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Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Pamela began her training at Rhodes University, then graduated with a BA Honours cum laude in English and.
Pamela Gien was born and raised in South Africa.

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Pamela Gien is an American playwright and actress. Her television appearances include guest-starring roles in Tales From the Crypt, Reasonable Doubts, Hunter, Secret Lives, and Into Thin Air. Her film credits include Men Seeking Women and The Last Supper. She is the author of The Syringa Tree.

Background

Pamela Gien was born in 1957, in Emmarentia, South Africa, a suburb of Johannesburg, during apartheid.

Career

Pamela Gien moved to the United States in 1983 where she began an acting career. She was a principal member of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge for four seasons. She appeared in the Public Theatre's New York Shakespeare Festival production of Titus Andronicus playing, what Thomas M. Disch of the Nation called, "A vivid Lavinia, both in the scenes of her ravishment and of her mute sufferings."

Gien used some of her personal experiences growing up in South Africa to craft her one-woman show, The Syringa Tree. This is the story of a white fam

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Pamela Gien

Pamela Gien. (1957-) Actress.

Biography

Early years in South Africa

Born in Emmarentia in 1957 and raised in Johannesburg, Pamela began her training at Rhodes University, in the mid 1970s, then completed a BA Honours in English and Dramatic Art cum laude at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1978. She was the recipient of the Olive Schreiner Award, which she used to undertake further study at the Jacques Lecoq School of Theatre, Mime and Movement in Paris in 1979, before returning to becoming a member of the PACT company.

Career in the USA

In 1983 she emigrated to the United States to continue her career there. She became a principal member of the American Repertory Theatre (ART) in Cambridge for 5 seasons, appearing in works such as David Mamet’s adaptation of Uncle Vanya, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Life's a Dream, Sweet Table at the Richelieu, The Miser and The King Stag, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Titus Andronicus, Piano, The Night of the Iguana and many other productions.

Her TV and film appearances include, in Sout

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DATE April 25, 2002 ACCOUNT NUMBER N/A
TIME 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM AUDIENCE N/A
NETWORK NPR
PROGRAM Fresh Air

Interview: Richard Lourie discusses the life of Russian scientist
and human rights advocate Andrei Sakharov
MARGOT ADLER, host:

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Margot Adler, sitting in for Terry Gross.

A poll taken in Russia not long ago posed this question: Who are the three
most important people who have defined Russia in the 20th century? The answer
came back Lenin, Stalin, and the third person was Andrei Sakharov, the winner
of the Nobel Peace Prize, the developer of the Soviet hydrogen bomb who, along
with his second wife, Yelena Bonner, became a tireless fighter for human
rights. Before the downfall of the Soviet Union, Sakharov was exiled to
Gorky, went on three debilitating hunger strikes and was forced to rewrite his
memoirs from scratch several times after his manuscripts were stolen by the
KGB.

My guest today is Richard Lourie, who was written a new biography of Andrei
Sakharov. Lourie wrestles with the complex question of Sakharov's
transformati