Lucy Gallardo
Lucy Gallardo | |
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.jpg) Gallardo in The Exterminating Angel (1962) | |
| Born | Lucía Elida Cardarelli 13 December 1929 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 11 August 2012 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–2005 |
Lucy Gallardo (December 13, 1929 – August 11, 2012) was an Argentine-born Mexican actress and screenwriter. She was best known for her numerous roles in Mexican cinema, as well as Mexico's telenovelas.[1][2] Gallardo was the widow of Mexican actor Enrique Rambal.[1]
Life[edit]
She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 13, 1929.[1] Gallardo made her film debut in the 1949 Argentine movie, Angeles de uniforme.[2] She later moved from Argentina to Mexico to pursue her acting career.[2]
Gallardo appeared in dozens of films throughout her career.[2] She was cast in the 1962 film, The Exterminating Angel, which was directed and written by Luis Buñuel.[1] She appeared in that film opposite her husband, Enrique Rambal,[1] who died in 1971. Gallardo and Rambal also starred as a comical couple in the Capulina aviation comedy, El Mundo de los Aviones.
Her numerous telenovela roles included El Amor Tiene Cara de Mujer (Love Has a Female Face), portraying the character of Lucy Scala in the Mexican remake of an Argentine television series during the 1970s.[1][2] In addition to acting, Gallardo also worked as a screenwriter for telenovelas as well. Her recent telenovela writing credits included Cosecharás tu Siembra (You Reap What You Sow) and La Extraña Dama (Strange Lady).[2]
Gallardo's Mexican theater credits included roles in Aurelia y Sus Hombres, Los Grandes Sebastiani, and La Mujer Asesinadita.[2]
Gallardo resided in Los Angeles, California, for the last twenty-five years of her life with her daughter, actress and television host Rebeca Rambal.[1] In 1997, Gallardo starred in the radio drama, La Historia de Quien Soy (The Story of Who I Am), created by the Family Theater Productions' Voz Latina division.[1][2] Gallardo portrayed the family matriarch in the production, which is believed to be the first Spanish-language radio show produced in Los Angeles specifically for Hispanics living in the city.[1][2]
Gallardo co-starred in the 2005 American film How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, with America Ferrera and Elizabeth Peña.[1]
Lucy Gallardo died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on August 11, 2012, at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 82.[2] She was survived by her daughter, Rebeca Rambal.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Actress Lucy Gallardo Dies at 82: She starred alongside her late husband Enrique Rambal in Luis Bunuel's 1962 Mexican classic "The Exterminating Angel."". The Hollywood Reporter. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Actress Lucy Gallardo dies at 82". Variety. Chicago Tribune. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
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- 1929 births
- 2012 deaths
- Mexican film actresses
- Mexican telenovela actresses
- Mexican television actresses
- Mexican stage actresses
- Mexican women screenwriters
- Argentine film actresses
- Argentine emigrants to Mexico
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- Actresses from Buenos Aires
- Argentine emigrants to the United States
- 21st-century American women