Grimanesa Ethel Jiménez Lockett (21 May 1937 – 18 September 2023) was a Chilean television, stage and film actress, whose career spanned over 45 years.

Life and career

Born in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

, Jiménez studied acting at the drama schools of the

University of Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

and of the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

. After making her professional debut at the Teatro Ictus, she decided to study opera and enrolled at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, but following the 1973 coup d'état she interrupted her studies. She made her television debut in 1977, in the

TVN TVN may refer to: * TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel * Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster * TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi * TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a comm ...

telenovela ''

La Colorina ''La Colorina'' ("The Redhead") was a Chilean telenovela created by (1920-1994) and produced by Protab in 1977 for Televisión Nacional de Chile. It starred Liliana Ross, Patricio Achurra, Violeta Vidaurre and Paz Irarrázabal. It has been remad ...

''. Specialized in comedic roles, Jiménez is besk known for the role of Diana "La Jirafa" Smith in the TNC sitcom ''Los Venegas'' (1989–1994). Her credits also include several Canal 13 telenovelas, and several art films, including ''Historia de un roble solo'' by

Silvio Caiozzi Silvio Caiozzi (born 1944) is a Chilean film director and cinematographer. Select filmography * ''A la sombra del sol'' (1974) * '' Julio comienza en julio'' (1979) * '' La luna en el espejo '' (1990) * ''Fernando ha vuelto'' (1998) * '' Corona ...

and ''Las mujeres de mi cas'' by Valentina Reyes, which got her a Caleuche Award nomination for best actress. In 2020, she was a contestant at MasterChef Celebrity. She died on 18 September 2023, at the age of 86.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Grimanesa 1937 births 2023 deaths Chilean film actresses Chilean television actresses Chilean stage actresses Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni University of Chile alumni Actresses from Santiago