Luis Gimeno (15 February 1927 – 24 July 2017) was an Uruguayan-born Mexican actor. In 2010, he received the

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. Gimeno was born in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

and died in

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, aged 90. He was survived by his wife,

Virginia Gutiérrez Virginia Gutiérrez (born 27 November 1928) is a Mexican actress. She was married to actor Luis Gimeno until his death in 2017. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Selected filmography *'' Abismos de amor ...

, an actress.

Selected filmography

*'' Ha llegado un extraño'' (1959) *''

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'' (1961) *'' La madrastra'' (1962) *'' Cristina Guzmán'' (1966) *'' La dueña'' (1966) *'' Leyendas de México'' (1968) *'' De la tierra a la luna'' (1969) *''

Alcanzar una estrella II ''Alcanzar una estrella II'' (English title: ''To reach a star II'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa in 1991. It is the sequel to '' Alcanzar una estrella''. Sasha Sokol, Ricky Martin, Angélica Rivera, Erik ...

'' (1991) *'' María Mercedes'' (1992) *''

La antorcha encendida ''La antorcha encendida'' (English: ''The Flaming Torch'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso and Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1996. It was the last historical telenovela produced by Televisa. The plot tells the Independence o ...

'' (1996) *''

Rencor apasionado ''Rencor apasionado'' (English: ''Burning Resentment'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa in 1998. Natalia Esperón and Eduardo Santamarina starred as protagonists, while Aracely Arámbula, Magda Karina and Robert ...

'' (1998) *'' DKDA: Sueños de juventud'' (1999) *'' Amarte es mi Pecado'' (2004) *'' Barrera de amor'' (2005) *''

Pablo y Andrea ''Pablo y Andrea'' is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa in 2005. Pablo y Andrea is an adaptation of the classic ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' by Mark Twain. The adventures are not developed on the coast o ...

'' (2005) *''

Mañana es para siempre ''Mañana es Para Siempre'' (English title: ''Tomorrow is Forever'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2008. It is an adaption of the 2007 Colombian telenovela '' Pura sangre''. It aired on Canal de las ...

'' (2008) *''

Hasta que el dinero nos separe ''Hasta que el dinero nos separe'' is a Mexican telenovela premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on June 29, 2009, and concluded on May 16, 2010. The series is created and produced for Televisa by Emilio Larrosa, based on the Colombian telenovela ' ...

'' (2009)

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* 1927 births 2017 deaths Male actors from Montevideo Uruguayan emigrants to Mexico Mexican male telenovela actors {{Mexico-actor-stub