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- Miguel Alcántara was born on 2 November 1956 in Carupano, Sucre, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for La muchacha del circo (1988), La mujer prohibida (1991) and Atrévete (1986). He died on 31 March 2001 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Writer
Jeff Moldovan was born on 22 April 1953. He was an actor and writer, known for The Punisher (2004), Miami Vice (2006) and Passenger 57 (1992). He died on 22 August 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Luis Abreu was born on 5 May 1947 in Venezuela. He was an actor, known for La señorita Elena (1967), La Zulianita (1977) and Mariana de la noche (1975). He was married to Haydee Ascanio, María Teresa Parra and Giselle Blondet. He died on 22 March 2015 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Mayra Alejandra was born on 7 May 1958 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Leonela (1983), Manón (1986) and Mariela, Mariela (1977). She died on 17 April 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Toco Gómez was an actor, known for Amor en las nubes (1968), Los tracaleros (1977) and OK Cleopatra (1970). He died on 8 May 2024 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Alexander Milic was born on 13 April 1947. He was an actor, known for Jericho (1991), Black River (1990) and Caribe (1990). He died on 5 March 1995 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Julián Pacheco was an actor, known for El malvado Carabel (1962), El reportero (1968) and Dos gallos en palenque (1960). He died on 11 March 2015 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Liliana Durán was born on 2 May 1932 in Alicante, Spain. She was an actress, known for Estefanía (1979), La sustituta (1989) and Muñequita (1980). She died on 23 August 2006 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Carlos Márquez was born on 19 April 1926 in Guanoco, Sucre, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for La indomable (1972), Topacio (1984) and Raquel (1973). He was married to Dolores Beltran, Adilia Castillo and Juana Sujo. He died on 26 March 2016 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Actor
- Producer
Gustavo Rodríguez was born on 19 February 1947 in Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar, Venezuela. He was an actor and producer, known for Estefanía (1979), El país de las mujeres (1998) and Contra viento y marea (1997). He was married to Gabriela Rodríguez. He died on 2 April 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Martín Lantigua was born on 14 May 1932 in Canary Islands, Spain. He was an actor, known for Mariana de la noche (1975), María del Mar (1978) and La Zulianita (1977). He died on 8 September 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Eva Moreno was born on 21 September 1933 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for The Pink Pussy: Where Sin Lives (1964), Mamá Trompeta (1968) and Amantes de Luna Llena (2000). She was married to Félix Loreto and Jacobo García. She died on 10 October 2005 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Martha Piñango was born on 19 November 1958 in La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Federrrico (1982). She was married to Ricardo Gruber. She died on 4 April 1999 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Héctor Mayerston was born on 19 September 1932 in La Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for El vividor (1977), Amaneció de golpe (1998) and El regreso de Sabina (1980). He died on 9 November 1999 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Alberto Marín was born on 18 January 1948 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for Sonia (1978), La hija de Juana Crespo (1977) and La italianita (1973). He died on 22 October 2004 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Daniel Alvarado was born on 12 August 1949 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for Nude with Oranges (1996), La revancha (1989) and Amantes de Luna Llena (2000). He was married to Emma Rabbe and Carmen Julia Álvarez. He died on 8 July 2020 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Actress
- Writer
Doris Wells, whose birth name is Doris Buonafina, was born in Caripito, a little oil town of Monagas State, Venezuela on October 28th, 1941, being the youngest of six children. At 15 years old, and coinciding with the migration of her family to Caracas, Doris became a student of the Juana Sujo's School of Theater, created by this famous Venezuelan (born Argentinean) actress. Doris became one of her best pupils not only for her beauty but also her unquestionable talent. Doris would graduate in 1960 with many other actors that would be big stars in the Venezuelan TV in 60's and 70's, like José Bardina, José Luis Silva and Ivonne Attas (later Mrs. Attas made a successful career as politician). As an anecdotal note, this was the last class that Juana Sujo was the teacher because she died of cancer in 1961. The debut of Doris Wells in television was in the polemic Venezuelan TV series "Se necesita una amiga" released in 1961 (where the plots were based in true stories), but her first great role was the merciless and vile Reina Montero in the successful Telenovela (soap opera) "Historia de tres hermanas" (1964) where she messed to her sisters (Eva Blanco and Eva Moreno) for blame of one of the gallants of the story (Raúl Amundaray). This soap opera, by the way, was the first in these country whose episodes were 60 minutes in duration, and not 30 minutes as were they made until this time. Doris always played the role of the villain, not only as the evil of the story, but