Josefina Echánove (born Josefina Rojas Hudson; 21 July 1926 – 29 December 2020) was a Mexican film, television and stage actress.
[Murió a los 92 años la actriz Josefina Echánove, madre de María del Sol](_blank)
She received two
Ariel Award
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nominations for her acting roles.
Early life
Echánove was born in New York City, US.
She studied journalism at Universidad Femenina de México in Mexico City and later changed her major to dance. She went on to found the Contemporary Dance Academy of the
University of Guanajuato.
Acting career
Her acting career began with roles in the Entremeses Cervantinos, which later became the
International Cervantino Festival.
She went on to appear in more than 40 films (both Mexican and American), and more than 40 television soap operas. She was twice nominated for Best Actress in a Picture at the Ariel Awards: in 1991 for ''Por tu maldito amor'', by Rafael Villaseñor Kuri and in 1993 for ''Serpientes y Escaleras'' (''Serpents and Stairs)'', by
Busi Cortés.
One of her most notable stage performances was in 1985, when she appeared in the play ''La fiera del Ajusco'' by Mexican playwright Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda.
Selected films
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El hombre de los hongos'' (1976)
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The Children of Sanchez'' (1978)
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Border Cop
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'' (1979)
*''Missed'' (1982)
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''The Honorary Consul'' (1983)
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Amityville 3-D
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'' (1983) as Dolores
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Old Gringo
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'' (1989)
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Cabeza de Vaca
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'' (1991)
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Perdita Durango'' (1997)
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The Other Conquest'' (1998)
*''Santitos'' (1999)
*''Todos hemos pecado'' (2008)
Selected television series
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Cuna de Lobos
''Cuna de lobos'' ( English: ''Cradle of Wolves'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Téllez for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas).
The series, about the struggle for power within a weal ...
'' (1986) as Elvia
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La Dueña (Mexico)'' (1995) as Martina
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Cañaveral de Pasiones'' (1996) as Remedios
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Rubí'' (2004) as Pancha Muñoz
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Mañana es para siempre
''Mañana es para siempre'' (English title: ''Tomorrow Is Forever'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2008. It is an adaption of the 2007 Colombian telenovela '' Pura sangre''. It aired on Canal de las ...
'' (2008) as Rosenda
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Corazón salvaje'' (2010) as Kuma
Personal life
She married lawyer Alonso Echánove, and together they had two daughters and one son. Their oldest son, Alonso Echánove, is an actor. Their daughters are journalist Peggy Echánove and pop singer Marisol de las Mercedes Echánove, professionally known as
María del Sol.
References
External links
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1928 births
2020 deaths
Actresses from Guanajuato
Mexican film actresses
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican stage actresses
20th-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican women