pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
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, Nené Cascallar (June 11, 1914,
Buenos Aires
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– May 16, 1982, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer of radio plays and
telenovela
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s. She wrote the screenplay of '' Fuego sagrado'' in 1950, and the book, ''A Lo Largo Del Camino'', in 1951.
Biography
Cascallar suffered from polio since the age of five, and used a wheelchair. She studied philosophy and literature before starting her career writing radio plays and then soap operas. A pioneer in the field, her work represented some of the country's biggest hits in the 1960s. She preferred to hand-pick the actors for each role which she wrote. ''El amor tiene cara de mujer'', her greatest success, was remade in Mexico in 1971 and again with the title of ''
Principessa
''Principessa'' (English title: ''Princess'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1984. The telenovela about the adventures and misadventures of a group of friends Paola, Fernanda, Marisela and Adriana working a ...
'' in 1984. Cascallar's greatest successes also included ''Cuatro hombres para Eva'' (1966), ''Cuatro mujeres para Adán'', ''Propiedad horizontal'', and ''El cielo es para todos''. Her work catapulted the careers of many Argentine actors, such as
Rodolfo Bebán
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Bebán died on 14 August 2022, at the age of 84.
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Soledad Silveyra
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Ana María Picchio
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She made her debut in 1969 in the film ''Breve cielo'' and has made over 50 appearances in film and TV to date. For her role in ''Breve cielo'' she won ...
Evangelina Salazar
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Bárbara Mujica
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Jorge Barreiro
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Arnaldo André
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Eduardo Rudy
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Thelma Biral
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Rodolfo Ranni
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Cuatro en la frontera
''Cuatro en la frontera'' is a 1958 Spanish film directed by Antonio Santillán. Written
by Joaquín Algars and Nené Cascallar, it stars Claudine Dupuis, Danielle Godet, and Estanis González.
Plot
A French National Treasury van is assau ...
Principessa
''Principessa'' (English title: ''Princess'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1984. The telenovela about the adventures and misadventures of a group of friends Paola, Fernanda, Marisela and Adriana working a ...
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Vivir enamorada
''Vivir enamorada'' (English title: ''To live love'') is a Mexican telenovela aired on Televisa.
Cast
*Carlos Piñar as Mario
*Sonia Furió as Alicia
*Karina Duprez as Karina
*Blanca Sánchez as Miriam
*Alma Muriel as Estela
*Leticia Perdigón ...
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Los que ayudan a Dios
''Los que ayudan a Dios'' (English: ''Those who help God'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1973."Los que ayudan a Dios", Alma-Latina.net, weAlma-MSOD/ref>
Plot
Julia, Martha, Elena and Alicia are four y ...
El cielo es para todos
''El cielo es para todos'' (English: ''Heaven is for all'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1979.
Is an adaptation of the Argentine telenovela ''El cielo es para todos'' produced in 1962. That in turn is ba ...