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Norma Aleandro

 
Actor: Norma Aleandro
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  • Born: 1941 in Argentina
  • Occupation: Actor, Writer
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Official Story, Gaby: A True Story, Vital Signs
  • First Major Screen Credit: La Fiaca (1969)

Biography

Latin American actress Norma Aleandro is best known in the U.S. for her distinguished (she won the Best Actress award at Cannes) performance in the Oscar-winning 1985 film, The Official Story. Prior to that, Aleandro was a distinguished performer, playwright and director on the South American stage. She also appeared regularly on television. Aleandro was born to a theatrical family in Argentina. She began treading the boards while still a child and grew up to become one of the country's premiere actresses. Unfortunately, she was quite up-front about her liberal views and during the late 1970s was exiled to Uruguay. Later she moved to Spain and did not return to Argentina until 1982. She soon rekindled her career and began performing in films as well as on the stage. In 1987, Aleandro was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in Gaby -- A True Story. She also co-wrote one screenplay, Los Herederos and has published poetry and short stories. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Norma Aleandro

Norma Aleandro, Los herederos, 1970.
Born Norma Aleandro Robledo
May 2, 1936 (1936-05-02) (age 73)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse(s) Oscar Ferrigno (div.)
Eduardo Le Poole

Norma Aleandro Robledo (born May 2, 1936) is an Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to Pedro Aleandro and María Luisa Robledo, both actors.[1] Her sister, María Vaner, was a famous actress in Argentina.

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Biography

During the late 1970s she was vocal about her progressive views and during the rule of the military government she was exiled to Uruguay. Later Aleandro moved to Spain and did not return to Argentina until after the military junta fell in 1982.[2]

In 1985 her breakout role in films was the Argentine Academy Award-winning film The Official Story. For her acting in the film she won, among others, the Cannes Award for best actress.

She worked in several other Argentine movies such as the Academy Award-nominated Son of the Bride, Sol de Otoño, and El Faro.

Aleandro co-starred in a few Hollywood films such as One Man's War, with Anthony Hopkins, and Gaby: A True Story (1988) for which she received an Oscar nomination. She also had a minor role in Cousins (1989).

Back in Argentina she returned to the stage with Master Class and won the "María Guerrero" award in 1996. The same year she was honored as Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires ("Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires").

She has so far co-starred five times with fellow actor Héctor Alterio: Los Siete Locos (1973), the Academy Award-nominated The Truce (1974), The Official Story (1985), Son of the Bride (2001) and Cleopatra (2003), the last three of which they played husband and wife.

In 2008 Aleandro appeared in The City of Your Final Destination, directed by James Ivory and co-starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

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Other awards won

References

  1. ^ Norma Aleandro at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ Curran, Daniel. Cinebooks: Foreign Films, McPherson's Publishing: 1989, page 132.
  3. ^ Konex Awards web site for Norma Aleandro.

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