Elize Cawood

Elize Cawood was a South African stage, film and television actress. Born in Bloemfontein, she studied drama at the University of the Free State and began her professional career in 1974 with the Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State. On stage she played Elsa in the South African premiere of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca at the Market Theatre, and on screen she was known for the television drama Verspeelde Lente (1984) and the film Taxi to Soweto (1991). She died in 2020.