Mónica Galán (October 16, 1950 – January 15, 2019) was an
Argentine
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actress. She was a character actor seen on TV, film and in the theatre.
Life
Galán was born in 1950 in
Buenos Aires
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. Galán graduated from the National School of Dramatic Arts and her first film appearance was in
Daniel Tinayre
Daniel Tinayre (14 September 1910 – 24 October 1994) was a French-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical era of Argentine cinema (1930s–1950s) a ...
's ''La Mary,''
starring
Susana Giménez
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and
Carlos Monzón
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in 1974. She went on to appear in other films such as
Atrapadas ''Blue Eyes'', ''Murder in the Senate of the Nation'', ''The side Dark of the Heart'', ''Waiting for the Messiah'' and ''The Mural'' . Her last film was ''The Other Skin in 2018.''
She had said in 1997 that she preferred to be a character actor rather than the star of films or TV dramas.
Two years later she directed her first play which was ''No Be You'' , by
Susana Torres Molina.
She appeared in the 2010 telenovela
Malparida
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She appeared as ''Vienna'' in the 1982 film
Last Days of the Victim. That film was proposed but not nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the
List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Her role of Vienna was one of 17 where she was cast as a prostitute.
Galán died in
Buenos Aires
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in 2019
having made 70 appearances in film or television.
Selected filmography
* 1974: ''
La Mary''
* 1982: ''
Últimos dÃas de la vÃctima'', as Vienna
* 1984: ''
Atrapadas''
* 1984: ''
Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación'', as Proxeneta
* 1985: ''
Los dÃas de junio
A list of films produced in Argentina in 1985 in film, 1985:
1985 in film, 1985
External links and references
Argentine films of 1985
at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Argentine films of 1985
Lists of Argentine films by yea ...
''
* 1992: ''Algunas mujeres'' (cortometraje)
* 1992: ''
El lado oscuro del corazón
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''
* 1992: ''
¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida que no te puedo encontrar?
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'', as Chela
* 1995: ''
No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas
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'', as Susana
* 1997: ''
El impostor'', as Clotilde
* 1997: ''
Bajo bandera'', as Paula
* 1997: ''
Pequeños milagros'', as Susana
* 1998: ''
Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando'',
* 2000: ''
LejanÃa''
* 2000: ''
Esperando al mesÃas
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'', as Voz de Elsa
* 2000: ''
Un amor de Borges''
* 2001: ''
Cicatrices''
* 2001: ''
Cabeza de tigre'', as
la Perichona
* 2003: ''
Nadar solo'', as LucÃa
* 2004: ''
Un mundo menos peor'', as Isabel
* 2008: ''
Don't Look Down''
* 2010: ''
Argentino Vargas'', as Alicia
* 2010: ''
El mural'', as
Victoria Ocampo
Ramona Victoria EpifanÃa Rufina Ocampo (7 April 1890 – 27 January 1979) was an Argentine writer and intellectual. Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the literary magazine '' Sur'', she was also a writer and critic in he ...
* 2018: ''
La otra piel''
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Galan, Monica
Actresses from Buenos Aires
1950 births
2019 deaths