Ruth Cele
Biography
Ruth Cele (2 Feb 1939 - 22 Dec 2010) was a South African actress best known for her starring role as Ma Moloi in the SABC3 sitcom, Suburban Bliss. Othet television series she acted in included Going Up, Mzee wa Two Six and 'Sgudi 'Snaysi. She also appeared in several feature films including African Skies, Panic Mechanic and Mr Bones. Also known as "MaMgobhozi" after a character she played in the television drama Hlala Kwabafileyo, Cele died on 22 December, 2010 after a short illness. She was 71.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Mamise
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as The President
When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.