Azucena Hernández Iglesias

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4 August 1977, page 30. (21 March 1960 – 4 December 2019) was a Spanish actress known for her work in cinema, stage and television. Her artistic career began in the late 1970s and flourished during early years of the 1980s. Her career was cut short in 1986 from a debilitating car crash that left her paralyzed.

Biography

Azucena was born in

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. She had a brief period of activity as a model, and on 3 August 1977 she was elected Miss

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in the town of

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. She lived for some years in the municipality of

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, and later moved to

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starting her career as an actress in 1978 in an operetta and in the movie ''Las eróticas vacaciones de Stela'', as well as some erotic productions of a subgenre known in Spain as S-Films which was very popular in the late 1970s. Azucena also played some roles in satirical films. In 1980 she starred in the horror film '' El Retorno del Hombre Lobo'', directed by

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. This film was exported to several countries under the titles ''The Craving'' and ''The Night of the Werewolf'' which gave Azucena some fame abroad, popularity later revived through

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forums. In the early part of the 1980s, she continued as a stage actress, taking part in the play ''

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'', a Spanish adaptation of

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's ''Enrico IV'' original. She also appeared in several

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broadcasts, working first in ''Anthology of Zarzuela'' by Fernando Garcia de la Vega, where she participated at some zarzuelas, Spanish kind of semi-operatic plays. Her media career was prematurely ended by a serious car accident in

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, on the night of 15 to 16 October 1986, in which she received severe

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injuries. Since 1986, she has made a few appearances on television about the harsh adaptations she has had to make as a result of her disability.

3 March 1996. Data on "Amb el cor a la má" broadcast in "Revista" supplement, page 5.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Azucena 1960 births 2019 deaths Actresses from Andalusia People from Seville People with tetraplegia Spanish film actresses Spanish people with disabilities Spanish stage actresses Spanish television actresses