Adria Santana (29 August 1948 – 30 September 2011) was a Cuban actress best known for her work in the theater.
Biography
Trained at the National School of Art, Adria Santana soon joined Havana's Teatro Estudio company, where she remained for twenty years. She worked with the directors Héctor Quintero, Armando Suárez del Villar, Berta Martínez, , and
Jorge Alí Triana. Her best-known roles were ''
Medea'', Bernarda in ''
The House of Bernarda Alba'', Lalita in ''Contigo, pan y cebolla'',
[ Camila in ''Santa Camila de La Habana Vieja'', the Cuban play ''Vagos rumores'' (in which Santana considered that she "developed as an actress"), and especially, her work with ]Abelardo Estorino
Abelardo José Estorino López (29 January 1925 – 22 November 2013) was a Cuban dramatist, director, and theater critic.
Biography
Abelardo Estorino was born in Unión de Reyes on 29 January 1925. After ''Bachillerato (Cuba), Bachillerato'' stud ...
. He directed her theatrical debut as Belisa in ' by Lope de Vega, and she came to be considered his "fetish" actress. On the occasion of her death, Estorino said:
In the cinema she worked, among others, on the films ''Polvo Rojo'' (1982), ''Wild Dogs
Wild Dogs is an American heavy metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed loosely in 1981 by original members Jeff Mark, Danny Kurth, Matt McCourt, and Pete Holmes. The band has since released six albums, three live albums and one DVD. Wild Dogs ...
'' (1985), ''Isla Negra'' (1995), and ''Casa Vieja'' (2010).[
She worked at the Teatro Repertorio Español in New York, where she won a Latin ACE Award (1997) and the Best Actress award of the International Monologue Festival of Miami (2001).][ Adria Santana died to cancer in 2011 at age 63.][
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1948 births
2011 deaths
20th-century Cuban actresses
21st-century Cuban actresses
Cuban film actresses
Cuban stage actresses
People from Las Tunas (city)