Soledad Silveyra (; born February 13, 1952), is a prominent TV, theater and cinema Argentine actress.
She has made over 65 TV and film appearances since 1964. Most of her appearances have been in film and TV where she made her debut in the soap opera ''El Amor tiene cara de mujer'' in 1964 as a 12-year-old. Then, in 1972 she achieved stardom in
Alberto Migré
Alberto Migré, pseudonym of "Felipe Alberto Milletari Miagro" (12 September 1931, Buenos Aires – 10 March 2006) was an Argentine TV screenwriter and producer, specialized on telenovelas.
Family background
Alberto was born in the barrio of ...
's soap operas "Rolando Rivas, taxista" and the first production of
"Pobre diabla" (telenovela).
A successful comedian she developed into a distinctive dramatic theater actress. On stage she made important appearances in
The Elephant Man (play)
''The Elephant Man'' is a play by Bernard Pomerance. It premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London on 7 November 1977. It later played in repertory at the National Theatre in London. It ran Off-Broadway from 14 January to 18 March 1979, at ...
,
A Taste of Honey, ''La malasangre'' by
Griselda Gambaro
Griselda Gambaro (born 24 July 1928) is an Argentine writer, whose novels, plays, short stories, story tales, essays and novels for teenagers often concern the political violence in her home country that would develop into the Dirty War. One recu ...
, ''
A Flea in Her Ear
''A Flea in Her Ear'' (french: La Puce à l'oreille) is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. The author called it a vaudeville, but in Anglophone countries, where it is the most popular of Feydeau's play ...
'' by
Georges Feydeau
Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau (; 8 December 1862 – 5 June 1921) was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque. He is remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914.
Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parent ...
and ''
Lost in Yonkers
''Lost in Yonkers'' is a play by Neil Simon. The play won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Production
The play premiered at The Center for the Performing Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on December 31, 1990, then moved to Broadway the ...
'' both directed by
China Zorrilla whom she shared the stage in ''Eva and Victoria'', a successful theater play depicting a fictitious meeting between the political leader
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón (; ; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 19 ...
(Silveyra) and the aristocratic intellectual and writer
Victoria Ocampo
Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo (7 April 1890 – 27 January 1979) was an Argentine writer and intellectual. Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the literary magazine '' Sur'', she was also a writer and critic in he ...
(Zorrilla).
Some of her most notable
Argentine cinema
Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Argentina or by Argentine filmmakers abroad.
The Argentine film industry has histor ...
roles include the comedy ''
El Profesor hippie'' (1969), opposite
Luis Sandrini
Luis Sandrini (22 February 1905 – 5 July 1980) was a prolific Argentine comic film actor and film producer. Widely considered one of the most respected and most acclaimed Argentine comedians by the public and critics. He has made over 80 appe ...
, a thriller, ''
Últimos días de la víctima'' (1982), opposite
Federico Luppi
Federico Luppi (; February 23, 1936 – October 20, 2017) was an Argentine-Spanish film, TV, radio and theatre actor. He won numerous awards throughout his acting career, including a Concha de Plata at the San Sebastian International Film Fest ...
, and the satirical ''
Dios los cría'' (1991), with
China Zorrilla.
During 2001-2004 she was the host of the Argentinean version of the ''
Big Brother'' and also a producer and as a broadcast journalist she was the only one who was granted a solo TV interview with
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President o ...
.
In 2006 she appeared in the soap opera ''
La Ley del amor
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
''
Filmography
Film credits
* ''La cigarra está que arde'' (1967)
* ''
Un muchacho como yo
''A Guy Like Me'' (''Un muchacho como yo'') is a 1968 Argentine film directed by Enrique Carreras and written by Ariel Cortazzo. It's a remake of ''Ritmo, amor y picardía'' (1953), also by Carreras. It stars Palito Ortega, Soledad Silveyra
So ...
'' (1968)
* ''Psexoanálisis'' (1968)
* ''Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina'' (1969)
* ''Quiero llenarme de ti'' (1969)
* ''
El profesor hippie'' (1969)
* ''
Don Segundo Sombra
''Don Segundo Sombra'' is a 1926 novel by Argentine rancher Ricardo Güiraldes. Like José Hernández's poem ''Martín Fierro'', its protagonist is a gaucho. However, unlike Hernandez's poem, ''Don Segundo Sombra'' does not romanticize the figu ...
'' (1969)
* ''Gitano'' (1970)
* ''Los mochileros'' (1970)
* ''
Los neuróticos
''Los Neuróticos'' is a 1971 Argentine comedy film co-written and directed by Héctor Olivera and starring Norman Briski, Susana Giménez and Victor Bo. It was originally produced and finished in 1969, but it was banned by the Argentine Cl ...
'' (1971)
* ''
Así es Buenos Aires
''This is Buenos Aires'' (''Así es Buenos Aires)'' is a 1971 Argentine musical film comedy directed by Emilio Vieyra and written by Salvador Valverde Calvo. The film starred Hugo Marcel and Víctor Bó. The tango film was premièred in Argent ...
'' (1971)
* ''
The Witches Mountain
''The Witches Mountain'' (Spanish: ''El monte de las brujas'') is a 1972 Spanish horror film directed by Raúl Artigot and starring Patty Shepard, Cihangir Ghaffari and Mónica Randall.Ness p.510 A photographer takes an assignment in the Pyrenees ...
'' (1972)
* ''Disputas en la cama'' (1972)
* ''La colimba no es la guerra'' (1972)
* ''La malavida'' (1973)
* ''¡Quiero besarlo señor!'' (1973)
* ''Rolando Rivas, taxista'' (1974)
* ''Bodas de cristal'' (1975)
* ''Una mujer'' (1975)
* ''Los miedos'' (1980)
* ''Los crápulas'' (1981)
* ''La casa de las siete tumbas'' (1982)
* ''
Últimos días de la víctima'' (1982)
* ''La Rosales'' (1984)
* ''Flores robadas en los jardines de Quilmes'' (1985)
* ''Hay unos tipos abajo'' (1985)
* ''Sostenido en La menor'' (1986)
* ''Pinocho'' (1986)
* ''Los dueños del silencio'' (1987)
* ''La clínica del Doctor Cureta'' (1987)
* ''De los Apeninos a los Andes'' (1990)
* ''Dios los cría'' (1991)
* ''Algunas mujeres'' - corto (1992)
* ''Siempre es difícil volver a casa'' (1992)
* ''Despabílate amor'' (1996)
* ''Entre la sombra y el alma'' - corto (1997)
* ''Sin reserva'' (1997)
* ''La noche del coyote'' (1998)
* ''Fábricas'' - en preproducción
TV Shows
* ''
Gran Hermano'' (2001-2004)
* ''
Bailando por un sueño
''Bailando por un Sueño'' is a franchised TV series in various Latin American countries. Meaning "Dancing for a dream", it is a reality series that commenced on the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas, in which celebrities are partne ...
'' (2014-2016)
Awards
Nominations
* 2013
Martín Fierro Awards
The Martín Fierro Awards ( es, Premios Martín Fierro) is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists.
History
The awards were first g ...
** Best actress of daily comedy (for
Mis amigos de siempre
''Mis amigos de siempre'' ( en, My lifelong friends) is an Argentine telenovela that it was issued from December 3, 2013 to August 8, 2014 during the schedule of Monday through Friday at 9:00 p.m. by Canal 13. It is produced by Pol-ka, owne ...
)
References
Living people
1952 births
Argentine television actresses
Argentine film actresses
Bailando por un Sueño (Argentine TV series) judges
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