Zoe Celia Ducós Gallegos (March 6, 1928 – November 11, 2002) was an Argentine film, stage, and television actress of the classical era of Argentine cinema.

Biography

She studied at the National Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts and upon graduation, earned the Grand Prize of Honor bestowed by the National Commission of Culture for best actress in the National Competition of Vocational Theatres. The prize included a contract to join the cast of

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, in which she performed between 1948 and 1951.

Personal life

She had a relationship with Mexican singer Genaro Salinas, that was married and he was acting in

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, then she married writer and film director José María Fernández Unsáin, but they divorced. She married Miguel Silvio Sanz, head of the dreaded police of the dictator

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. After her husband died, she returned to Venezuela at the beginning of the 1970s. She married film director Carlos Stevani. At the end of the 1990s she was diagnosed with

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and admitted to the Instituto geriátrico en Colinas de Bello Monte, where she died of a

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on November 11, 2002, in

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Career

In 1948, she debuted in a film directed by Luis César Amadori. Without abandoning her stage work, she continued filming in later years. For her role in ''Suburban'' directed by

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, she was awarded Best Actress by the Association of Cinema Writers of Argentina. In 1952, Ducós settled in Venezuela after a visit through Spain, and debuted at the Teatro Municipal. She appeared on

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. She continued her theater work and also participated in many telenovelas.

Filmography

;Actress

Television

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ducos, Zoe 1928 births 2002 deaths Actresses from Buenos Aires Argentine film actresses Argentine stage actresses Argentine television actresses Argentine expatriates in Venezuela