Ofelia Irene Grabowski Edery (10 September 1936 – 16 June 1983), known professionally as Ofelia Montesco, was a Peruvian-born actress who is best remembered for her roles in cinema and television of Mexico. She was born in

Iquitos Iquitos (; ) is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province, Peru, Maynas Province and Loreto Region. It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the List of cities in Peru, ninth-most populous city in Peru ...

City, in the

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of Peru, to Segismundo Pedro Grabowski and Julia Edery. In 1972, she portrayed

Eugénie de Montijo Eugénie de Montijo (; born María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick; 5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920) was Second French Empire, Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until he was overthrown on 4 ...

, consort of

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, in the historical

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''El carruaje''. She died in 1983 from complications due to

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, and was buried in the Panteón Jardín in

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Selected filmography

*'' The Life of Agustín Lara'' (1959) *'' Sube y baja'' (1959) *'' Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro'' (1962) *'' El ángel exterminador'' (1962) *'' El zurdo'' (1965) *'' Martín Romero El Rápido'' (1966) *''Veinticuatro horas de placer'' (1969)

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* Peruvian film actresses Peruvian emigrants to Mexico People from Iquitos 1936 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Peruvian actresses Peruvian telenovela actresses Peruvian television actresses Peruvian Jews Peruvian people of Polish-Jewish descent Peruvian people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Deaths from cancer in Mexico {{Peru-actor-stub