Juan Ferrara

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Juan Ferrara
Born	Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta (1943-11-08) November 8, 1943 (age 77) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Helena Rojo
Children
Parent(s)	Ofelia Guilmáin (mother)
Relatives	Lucía Guilmáin and (sisters)

Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta, November 8, 1943 in Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela and film actor.

Family[]

Juan is a son of the well known actress Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y . He was once married to the famous Mexican actress, Helena Rojo. He has two sons, actors and , with his first wife, .

Biography[]

Ferrara demonstrated an interest in acting since he was a young child. But it wasn't until he was 22 that he booked his first job as an actor. He changed his name to Juan Ferrara before playing a small role in the 1965 movie, "". In 1966, he got his first major movie role, as Sonny in . Ferrara by then had graduated from Televisa's renowned acting school, and producers decided to cast him as a star in his own telenovela, . The novela became a major hit across Mexico and Latin America.

In 1970, he starred in two extremely successful novelas, Yesenia and La Gata. In 1978, Ferrara was in Viviana, another extremely successful novela. He portrayed Julio Montesinos. In 1982 Ferrara then went on to star in Gabriel y Gabriela, though it was not as successful as his previous ventures.

1983 proved to be an important career year for Ferrara, as he established himself as an actor in Puerto Rico as well. Hired by Canal 2, he filmed !, a soap opera that became one of Puerto Rico's most seen television programs ever. Due to the novela's overwhelming popularity in Puerto Rico, the network decided to bring Ferrara back in 1985, to film a telenovela called Tanairi. Ferrara starred alongside in this soap opera, which went on to become one of Puerto Rico's most critically acclaimed television shows of all time, as well as the most expensive telenovela to produce in Puerto Rican history.

Television[]

Awards and nominations[]

Films[]

• (1965)
• (1965) (Trying to Score)
• (1965) (Death is Always on Time)
• La Valentina (1966)
• (1966) (Puebla's Angels) as Sonny
• Pedro Paramo (1967) (as Florencio)
• (1968) (Slave of Desire)
• (1968) (There are no Crosses at Sea)
• Corona de Lagrimas, (1968)
• 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa) (1968) (5 Chocolate ones and a Strawberry One)
• (1968) (The Suicidal Ones Club)
• (1970) (Mom's Problems)
• Mision Cumplida (1970) (Mission Accomplished)
• La montaña sagrada (1973) (The Holy Mountain)
• (1974) (Miracle Falls)
• (1975) (Come With Me) as Guillermo
• De Todos Modos, Juan te Llamas! (1978) (Your Name is Still Juan!)
• (1979) (Party Night)
• Misterio (1980)
• (1980) (Two Plus Two:Five)
• Mentiras (1986) (Lies) as Alvaro Ibanez
• Fuera de la ley (1998)
• Cuando las cosas suceden (2007) as De La Rosa

References[]

External links[]

• almalatina.net's page on Ferrara