Juan José Camero (born September 15, 1943) is an

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, and

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. Camero started out as an advertising model and worked his way into television roles. In the 1970s he did quite a lot of work in Argentine '' telenovelas.'' His break out role in films was in Leonardo Favio's '' Nazareno Cruz y el lobo'' (1975). Film critics also applauded his performance in '' Veronico Cruz'' (1988). The motion picture was Argentina's official selection for the 1988 Oscar Awards, foreign language film category. Camero has also been involved in politics. In 1991 he served as president

Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...

's cultural '' attaché'' at the Argentine embassy in

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. In the mid-2000s he took ill and has been hospitalized several times for coronary problems.''Clarín.com,'' ibid, .

Filmography (selected)

* ''

La Mary ''La Mary'' is a 1974 Argentine romantic-drama film directed by Daniel Tinayre starring Susana Giménez and Carlos Monzón. The screenplay is by José A. Martínez Suárez and Augusto R. Giustozzi, based on the 1965 short story of the same nam ...

'' (1974) * '' La Tregua'' (1974) * ''El Muerto'' (1975) * ''Triángulo de cuatro'' (1975) * '' Nazareno Cruz y el lobo'' (1975) a.k.a. ''Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf'' * ''Cacique Bandeira'' (1975) * '' Piedra libre'' (1976) a.k.a. ''Free for All'' * ''Basta de mujeres'' (1977) * '' Allá lejos y hace tiempo'' (1978) * ''

Los Drogadictos ''The Drug Addicts'' (''Los Drogadictos'') is a 1979 Argentine comedy film drama directed by Enrique Carreras. Cast *Graciela Alfano *Luis Aranda *Giancarlo Arena * Héctor Armendáriz *Jacques Arndt *Vicente Buono *Juan José Camero *Mercedes ...

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1986) * '' Veronico Cruz: (La deuda interna)'' (1988)

Television

* ''De corazón'' (1997) TV Series * ''Campeones de la vida'' (1999) TV Series

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camero, Juan Jose 1943 births Argentine male film actors Argentine male television actors Living people