Maru Dueñas (born María Eugenia Dueñas Posadas; October 3, 1967 – November 11, 2017) was a
Mexican
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actress
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, director and producer.
Dueñas studied at the Andrés Soleracademy and later at the
Centro de Educación Artística
The Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) is an entertainment educational institution in Mexico run by that country's major media conglomerate, Televisa. Located at the company's facilities in the San Ángel neighborhood of Mexico City, the sch ...
of
Televisa
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In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
in 1986.
Death
Dueñas died in a
car accident on November 11, 2017, when the truck in which she was traveling, owned by the Televisa company, hit a truck at kilometer 46 of the Mexico-Cuernavaca highway. The director
Claudio Reyes Rubio, son of the Mexican actress
María Rubio
María Rubio (September 21, 1934 – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican actress. She worked with Televisa on many telenovelas. She appeared as the villain Catalina Creel in the 1986–87 telenovela, ''Cuna de lobos
''Cuna de lobos'' (English: ''Cr ...
, also died in the accident.
Filmography
Television
* ''
Cenizas y diamantes
''Cenizas y diamantes'' (English title: ''Ashes & diamonds'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Eugenio Cobo for Televisa in 1990. The story is inspired by the story of ''Cinderella''.
It starred Ernesto Laguardia and Lola Merino, with Sergio ...
'' (1990) as Cuquín
* ''
Ángeles blancos
''Ángeles blancos'' (English title: ''White angels'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1990.
Jacqueline Andere, Rogelio Guerra and Alfonso Iturralde starred as protagonists, while Queta Lavat, Héctor Gómez ...
'' (1990/91)
* ''
Más allá del puente
''Más allá del puente'', is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1993. It is a sequel of the telenovela, ''De frente al sol'' produced in 1992.
María Sorté and Alfredo Adame star as the main protagonists.
Cast
* ...
'' (1993) as Carmelita
* ''La vida en risa'' (1994)
* ''La chuchufleta'' (1995)
* ''Todo de todo'' (1997)
* ''La Güereja y algo más'' (1998)
* ''Diversión desconocida'' (1998/99)
* ''
Las delicias del poder'' (1999)
* ''
La casa en la playa
''La casa en la playa'' (The House on the Beach) is a Mexican telenovela produced in 2000. Cynthia Klitbo and Sergio Goyri star as the protagonists, while Blanca Guerra and José Carlos Ruiz star as the antagonists.
Cast
* Cynthia Klitbo a ...
'' (2000) as Nina López
* ''
Mujer, casos de la vida real'' (2002/16) 20 episodes
* ''El terreno de Eva'' (2003)
* ''
Piel de otoño
''Piel de otoño'' (English: ''Autumn's Skin'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa in 2005. Is a remake of the 1986 Mexican telenovela '' Cicatrices del alma''.
On Monday, May 9, 2005, Canal de las Estrellas st ...
'' (2004)
* ''
La fea más bella
''La Fea Más Bella'' ("The Prettiest Ugly Girl or the ugliest the most beautiful “) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the second Mexican version of the popular Colombian telenovela: ''Betty la fea'' (the first is Azteca Tre ...
'' (2006) as Nurse
* ''
Alma de hierro'' (2008/09) as Sonia
* ''
La rosa de Guadalupe
''La Rosa de Guadalupe'' ( English title: ''The Rose of Guadalupe'') is a Mexican anthology drama television series created by Carlos Mercado Orduña and produced by Miguel Ángel Herros. The series centers on Mexican Catholic religiosity, specif ...
'' (2008/12) 36 episodes
* ''
Los Simuladores
''Los simuladores'' ( en, The Pretenders) is an Argentine television series about a small team of con artists for hire, who use their skills to solve common people's life problems. The show ran for two seasons, from 2002 to 2004. It was very popu ...
'' (2009)
* ''Ellas son... la alegría del hogar'' (2009)
* ''
Lo que la vida me robó
''Lo que la vida me robó'' (English title: ''What Life Took From Me'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). The series originally aired fr ...
'' (2014) as Zulema
* ''
Tres veces Ana
''Tres veces Ana'' (''The Three Sides of Ana'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. It is a remake of ''Lazos de amor'' produced in 1995. It premiered on May 23, 2016.
The series stars Angelique Boyer as Ana L ...
'' (2016) as Cecilia
* ''
Como dice el dicho
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Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has m ...
'' (2017) 3 episodes
Films
* ''Hasta morir'' (1994) as Diana
Theatre
* ''La jaula de las locas''
* ''A Chorus Line''
* ''Cats''
* ''Las bodas de Fígaro''
* ''Un tipo con suerte''
* ''La isla del tesoro''
* ''El príncipe feliz''
* ''La leyenda del beso''
* ''Nosotras que nos queremos tanto''
* ''Gypsy (musical)''
* ''Expreso astral''
* ''Adorables enemigas''
* ''Orgasmos''
* ''Solo quiero hacerte feliz''
* ''Placer o no ser''
* ''Scherezada''
"Maru Dueñas, una apasionada de la actuación"
''El Universal'', November 11, 2017.
* ''Nosotras que nos queremos tanto''
* ''El show de Jerry Lewis sin Jerry Lewis''
* ''La misma gata pero con botas''
Short films
* ''Letras capitales'' (1993)
* ''La crisálida'' (1996)
Direction
* ''Papi piernas largas'' (2017)
Dialogue
* ''Lo que la vida me robó
''Lo que la vida me robó'' (English title: ''What Life Took From Me'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). The series originally aired fr ...
'' (2013/14)
* ''Tres veces Ana
''Tres veces Ana'' (''The Three Sides of Ana'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. It is a remake of ''Lazos de amor'' produced in 1995. It premiered on May 23, 2016.
The series stars Angelique Boyer as Ana L ...
'' (2016)
* 1st part of ''Me declaro culpable
''Me declaro culpable'' (English: ''I Plead Guilty'') is a Mexican telenovela that premiered on Las Estrellas on 6 November 2017 and ended on 28 January 2018.
It stars Daniela Castro, Mayrín Villanueva, and Juan Soler as main characters, with J ...
'' (2017)
Production
* ''En busca de una familia feliz'' (1986)
* ''Cinexxxitarse'' (1996)
References
External links
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1967 births
2017 deaths
Road incident deaths in Mexico
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican television actresses
Mexican film actresses
Mexican stage actresses
Mexican theatre directors
Mexican film producers
Actresses from Mexico City
20th-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican actresses
People from Mexico City
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Accidental deaths in Mexico