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Mercedes Prendes
Mercedes Prendes (14 April 1903 - 2 July 1981) was a Spanish Actor, actress, originally from Asturias. During a long career, notably between 1927 and 1940, she took a number of Film, cinema roles, and towards the end of her career she appeared regularly in television dramas. It is nevertheless principally as a Theatre, stage actress that she built her career and made her reputation. Biography Mercedes Prendes Estrada was born in Gijón, the first-born of three siblings who grew up to become notable as stage and screen actors. The other two professional thespians in the family were :es:Mari Carmen Prendes, Mari Carmen Prendes (1906-2002) and Luis Prendes (1913-1998). There are some sources for Mercedes Prendes having been born in 1908, but elsewhere those who have looked into the matter insist that her birth year should correctly be given as 1903. Alfonso Prendes Fernández (1875-1917), her father, was a career soldier. Her parents had married in 1902: her mother, born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