also the feared and respected woman until 1972, when she starred in the soap opera Sacrificio de mujer (with Edmundo Arias) in the role of the patient Regina Carbonell. Another soap opera that would confirm this new role of heroine was Raquel (1973-74) with Raúl Amundaray, which was one of the first Venezuelan soap operas known outside of its frontiers. Soon after, Doris announced that she wouldn't film soap operas again (due, among other things, to the fact that she didn't like the weak plots and characters of these productions) to be devoted to historical series and theaters. However, this retirement would not last long, because the polemic and successful Venezuelan playwright José Ignacio Cabrujas (who was a close friend of Doris Wells) wrote for her the main character of La señora de Cárdenas (1977). This soap opera (starring also with Miguelángel Landa) tells the story about a married woman of middle class with a daughter that discovers that her husband deceives her and at last she decides to divorce him. La señora de Cárdenas was a big hit because, for the first time in a Venezuelan soap opera, the plot is not the typical romantic soap operas (a young couple, singles, from different social classes and always with a happy end) and it inaugurated in Venezuela a new well-known style of dramatic production with the name of "Telenovela cultural" (cultural soap opera) that would be in vogue at the end of 70's and it was supported by other writers like Fausto Verdial and Julio César Mármol, among many other people. This new phase of the career of Doris Wells had her definitive consecration in the soap opera La fiera (released in 1978), which was a free adaptation of Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazow", in which Doris played the role of Isabel Blanco a.k.a. "la catirrusia" (the ruddy) who becomes the apple of the discord among the main characters (José Bardina and Carlos Márquez who is, by the way, Juana Sujo's widower) and it obtained an immense success. As a curious note, this soap opera was rerun in Venezuela in 1987 and it obtained much more rating respect than its debut (and in fact, the Isabel Blanco's character was considered the best role of Doris Wells' career). After La fiera, Doris Wells announced her definitive retirement from soap operas and she debuted as writer and producer with the TV movie Porcelana (1981),in which she played a successful and single manager that has to confront the "Crisis of the 40's" and Derrota final (1982) where she was a guerilla fighter. It is also in this time that Doris starred in the Venezuelan movies Ana, pasión de dos mundos (1982), La casa de agua (1983), and Oriana (1985), which would consecrate it worldwide. She also had to face in the real life a situation worthy of some of her soap operas: her only husband's sudden death (at the time that they had filed for divorce), the wealthy Venezuelan lawyer William Risquez Iribarren, with whom she had three children (Marielba, Xavier and Verónica), after which Doris would return (shortly) to television in 1986 as a TV Host of one Contest Show. Soon after, Doris Wells began to suffer a strange illness called Foil's Syndrome (a strange illness that attacks to the liver and the lungs by a virus, whose origin is unknown and before her ten cases were known in the world) and finally, Mrs. Wells died at September 20th, 1988 almost one month before she turned 47 years old. So, Venezuela lost one of its most gracious, talented, beautiful and admired actresses who always knew to live a quite exemplary life, without scandals or gossip. Without a doubt, she should be seen as a good example of professionalism for the new generations of actors, not only Venezuelans but of any other country.- Rebeca González was born on 30 August 1951 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for El hombre de hierro (1985), La otra (1973) and El regreso (1976). She died on 29 October 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Manuel Escolano was born on 26 May 1948 in Spain. He was an actor, known for Ilusiones (1995), Si me miran tus ojos (2010) and Mujer secreta (1999). He was married to Puli Gamboa. He died on 10 August 2023 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Napoleón Deffit was born on 13 August 1932 in Marigüitar, Sucre, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for Pasaporte a la muerte (1968), El ojo de vidrio (1969) and Amor en las nubes (1968). He died on 23 December 1988 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Kiko Mendive was born on 22 November 1919 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Noches de ronda (1943), Bésame mucho (1945) and Another Dawn (1943). He died on 5 April 2000 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Román Chalbaud was born on 10 October 1931 in Mérida, Venezuela. He was a director and writer, known for Pandemonium, the Hell's Capital City (1997), El pez que fuma (1977) and El caracazo (2005). He died on 12 September 2023 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Amador Bendayan was born on 11 November 1920 in Villa de Cura, Aragua, Venezuela. He was an actor and producer, known for OK Cleopatra (1970), El pícaro (1967) and Si yo fuera millonario (1962). He died on 4 August 1989 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Herminia Martínez was born on 12 August 1949 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. She was an actress, known for María del Mar (1978), Más que amor, frenesí (2001) and Isla de brujas (1974). She died on 25 April 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Juan Frankis was born on 3 November 1937 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for