Isabel Moreno
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Born | Isabel Moreno Pérez 28 January 1942 Havana, Cuba |
Occupation | Actress |
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Isabel Moreno Pérez (born 28 January 1942) is a Cuban actress.
She has worked in Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States, where she currently resides. She is known for playing characters such as Teresa Trebijo, La Santiaguera, Chachi, La Mexicana, Soledad Mendoza, Cachita, and Bernarda Alba.
Biography[]
Isabel Moreno was born in Havana on 28 January 1942, the only daughter of Eugenio Moreno and Isabel Pérez. She has been married to actor since the 1970s. They have two daughters and a son.
Early career[]
Moreno's beginnings were in the theater, where she has spent most of her artistic career, although she has ventured into film and television.
In the 1960s, she became involved in the cultural movement of Havana and the formation of several theater groups. She made her debut as an amateur in the play La taza de café, directed by Juan Rodolfo Aman. She participated in the First Worker and Peasant Theater Festival in 1962 with La fablilla del secreto bien guardado.
In 1961, she joined a group of young actors with training in mime and body language under the orders of the French professor Pierre Chausat. She belonged to theater groups such as the Conjunto Dramático Nacional, Las Mascaras, La Rueda, and Guernica, appearing in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Réquiem por Yarini by Carlos Felipe Hernández, The Threepenny Opera, Aire frío by Virgilio Piñera, and Entremeses japoneses by Yukio Mishima.[1]
She joined Grupo Teatro Estudio in 1969, and remained with it for more than 20 years. She taught at the National Art School of Cuba and the Instituto Superior de Arte for several years. In the early 1990s, she emigrated to Venezuela. Her first roles there were in telenovelas on networks such as , RCTV, and Venevisión. In early 2001 she arrived in the United States, where she worked in television and theater, with sporadic appearances in film.
Grupo Teatro Estudio[]
Under the direction of [2] This was the most fruitful stage of her career in Cuba. In turn, she made several national and international tours with the company to Spain and other European countries. Some of her most prominent roles were:
and with the mentorship of , Berta Martínez, and Armando Suárez del Villar, among others, she participated in more than 20 plays, and alternated theater with roles in Cuban cinema and television.- El millonario y la maleta by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda ... Gabriela
- Bernarda (Berta Martínez's version of The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca) ... Adela
- The Dog in the Manger by Lope de Vega ... Countess Diana
- El becerro de oro by ... Belén
- El Conde Alarcos by José Jacinto Milanés ... Blanca[3]
- La dolorosa historia de amor secreto de José Jacinto Milanés by Abelardo Estorino ... Carlota
- A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen ... Nora
- The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca ... Adela
- Las impuras by ... Teresa Trebijo
- Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca ... The Bride
- Santa Camila de la Habana Vieja by José Ramón Brene ... Camila
- Morir del cuento by Abelardo Estorino ... Delfina the old woman
- ¿Y quién va a tomar café? by José Milián ... The Grandmother
Theater in the United States[]
- 2003: El arte de quejarse or Kvetch, Venevisión Internacional ... The Mother-in-Law[4]
- 2007: O.K., Repertorio Español, New York[5]
- 2010: The Color of Desire, Actors' Playhouse ... Leandra[6]
- 2011: The Misunderstanding, Teatro Avante ... The Mother
- 2011: The House of Bernarda Alba, University of Miami Theater Department ... Bernarda Alba[7]
- 2012: ARPIAS, Hispanic Theater Guild ... Mildred
- 2012–2013: El No, Teatro Avante ... Laura
- 2013: Metamorphoses, adapted by Mary Zimmerman, University of Miami Theater Department ... Various characters[8]
- 2014: Años difíciles, Teatro Avante ... Olga
Film[]
Year | Title | Director | Character |
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1964 | I Am Cuba | Mikhail Kalatozov | University student |
1967 | Lita | ||
1968 | Lucía | Humberto Solás | Lucía's friend |
1968 | |||
1973 | Óscar Valdés | Doris | |
1986 | A Successful Man | Humberto Solás | Berta |
1989 | The Beauty of the Alhambra | Enrique Pineda Barnet | La Mexicana |
1989 | Clara | ||
1990 | , , etc. | Isabel | |
1990 | |||
1994 | James Lloyd | CIA Commander | |
1999 | Marion | ||
2010 | Sergio Giral | Dominique |
Television[]
Year | Country | Title | Director | Character |
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1987 | Cuba | Chachi | ||
1987 | Cuba | Graciela | ||
1990 | Cuba | Teo's aunt | ||
1992 | Venezuela | Madre Alejandra | ||
1993 | Cuba | Altagracia | ||
1993 | Venezuela | Soledad Mendoza | ||
1994 | Venezuela | Cruz de nadie | Dolores | |
1996 | Venezuela | Pecado de amor | Amalia Márquez | |
1996 | Venezuela | El perdón de los pecados | Hilda Cristina Ramos | |
1997 | Venezuela | Amor mío | Claudio Callao | Carmen de Briceño |
1999 | Venezuela | Toda mujer | Jade | |
1999 | Venezuela | Cuando hay pasión | Emperatriz Malave | |
2000 | Venezuela | Amantes de luna llena | Cesar Bolívar | Angustias |
2001 | Venezuela | Not Love, Just Frenzy | Carlos Izquierdo | Corazón |
2002 | United States | Gata Salvaje | Mercedes Salazar | |
2004 | United States | Anita no te rajes | Danny Gavidia | Cachita Moret |
2006 | United States | Tierra de Pasiones | Danny Gavídia | Nana |
2008 | United States | Amor Comprado | Yaki Ortega | Rosa |
2009 | United States | Alma indomable | Yaki Ortega, etc. | Rafaela Pérez |
2015 | United States | Ruta 35 | Otto Rodríguez | Doña Conchita |
2016 | United States | ¿Quién es quién? | Luis Manzo | Doña Sara |
2017 | United States | La Fan | David Posada | Mother of Carlos López "Mami" |
2017 | United States | Milagros de Navidad | Otto Rodríguez | Doña Catalina "Cata" |
2019 | United States | Betty en NY | Doña Inés "Inesita" Sandoval | |
2021 | United States | La suerte de Loli | Miguel Varoni | Doña Catalina |
References[]
- ^ "Aire Frío". Cuban Theater Digital Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Martínez Tabares, Vivian (4 October 2012). "Memoria de Armando". Periódico Cubarte (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "El Conde Alarcos". Cuban Theater Digital Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "El arte de quejarse". TeatroenMiami.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Arias-Polo, Arturo. "Isabel Moreno en la cartelera del Repertorio Español de Nueva Yor" [Isabel Moreno on the Billboard of the Spanish Repertory of New York]. El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Thorp, Brandon K. (14 October 2010). "The Color of Desire: Actors' Playhouse trades subtlety for flash". Miami New Times (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Hirschman, Bill (10 October 2011). "UM Students, Arsht and Nilo Cruz Join for House of Bernarda Alba". Florida Theater on Stage. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Arias-Polo, Arturo (10 October 2013). "El versátil talento de Isabel Moreno en el Arsht Center" [The Versatile Talent of Isabel Moreno at the Arshe Center]. El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2021.
External links[]
- 1942 births
- Actresses from Havana
- Cuban film actresses
- Cuban stage actresses
- Cuban telenovela actresses
- Living people