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Veteran Ghanaian Actress Grace Nortey Passes On
Ghanaian theatre and film has lost one of its most recognisable voices with the reported death of veteran actress Grace Nortey at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in the early hours of Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
Nortey, born on February 1, 1937, spent more than five decades in theatre, television and film, building a career that made her one of the enduring figures of Ghana’s performing arts.
Those exchanges helped establish Nortey as one of the commanding female personalities of Ghanaian television and theatre.
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