Ana María Campoy (26 July 1925 – 8 July 2006) was an

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actress of

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n origin. She was born in

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, the child of a couple of actors who had a theatre company in Spain. She began acting at the age of 4, and at 17 she formed her own company. In 1947, while in

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, she married Argentine actor and director Pepe Cibrián, with whom she had two sons. Two years later they settled in Argentina. There, Campoy acted on TV, cinema and theatre; she also published a book of love stories. She received two Martín Fierro Awards, a Konex Award for her comedy acting, and a Podestá Award to her career in theatre. Campoy died of recurring pneumonia in a hospital of Buenos Aires in 2006, two weeks before turning 81.

Filmography

*1937: Aurora de esperanza *1942: La madre guapa *1942: Un marido a precio fijo *1943: A Sight of Light *1944: Doce lunas de miel *1944: Adam's Fault *1944: Paraíso sin Eva *1944: El testamento del virrey *1944: Ella, él y sus millones *1945: Espronceda *1945: Tierra sedienta *1945: Cinco lobitos *1945: Un hombre de negocios *1946: Es peligroso asomarse al exterior *1946: Cais do Sodré *1947: Five Faces of Woman *1951: The Strange Case of the Man and the Beast *1951: Especialista en señoras *1951: Teleteatro de suspenso (TV Series) *1951: Néstor Villegas vigila (TV Series) *1953: Como te quiero Ana (TV Series, 3 episodes) *1954: Siete gritos en el mar *1956: Cubitos de hielo *1958: Cómo te odio, Pepe (TV Series) *1960: Topaze (TV Mini Series, 10 episodes) *1964: Conjugal Pleasures *1965: Show Rambler (TV Movie) *1966: Con el más puro amor *1967: Las pirañas *1971: Teatro 13 (TV Series, 1 episode) *1970-1971: Alta comedia (TV Series, 9 episodes) *1974: Mi hombre sin noche (TV Series, 19 episodes) *1974: Humor a la italiana (TV Series,1 episode) *1976: Juan que reía *1977: El humor de Niní Marshall (TV Movie) *1978: Te sigo queriendo Ana (TV Series) *1978: Chau, amor mío (TV Series) *1981: La Torre en jaque (TV Series, 9 episodes) *1983: Compromiso (TV Series, 10 episodes) *1986: El infiel (TV Series, 40 episodes) *1986: Las lobas *1987: La cuñada (TV Series, 264 episodes) *1988: Amándote (TV Series, 112 episodes) *1989: Las hormigas (TV Series) *1989: The Strange Lady (TV Series, 120 episodes) *1990:Stress (TV Series, 7 episodes) *1991: Stress Internacional (TV Series, 3 episodes) *1991: El gordo y el flaco (TV Series, 19 episodes) *1992: Soy Gina (TV Series, 90 episodes) *1992: Peor es nada (TV Series, 1 episode) *2003: Dr. Amor (TV Series, 119 episodes)

References

* ''La Nación''. 8 July 2006
''Murió Ana María Campoy.''

External links

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