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	May 7, 1955(1955-05-07)
Age	69
Date Of Death	2021-06-07
Birthplace	Upington
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Northern Cape
Horoscope	Taurus

Shaleen Surtie-Richards Biography

Shaleen Surtie-Richards is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on May 7, 1955 in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa. Surtie-Richards was born Upington, Cape Province, South Africa, on 7 May 1955. She was educated there as well as in Cape Town. Her father was a principal at the school and her mother was an educator. While she was a child of the Apartheid time she has claimed that her upbringing did not come from a poor background. When she was a kid, an institution of music in the area was unable to accept her because due to her color her father purchased her a piano and enlisted teachers. She also attended tennis and ballet classes.

She also has appeared on numerous others South African television programmes, like the soap-opera’s 7de Laan, Villa Rosa and Generations. In 2000 she was the host of her own talk program, Shaleen which aired on the South African M-Net channel.

In 2013, she appeared as one of the “roasters” in The Comedy Central Roast of Steve Hofmeyr, the inaugural roast conducted by the Comedy Central South Africa channel, which was hosted by Trevor Noah.

At the 2014 Royalty Soapie Awards, Surtie-Richards received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her 30-year contribution to television and her roles on series such as Egoli: Place of Gold, Generations, and 7de Laan. Surtie- Richards was also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role in Villa Rosa at the 2014 awards.

Surtie-Richards was awarded Surtie-Richards the Best Actress Award at the 1985 Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards for her performance in the role of Hester as Hester in Athol Fugard’s Hallo en Koebaai (Hello and Goodbye). She received yet another Fleur du Cap Award for her role on stage in Shirley Valentine. In 2008, in recognition of the performance she gave as Shirley Valentine, she also was awarded the Herrie Prize for most popular production at the Klein Karoo Arts Festival.

Shaleen Surtie-Richards Net Worth

Shaleen Surtie-Richards is one of the richest Actor from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shaleen Surtie-Richards 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shaleen Surtie Richards (born July 7, 1955 Upington, Cape Province (now Northern Cape Province], South Africa) is a South African television, stage and movie actress. She is most likely best known for her leading roles in the movie Fiela se Kind and the long-running show Egoli: Place of Gold. She has appeared in Afrikaans as well as English.

As a kindergarten teacher, she was a teacher the kindergarten classes in Upington as well as Cape Town between 1974 and 1984. She played a variety of roles in numerous stage productions by amateurs between 1974 and 1981. She was involved in the productions by the South African Department of Education’s Theatre-in-Education between 1982 and 1984. She started her professional acting career in 1984.

Surtie-Richards was also a judge on the reality competition television series Supersterre from 2006-2010.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Shaleen Surtie-Richards Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Shaleen Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Shaleen Surtie-Richards celebrates birthday on May 7 of every year.

What happened to Shaleen Surtie-Richards?

Surtie-Richards died on 7 June 2021 , aged 66. She died during the night in her sleep and had been suffering from multiple health issues. Her family have denied rumours that her death was a result of suicide.

Who was Shaleen Surtie-Richards?

Surtie-Richards was best known for her roles as Ester ‘Nenna’ Willemse in M-Net’s Egoli: Place of Gold, South Africa’s first soap opera; as Mattie in SABC1’s (the South African Broadcasting Corporation) Generations, and her iconic title role as Fiela in the 1988 feature film, Fiela se Kind (Fiela’s Child), when she …

Was Shaleen Surtie-Richards a smoker?

Shaleen’s also unapologetic about her lifestyle. She was diagnosed with diabetes in 2000, a result of stress and bad lifestyle choices – but she still chain-smokes and is a chronic chocoholic.

Did Sharlene Surtie-Richards have children?

Shaleen, who was single and had no children , suffered her first stroke in 2012 and her second at the end of 2017.

How old was Charlene Surtie-Richards?

66 years (1955–2021)