Susana Raquel "Susú" Pecoraro (born December 4, 1952) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines ...

film and television

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, one of the most popular of the country.

Career

Susana Raquel Pecoraro was born in

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in 1952. She enrolled at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory in 1970 and graduated in 1975. She debuted in the theatre of Argentina in 1976, with a role in ''Yo, Argentino'' (''I'm (a disinterested) Argentine''), and on

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in a 1977 Channel 13

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. She later had a role in a 1977

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based on

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's ''

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'', and in 1978, debuted in the

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with a bit part in Manuel Antín's '' Allá lejos y hace tiempo'' (''Long Ago and Far Away''). She was cast by

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in her 1982 drama, ''Señora de nadie'' (''Nobody's Wife''), and in 1984, she starred in the title role in Bemberg's historical drama, '' Camila'', portraying

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, a 19th-century

socialite. The role earned her a Best Actress award at the

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and

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s.Imdb awards: Susú Pecoraro
/ref> Later notable film roles in the decade included that of the wife of a man abducted by the dictatorship in

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' ''

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'' (1987), and of Argentine intellectual in

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's ''

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'' (1988). She continued to work in theatre, and in 1992 returned to cinema as a lovelorn woman in

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's '' ¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida que no te puedo encontrar?'' (''Where Are You, Love of My Life?''), later starring opposite

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as two lonely Argentines who meet by chance in Diego Musiak's ''Historias clandestinas en

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'' (1996). Among her more notable stage roles afterward were in a local 1995 production of

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' '' Night of the Iguana'', and in a 2002 production of

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's ''

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''. Her turn as the title character in

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's ''

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'' (2004) earned her a second Havana Film Festival Best Actress award, as well as ones from the

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and Clarín. She portrayed the hysteric Sister Aloysius in a 2006 production of

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's play '' Doubt: A Parable'', and in 2011 was cast by

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as the president of the

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, in ''Estela''.''Página/12'': Abrazar a Susú es como abrazar a una hija querida
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Notes

Cine Nacional: Susú Pecoraro

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pecoraro, Susu 1952 births Living people People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine film actresses Argentine television actresses