Susana Raquel "Susú" Pecoraro (born December 4, 1952) is an

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film and television

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, one of the most popular of the country.

Career

Susana Raquel Pecoraro was born in

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in 1952. She enrolled at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory in 1970 and graduated in 1975. She debuted in the theatre of Argentina in 1976, with a role in ''Yo, Argentino'' (''I'm (a disinterested) Argentine''), and on

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in a 1977 Channel 13

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. She later had a role in a 1977

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based on

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's ''

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'', and in 1978, debuted in the

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with a bit part in Manuel Antín's '' Allá lejos y hace tiempo'' (''Long Ago and Far Away''). She was cast by

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in her 1982 drama, ''Señora de nadie'' (''Nobody's Wife''), and in 1984, she starred in the title role in Bemberg's historical drama, '' Camila'', portraying Camila O'Gorman, a 19th-century

socialite. The role earned her a Best Actress award at the

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and

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s.Imdb awards: Susú Pecoraro
/ref> Later notable film roles in the decade included that of the wife of a man abducted by the dictatorship in

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' '' Sur'' (1987), and of Argentine intellectual in

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in Beda Docampo Feijóo's '' Los Amores de Kafka'' (1988). She continued to work in theatre, and in 1992 returned to cinema as a lovelorn woman in

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's '' ¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida que no te puedo encontrar?'' (''Where Are You, Love of My Life?''), later starring opposite Ulises Dumont as two lonely Argentines who meet by chance in Diego Musiak's ''Historias clandestinas en

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' '' Night of the Iguana'', and in a 2002 production of

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's '' The Vagina Monologues''. Her turn as the title character in Adolfo Aristarain's '' Roma'' (2004) earned her a second Havana Film Festival Best Actress award, as well as ones from the

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and Clarín. She portrayed the hysteric Sister Aloysius in a 2006 production of

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's play '' Doubt: A Parable'', and in 2011 was cast by Nicolás Gil Lavedra as the president of the

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, Estela Barnes de Carlotto, in ''Estela''.''Página/12'': Abrazar a Susú es como abrazar a una hija querida
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Notes

Cine Nacional: Susú Pecoraro

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pecoraro, Susu 1952 births Living people Actresses from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine film actresses Argentine television actresses