Soledad Silveyra (; born February 13, 1952), is a prominent TV, theater and cinema Argentine actress.
She has made over 65 TV and film appearances since 1964. Most of her appearances have been in film and TV where she made her debut in the soap opera ''El Amor tiene cara de mujer'' in 1964 as a 12-year-old. Then, in 1972 she achieved stardom in
Alberto Migré
Alberto Migré, pseudonym of "Felipe Alberto Milletari Miagro" (12 September 1931, Buenos Aires – 10 March 2006) was an Argentine TV screenwriter and producer, specialized on telenovelas.
Family background
Alberto was born in the barrio of Alm ...
's soap operas "Rolando Rivas, taxista" and the first production of
"Pobre diabla" (telenovela).
A successful comedian she developed into a distinctive dramatic theater actress. On stage she made important appearances in
The Elephant Man (play)
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,
A Taste of Honey
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, ''La malasangre'' by
Griselda Gambaro
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, ''
A Flea in Her Ear
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'' by
Georges Feydeau
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Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parent ...
and ''
Lost in Yonkers
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Production
The play premiered at The Center for the Performing Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on December 31, 1990, then moved to Broadway a ...
'' both directed by
China Zorrilla
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whom she shared the stage in ''Eva and Victoria'', a successful theater play depicting a fictitious meeting between the political leader
Eva Perón
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(Silveyra) and the aristocratic intellectual and writer
Victoria Ocampo
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(Zorrilla).
Some of her most notable
Argentine cinema
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The Argentine film industry has histor ...
roles include the comedy ''
El Profesor hippie
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'' (1969), opposite
Luis Sandrini
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, a thriller, ''
Últimos dÃas de la vÃctima'' (1982), opposite
Federico Luppi
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, and the satirical ''
Dios los crÃa
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'' (1991), with
China Zorrilla
China Zorrilla (; born Concepción Matilde Zorrilla de San MartÃn Muñoz; 14 March 1922 – 17 September 2014) was an Uruguayan theater, film, and television actress, also director, producer and writer. An immensely popular star in the Rioplate ...
.
During 2001-2004 she was the host of the Argentinean version of the ''
Big Brother'' and also a producer and as a broadcast journalist she was the only one who was granted a solo TV interview with
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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.
In 2006 she appeared in the soap opera ''
La Ley del amor''
Filmography
Film credits
* ''La cigarra está que arde'' (1967)
* ''
Un muchacho como yo'' (1968)
* ''Psexoanálisis'' (1968)
* ''Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina'' (1969)
* ''Quiero llenarme de ti'' (1969)
* ''
El profesor hippie
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'' (1969)
* ''
Don Segundo Sombra'' (1969)
* ''Gitano'' (1970)
* ''Los mochileros'' (1970)
* ''
Los neuróticos
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'' (1971)
* ''
Asà es Buenos Aires'' (1971)
* ''
The Witches Mountain
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'' (1972)
* ''Disputas en la cama'' (1972)
* ''La colimba no es la guerra'' (1972)
* ''La malavida'' (1973)
* ''¡Quiero besarlo señor!'' (1973)
* ''Rolando Rivas, taxista'' (1974)
* ''Bodas de cristal'' (1975)
* ''Una mujer'' (1975)
* ''Los miedos'' (1980)
* ''Los crápulas'' (1981)
* ''La casa de las siete tumbas'' (1982)
* ''
Últimos dÃas de la vÃctima'' (1982)
* ''La Rosales'' (1984)
* ''Flores robadas en los jardines de Quilmes'' (1985)
* ''Hay unos tipos abajo'' (1985)
* ''Sostenido en La menor'' (1986)
* ''Pinocho'' (1986)
* ''Los dueños del silencio'' (1987)
* ''La clÃnica del Doctor Cureta'' (1987)
* ''De los Apeninos a los Andes'' (1990)
* ''Dios los crÃa'' (1991)
* ''Algunas mujeres'' - corto (1992)
* ''Siempre es difÃcil volver a casa'' (1992)
* ''DespabÃlate amor'' (1996)
* ''Entre la sombra y el alma'' - corto (1997)
* ''Sin reserva'' (1997)
* ''La noche del coyote'' (1998)
* ''Fábricas'' - en preproducción
TV Shows
* ''
Gran Hermano'' (2001-2004)
* ''
Bailando por un sueño
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'' (2014-2016)
Awards
Nominations
* 2013
MartÃn Fierro Awards
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History
The awards were first g ...
** Best actress of daily comedy (for
Mis amigos de siempre
''Mis amigos de siempre'' ( en, My lifelong friends) is an Argentine telenovela that it was issued from December 3, 2013 to August 8, 2014 during the schedule of Monday through Friday at 9:00 p.m. by Canal 13. It is produced by Pol-ka, owned ...
)
References
Living people
1952 births
Argentine television actresses
Argentine film actresses
Bailando por un Sueño (Argentine TV series) judges
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