Zoe Celia Ducós Gallegos (March 6, 1928 - November 11, 2002) was an Argentine film, stage, and television actress.
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| Born | Zoe Celia Ducós Gallegos March 6, 1928 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | November 11, 2002 (aged 74) Caracas, Venezuela |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1948–1993 |
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Biography
editShe studied at the National Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts and upon graduation, earned the Grand Prize of Honor bestowed by the National Commission of Culture for best actress in the National Competition of Vocational Theatres. The prize included a contract to join the cast of Teatro Nacional Cervantes, in which she performed between 1948 and 1951.
Personal life
editShe had a relationship with Mexican singer Genaro Salinas, that was married and he was acting in Buenos Aires, then she married writer and film director José María Fernández Unsáin, but they divorced. She married Miguel Silvio Sanz, head of the dreaded police of the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez. After her husband died, she returned to Venezuela at the beginning of the 1970s. She married film director Carlos Stevani. At the end of the 1990s she got Alzheimer's disease and she was admitted to the Instituto geriátrico en Colinas de Bello Monte, where she died of a stroke on November 11, 2002, in Caracas, Venezuela.[1]
Career
editIn 1948, she debuted in a film directed by Luis César Amadori. Without abandoning her stage work, she continued filming in later years. For her role in Suburban directed by León Klimovsky, she was awarded Best Actress by the Association of Cinema Writers of Argentina. In 1952, Ducós settled in Venezuela after a visit through Spain, and debuted at the Teatro Municipal. She appeared on Radio Caracas Televisión. She continued her theater work and also participated in many telenovelas.
Filmography
edit- Actress
- Pájaro loco (1971)
- Libertad bajo palabra (1961) … Mujer embarazada
- La de los ojos color del tiempo (1952)
- Río turbio (1952)
- Facundo, el tigre de los llanos (1952)
- La Muerte en las calles (1952)
- De turno con la muerte (1951)
- Los árboles mueren de pie (1951)
- Suburb (1951)
- El puente (1950)
- Nacha Regules (1950)
- La cuna vacía (1949)
- Dios se lo pague (1948) ... Perikles
- Passport to Rio (1948) … Cora
- Screenwriter
- Retén de mujeres (1988)
- Casting director
- Retén de mujeres (1988)
Television
edit- Amor de papel (1993) Series
- Macarena (1992) Series
- La mujer prohibida (1991) Series.... Fiorella Di Salvatori
- Pobre diabla (1990) Series.... Doña Roberta Mejía Guzmán
- La sombra de Piera (1989) Series
- Cristal (1985) Series.... Luisa
- Topacio (1984) Series.... Sor Piedad
- Luisana mía.... Estela de Bernal (1 episode, 1981)
- Elizabeth (1980) Series
- Rosangela (1979) Series.... Amanda
- Daniela (1978) Series.... Cruz Dolores
- Carolina (1976) Series.... Enriqueta Villacastin
- Tu rebelde ternura (1975) Series.... Malisa
- La loba (1973) Series.... Erika Heller
- Nacido para odiarte (1971) Series.... Clarita
References
edit- ^ Martínez, Adolfo C. (November 22, 2002). "El último adiós a la actriz Zoe Ducós". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2014.