Jorge Lavat Bayona (3 August 1933 − 14 September 2011) was a Mexican film and television actor.
Life and work
Born in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, he appeared in more than 25 serialized ''
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
s'' over the decades between 1958 and 2001, including his participation in ''
Senda prohibida
''Senda Prohibida'' (English title: ''Forbidden Path'') is the first telenovela produced in Mexico. It was produced by Telesistema Mexicano and was broadcast June 12, 1958, from Monday to Friday.
It stars Silvia Derbez as the protagonist / antago ...
'', the first telenovela ever produced in Mexico. He was also known for his recordings combining music and the spoken word, particularly a single he released for the essay-poem ''
Desiderata
"Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired") is an early 1920s prose poem by the American writer Max Ehrmann. Although he copyrighted it in 1927, he distributed copies of it without a required copyright notice during 1933 and , thereby forfeiting his ...
''.
He was married four times: first with Ana María Torres, then with Silvia Burgos, his third marriage was once again with Ana María Torres and finally he was the husband of the actress Rebeca Manríquez.
He had two sons and two daughters. One of them,
Adriana Lavat
Adriana Lavat Rodríguez (born September 7, 1974) is a Mexican actress and television host.
Lavat is the daughter of Mexican actor Jorge Lavat. Her mother, Chuti Rodríguez, is also an actress.
She plays small roles in Mexican telenovelas. Hizo ...
, also became an actress. He is also related to the Mexican ''telenovela'' actress
Queta Lavat
(born February 23, 1929), known professionally as Queta Lavat, is a Mexican actress. She is the sister of actor Jorge Lavat and voice actor José Lavat, and mother of Mexican sports anchor Pablo Carrillo. She is best known for her roles in ''Las ...
, his sister, and his brother is also an actor, José Lavat.
Death
He died on September 14, 2011; after a back operation, he suffered a severe infection; he was kept in a
coma
A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. Coma patients exhi ...
and was never able to recover. He died from complications of a respiratory infection in a Mexico City hospital; his remains were cremated.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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Jorge Lavat at Alma Latina
1933 births
2011 deaths
Mexican male film actors
Mexican male telenovela actors
Male actors from Mexico City
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