Irán Eory (; 21 October 1937 – 10 March 2002, born Elvira Teresa Eory) was an Iranian actress. She achieved fame in Mexico after moving to that country in the late 1960s.
Biography
She was born in
Tehran
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,
Iran
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, to an
Austrian Jewish father and an
Iranian Jewish mother — Angela Sidi — on October 21, 1937. Irán was given as the screen name for her, because it suggests her birth country.
Eory was raised in
Spain
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, where she learned
Spanish
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...
, and entered a beauty contest in
Monaco
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, where she was noticed by
Prince
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Rainier. She started her acting career before emigrating to
Mexico
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in the late 1960s, hoping to become an actress, singer, and a theatre producer.
Eory suffered a
brain hemorrhage
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and she died at 64 in
Mexico City
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on March 10, 2002, of
embolism
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.
Her ashes were entombed at the cemetery Panteón de Las Lomas located in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.
Filmography
* ''
The Devil Plays the Flute'' (1953) .... Eliza
* ''Tres huchas para Oriente'' (1954) .... Ana Hernández
* ''
Kubala'' (1955) .... Erika
* ''Prohibido enamorarse'' (1961) .... Enfermera del doctor Bolt
* ''Fray Escoba'' (1961) .... Hermana Rosa
* ''
Zorro the Avenger'' (1962) .... Amiga de Irene
* ''
Acident 703'' (1962) .... Luchy Altamira
* ''Sabían demasiado'' (1962) .... Empleada de la Compañía Aérea
* ''Vuelve San Valentín'' (1962) .... Amiga de Leonor
* ''
Rogelia'' (1962) .... Nanette
* ''Esa pícara pelirroja'' (1963) .... Cantante 'Les feuilles mortes'
* ''Confidencias de un marido'' (aka ''Tercero Izquierda'') (1963)
* ''
Horror'' (aka ''The Blancheville Monster'') (1963) .... Alice Taylor
* ''La máscara de Scaramouche'' (aka ''The Adventures of Scaramouche'') (1963) .... Jacqueline - Pierrot's Girl-Friend
* ''Ensayo general para la muerte'' (1963) .... Franca
* ''
The Fair of the Dove'' (1963) .... Casta / Merche
* ''Los muertos no perdonan'' (1963) .... Carmen Ayala
* ''Objetivo: las estrellas'' (1963) .... Coral
* ''
Man of the Cursed Valley'' (1964) .... Gwen
* ''El pecador y la bruja'' (aka ''The Sinner and the Witch'') (1964) .... Chica inglesa
* ''Chance at Love'' (1964) .... Sophie (segment "Une chance explosive")
* ''
Aragonese Nobility
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Cast
* Manuel Arbó
* Pedro Azorín
* Joaquín Bergía
* Julia C ...
(1965) .... María del Pilar
* ''
Misión Lisboa'' (aka ''Espionage in Lisbon'') (1965) .... George's Lover
* ''Una chica para dos'' (1966) .... Mary
* ''El arte de no casarse'' (1966) .... Mari Carmen (1)
* ''Tre notti violente'' (aka ''Web of Violence'') (1966) .... Lisa
* ''Las viudas'' (aka ''El aniversario'') (1966) .... Sofía (segment "Luna de miel")
* ''¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?'' (1967) .... Luisa Martínez
* ''Novios 68'' (1967) .... Teresa, farmacéutica
* ''Los chicos con las chicas'' (1967) .... Marta
* ''No desearás la mujer de tu prójimo'' (1968) .... Lola
* ''Flash 18'' (1968) .... Herself
* ''¡Se armó el belén!'' (1969) .... Cari
* ''Muchacho'' (1970, featuring Sandro)
* ''Rubí'' (1970) .... Rubí
* ''Encrucijada'' (1970, TV Series) .... Susan Harrison
* ''El cielo y tú'' (1971) .... Suzana
* ''Las máscaras'' (1971, TV Series)
* ''El amor tiene cara de mujer'' (1971-1973, TV Series) .... Vicky Gallardo y Pimentel
* ''Entre dos amores'' (1972) .... Patricia O'Connor
* ''La justicia tiene doce años'' (1973) .... Guillermina
* ''Las tres perfectas casadas'' (1973) .... Genoveva
* ''El amor tiene cara de mujer'' (1973) .... Victoria Gallardo Pimentel / Vicky
* ''En busca de un muro'' (1974) .... Alma Reed
* ''El Hijo de Angela María'' (1974) .... Alicia Montalbán
* ''Mundo de juguete'' (1974, TV Series) .... Tía Mercedes Balboa
* ''
The Children of Sanchez'' (1978) .... (uncredited)
* ''Domenica Montero'' (1978, TV Series) .... Domenica Montero
* ''
Rosángela'' (1979, TV Series) .... Rosángela
* ''Barcelona sur'' (1981) .... Carla
* ''
El último kamikaze'' (1983) .... Mónica
* ''
Principessa'' (1984, TV Series) .... Paola
* ''
En carne propia'' (1990, TV Series) .... Susana Tamaris
* ''
Cuando llega el amor'' (1990, TV Series) .... Rosalía
* ''
La Pícara Soñadora
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'' (1991, TV Series) .... Doña Marcelina Rochild
* ''
Carrusel de las Américas
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'' (1992, TV Series) .... Doña Marcelina Rochild
* ''
Entre la vida y la muerte'' (1993, TV Series) .... Aída de Trejos
* ''
Prisionera de amor'' (1994, TV Series) .... Eloisa
* ''
El vuelo del águila'' (1994, TV Series) .... Agustina de Romero Rubio
* ''
María la del Barrio
''María la del Barrio'' (Literal translation, Lit: ''Maria From the Hood''/English title: ''Humble Maria'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa in 1995. The series is a remake of ''Los ricos también lloran'' ...
'' (1995, TV Series) .... Victoria Montenegro de De la Vega
* ''
Esmeralda'' (1997, TV Series) .... Sor Piedad
* ''
Sin ti'' (1997, TV Series) .... Mercedes
* ''
La Usurpadora'' (1998, TV Series) .... Lourdes
* ''
Gotita de amor
''Gotita de amor'' (''Droplet of Love'') (known as ''Chabelita'' in some territories) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 1998. Is a remake of 1978 Brazilian telenovela ''Pingo de gente''.
On Monday 3 ...
'' (1998, TV Series) .... Madre Superiora
* ''
Por tu amor'' (1999, TV Series) .... Mama Paz
* ''
Por un beso
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'' (2000, TV Series) .... Carmen
* ''
Aventuras en el tiempo'' (2001, TV Series) .... Old Violeta (final appearance)
References
External links
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1939 births
2002 deaths
Mexican telenovela actresses
Mexican television actresses
Mexican film actresses
Jewish actresses
Actresses from Tehran
Iranian emigrants to Spain
Iranian emigrants to Mexico
20th-century Mexican actresses
21st-century Mexican actresses
Iranian people of Austrian descent
People of Iranian-Jewish descent
Deaths from embolism