# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/trudie-taljaard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:56:55.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/trudie-taljaard"
name: "Trudie Taljaard"
slug: "trudie-taljaard"
description: "Trudie Taljaard was a South African actress, theater coach, and casting director. She is best known for the roles in the films Windprints (1989), Hitchhiker (2008) and Hearts & Minds. She founded the drama school, \"Another Center for Training Actors\" (ACTA). She was playfully known as the 'two-year guarantee aunt' after appearing in a well-known furniture store's commercial for a long time."
tagline: "South African actress"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948"
deathDate: "2009-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.96
  momentum:             6.666666666666666
  historical:           5.535493333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848086/"
    handle:    "nm0848086"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%D8%B1%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%88"
    title: "ٹرڈی تلجارڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudie_Taljaard"
    title: "Trudie Taljaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudie_Taljaard"
    title: "Trudie Taljaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudie_Taljaard"
    title: "Trudie Taljaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudie_Taljaard"
    title: "Trudie Taljaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudie_Taljaard"
    title: "Trudie Taljaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13036222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1026042"
    title: "Trudie Taljaard"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump