lion and the thespian, The: The true story of Prime Minister J.G. Strydom's marriage to the actress Marda Vanne

By (author): David Bloomberg. Margaretha van Hulsteyn (also known as Scrappy) is the daughter of respected Pretoria attorney Sir Willem van Hulsteyn, and an aspiring actress. While studying in London after the Great War, Scrappy changes her name to Marda Vanne and enters into a relationship with one of the foremost actresses of her day, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies.