Yolanda Mérida (20 August 1929 – 11 April 2012) was a Mexican

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known for her work in theater and television. Her last role was that of Manuela in ''

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''.

Biography

Mérida was born Yolanda Noemí Alpuche Morales in

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, Mexico. She adopted the stage name, Yolanda Mérida, after the city in which she was born. She married Manuel Pérez Ferreiro, a

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, and had two children, Mary Carmen and Manolo. She began acting in 1951 when she appeared onstage in ''Los empeños de una casa''. She expanded to Mexican

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s and

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during the mid-1950s, including ''Fernando Soler y sus comediantes'' and ''Teatro bon soir''. She remained active in television from the 1950s until her death in 2012. Other telenovela credits included ''

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'', ''

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'' and most recently, ''

'' in 2011. Also, Yolanda Mérida was voice-over artist for a long time, she began working as a dubbing actress in the 50s in many studios of

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. She was the Spanish voice of

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and dubbed into Spanish many actresses as

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, among others.

Death

Mérida died on 11 April 2012, aged 82.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Merida, Yolanda 1929 births 2012 deaths Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican stage actresses Actresses from Yucatán (state) Actors from Mérida, Yucatán Place of death missing