Leonor Llausás
Leonor Llausás | |
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Born | Leonor Llausás Tostado August 3, 1929 Durango, México |
Died | February 13, 2003 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 73)
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1953-1997 |
Leonor Llausás (August 3, 1929 - February 13, 2003) was a Mexican television and film actress who appeared in over 100 works of film and television. She was nominated multiple times for the Ariel Awards and won a Best Actress award in 1955 from the film Los Fernandez we peralvillo, in 1975 won (Silver Goddess Award) for Las poquianchis. She also was awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" medal of honor by the Mexican National Association of Actors.
Biography[]
Leonor Llausás Tostado was born in Durango, Mexico on August 3, 1929. She studied acting under the Japanese master, Seki Sano and debuted on stage in 1952 with Edmundo Baez's play, "Un Alfiler en los Ojos" (A Pin in the Eyes).[1]
The following year she made her film debut in the film "El vagabundo" (The Wanderer) with Germán Valdés, known more widely as "Tin Tan". She was a prolific actress on both film and television, starring in movies such as "Ensayo de un crimen" (Test of a Crime) by Luis Buñuel; "Viva Tepito"; "Los Fernández of Peralvillo" (Fernandez of Peralvillo), based on the novel by Juan H. Durán y Casahonda; and "Las Poquianchis". She was nominated for an Ariel for "Viva Tepito", won an Ariel for Best Actress for "Los Fernández and from (Silver Goddess Award) for "Las Poquianchis".[1]
She had her television debut in 1973 with the production, "Penthouse".[2] She went on to perform in many important telenovelas such as "Tal Como Somos" (As We Are), "Juana Iris", "Martín Garatuza", "La Pasión de Isabela" (The Passion of Isabela) and "El Reto" (The Challenge), as well as "El Premio Mayor" (The Jackpot).[1]
In 1987 she was awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" medal of honor by the National Association of Actors (ANDA).[2] Some of her later roles were in films such as Historia de una mujer escandalosa" (1984), "Asesinato en la Plaza Garibaldi" (1987) y "Pánico en el bosque" (1989).[3]
Her last job was as an actress in the telenovela "Salud, dinero y amor" (Health, money and love), the sequel to "The Jackpot", in which she was playing the protagonist's mother.[4]
She died on February 13, 2003 in Mexico City.[1]
Awards and nominations[]
- 1955, "Los Fernández de Peralvillo", best actress, Won Ariel Award
- 1975, "Las poquianchis", best actress, Won
- 1956, "Una mujer en la calle", best actress, nominated for Ariel
- 1957, "Talpa", best actress, nominated for Ariel
- 1977, "Las poquianchis", best actress, nominated for Ariel
- 1981, "Que viva Tepito!" best supporting actress, nominated for Ariel
- 1987, awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" medal of honor, ANDA
Selected filmography[]
Telenovelas[]
- Penthouse (1973)
- La hiena (1973) .... Sacra
- Lágrimas de amor (1979)
- La pasión de Isabela (1984)
- Juana Iris (1985) .... Gudelia
- Martín Garatuza (1986) .... Cleofas
- Tal como somos (1987)
- Dulce desafío (1988) .... Gregoria
- La casa al final de la calle (1989)
- Simplemente Maria (1989) ....
- (1989) .... Gudelia
- Días sin luna (1990)
- Madres egoístas (1991) .... Josefa
- Yo no creo en los hombres (1991) .... Honoria
- La sonrisa del diablo (1992) ....
- Las secretas intenciones (1993) .... Emma
- (1994)
- El premio mayor (1995) .... Doña Anita López de Domínguez
- Salud, dinero y amor (1997) .... Doña Anita López de Domínguez
TV series[]
- (1982)
- Hora marcada (1986)
Films[]
- The Vagabond (1953)
- Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1954)
- La Desconocida (1954)
- Una mujer en la calle (1955)
- (1955)
- Ensayo de un crimen (1955)
- Talpa (1956)
- (1957)
- (1957)
- Cuatro copas (1958)
- (1958)
- (1959)
- (1959)
- (1960)
- (1960)
- Two Cheap Husbands (1960)
- (1960)
- (1962)
- (1963)
- (1972)
- (1973)
- (1973)
- Fe, esperanza y caridad (1974)
- La casa de Bernarda Alba (1974)
- (1975)
- (1976)
- (1976)
- Los albañiles (1976)
- La viuda negra (1977)
- (1978)
- (1978)
- (1978)
- El año de la peste (1979)
- Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979)
- (1979)
- (1980)
- (1980)
- Misterio (1980)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1982)
- (1982)
- La casa de Bernarda Alba (1982)
- (1982)
- (1982)
- (1983)
- Eréndira (1983)
- Under Fire (1983)
- Veneno para las hadas (1984)
- (1984)
- (1984)
- Historia de una mujer escandalosa (1984)
- (1984)
- (1984)
- (1984)
- Gavilán o paloma (1985)
- (1985)
- Little Treasure (1985)
- Mexican, You Can Do It (Mexicano ¡Tú puedes!) (1985)
- (1985)
- (1985)
- (1986)
- (1986)
- (1986)
- (1986)
- El imperio de la fortuna (1986)
- (1986)
- (1987)
- (1987)
- (1988)
- (1989)
- (1990)
- (1992)
- (1996)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Muere Leonor del Socorro" (in Spanish). Torreón, México: El Siglo de Torreón. Notimex. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Llausás, Leonor". Cinema Terapia (in Spanish). Mexico: Sólo Cine. 30 June 1999. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "En un día como hoy, pero del año... en el mundo del espectáculo" (in Spanish). Chihuahua, Mexico: Omnia Cuauhtemoc. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ Jiménez Carrillo, Gilberto (24 January 2015). "El negocio del Paseo de las Estrellas no brilla porque le faltan las estrellas" (in Spanish). Durango, Mexico: Noticias Garza Limón. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
External links[]
- 1929 births
- 2003 deaths
- Mexican actresses
- Mexican television actresses
- Actresses from Durango