Rosángela Balbó (April 16, 1941 – November 3, 2011, born Rosa Angela Giovanna Balbó Rosso) was a Mexican-

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born

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. She was better known for the Mexican films '' Entre Pobretones y Ricachones'', '' Como Gallos de Pelea'', ''Los que verán a Dios'' and '' Los hipócritas''.

Biography

Balbó was born April 16, 1941

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, the daughter of Félix Balbó and María Ana Rosso. She had a brother who died in an accident. As a consequence of the

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, in 1946, when she was 5 years old, with her family left

and settled in

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. As a child she dressed with her little friends and staged plays. She won a beauty contest that was performed on television as the "Reina de Villa del Parque". In this country she studied acting and made her debut in the Argentine film '' Amorina'' in 1961. This was followed by titles such as '' Buscando a Mónica'', ''Los que verán a Dios'' and '' Los hipócritas''. In 1967, she left

and traveled to

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, where she finally settled, making her debut in the country in the film ''La perra'', where she shared the scene with

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. She had many interests in telenovelas ''

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'', '' Juegos del destino'', ''

Alcanzar una estrella II ''Alcanzar una estrella II'' (English title: ''To reach a star II'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa in 1991. It is the sequel to ''Alcanzar una estrella''. Sasha Sokol, Ricky Martin, Angélica Rivera, Erik ...

'', ''

Acapulco, cuerpo y alma ''Acapulco, cuerpo y alma'' (English: ''Acapulco, Body and Soul''), is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro in 1995 for Televisa. It is a remake of the Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply k ...

'', '' Ángela'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Heridas de amor'', and ''

Las tontas no van al cielo ''Las tontas no van al cielo'' (, English title: ''Dumb Girls Don't Go to Heaven'', Lit: ''Bimbos Don't Go to Heaven'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa in 2008. On 11 February 2008, Canal de las Estrellas started bro ...

''. The last telenovelas in which she participated were ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Death

In 2010 Balbó was diagnosed with

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, because of this she left her smoking habit which consisted of two daily packs of cigarettes. Balbó recovered and continued working, although in 2011 the cancer resurfaced aggressively and lodged in her left lung. Although Balbó fought against her illness, she finally lost the battle, on November 3, 2011.Muere la actriz Rosángela Balbó
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, through the patronage of "Rosa Mexicano", where Rosángela had like friends to the actresses Yolanda Mérida and Marta Zamora. She was veiled at a funeral parlor in

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, and her remains were cremated and deposited inside an urn in a crypt near the ANDA building.

Filmography

Theatre

*''Los árboles mueren de pie'' *''Monólogos de la vagina'' *''Mujeres juntas... ni difuntas''

References

External links

* 1941 births 2011 deaths Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses Italian emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico Italian emigrants to Argentina Deaths from lung cancer in Mexico {{Mexico-actor-stub