Elena Adela Calderón García, known as Adela Calderón (born 21 February 1959 in Santiago) is a Chilean actress and comedienne who has appeared in television and stage.
Calderón's family faced severe hardship during the rule of
Augusto Pinochet. She recalls that her family were tortured and spent time in two concentration camps, including
Villa Grimaldi during her winter vacation at the age of 14. Her brothers and cousins were murdered and thrown into the
Mapocho River. Her sister later died of cancer.
Calderón began appearing in
Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) series such as ''
Bellas y audaces
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'' and ''
A la sombra del ángel'' in the late 1980s.
In 2008, Adela Calderón portrayed Aunt Carmen, a "Madame" of a brothel in the series ''
El Señor de la Querencia'', and the same year she was a candidate for councilor for the municipal district of Santiago.
However, the following year she was remanded in custody after being arrested for drug trafficking with Garras de Amor singer Rodolfo Tarragona. In 2016 Calderón returned to television, in the teleseries ''
El camionero'' for TVN.
References
1959 births
Living people
Chilean television actresses
Chilean stage actresses
Chilean women comedians
Actors from Santiago
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