La inolvidable (1996), Leonela (1983) and La loba (1973). He died on 23 September 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Paula D'Arco was born on 22 June 1944 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for La indomable (1972), Sagrado y obsceno (1975) and La doña (1972). She was married to Carlos Olivier. She died on 30 January 1976 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Ligia Lezama was born on 7 December 1935 in Upata, Bolívar, Venezuela. She was a writer, known for Prófugas del destino (2010), Natalia de 8 a 9 (1980) and Morena Clara (1994). She was married to Charles Barry. She died on 2 August 2018 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Carlos Olivier was born on 26 January 1952 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for Hay amores que matan (2000), Me llamo Julián, te quiero (1972) and Amor de papel (1993). He died on 22 January 2007 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Nancy González was born on 13 May 1952 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Atrévete (1986), Leonela (1983) and Rosangelica (1993). She died on 14 February 2024 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Hilda Carrero was born on 26 December 1951 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for María del Mar (1978), Patrulla 88 (1977) and Julia (1984). She died on 28 January 2002 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- César Enríquez was born on 15 June 1918 in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela. He was a director, known for Tambores en la colina (1956), La escalinata (1950) and Atrévete (1986). He was married to Violeta González. He died in April 1998 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Arturo Calderón was born on 8 February 1928 in Boconó, Trujillo, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for La trepadora (1975), Sonia (1978) and Estefanía (1979). He died on 24 August 1989 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Luis Guillermo González was born on 10 February 1932 in Caracas, Venezuela. He is known for Leonela (1983), Atrévete (1986) and El engaño (1989). He died on 26 September 1990 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Amalia Pérez Díaz was born on 15 June 1923 in Valparaíso, Chile. She was an actress, known for El engaño (1968), La inolvidable (1996) and Carmen querida (1990). She was married to Manuel Enrique Pérez Díaz. She died on 26 December 2003 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Guillermo Ferrán was born on 20 March 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was an actor, known for Under Siege (1980), Pura sangre (1994) and Sabel (1978). He died in 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Freddy Galavís was born on 3 October 1941 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for El hombre de hierro (1985), La inolvidable (1996) and Esa muchacha de ojos cafe (1986). He died on 21 October 2017 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Luis Calderón was born on 19 October 1913 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for La indomable (1972), Hacia la luz (1961) and Estefanía (1979). He died on 16 October 1984 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Agustín Irusta was born on 28 August 1902 in Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina. He was an actor and composer, known for La guitarra de Gardel (1949), Buenos Aires a la vista (1950) and Boliche (1933). He died on 24 April 1987 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Fernando Flores was born on 23 November 1937 in Mendoza, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Me llamo Julián, te quiero (1972), Tres destinos (1980) and Ilusiones (1995). He died on 31 May 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- María Escalona was born on 14 February 1926 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Estefanía (1979), Destinos cruzados (1959) and Papalepe (1957). She died on 27 April 2017 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Agustina Martín was born on 24 September 1930 in Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain. She was an actress, known for Sacrificio (1967), La indomable (1972) and Estefanía (1979). She died on 29 January 1996 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Violeta González was born on 17 October 1930. She was an actress, known for Atrévete (1986), La italianita (1973) and Tambores en la colina (1956). She was married to César Enríquez. She died on 17 January 2018 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Adelaida Torrente was born on 23 March 1912 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She was an actress, known for The Pink Pussy: Where Sin Lives (1964), Mily (1973) and El pequeño milagro (1964). She was married to Juan Álvarez. She died on 26 March 1976 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Director
- Producer
- Production Manager
An outstanding Venezuelan film director, de la Cerda's films were characterized for their denunciation of social conditions of the underprivileged in Venezuelan society. As a child, his family moved to Caracas, where he soon enrolled in the School of Plastic Arts. Between 1962 and 1963 he frequented the Venezuelan Institute of Movie Studies, directed at the time by the actor Luis Salazar. Later, he studied theater with Humberto Orsini in the Central University of Venezuela for 8 months. At the same time, he began to work at Televisa (later Channel 4) as a camera assistant, advancing in responsibilities until getting to direct musical programs and soap operas, among those shows "La telenovela criolla" ("The Creole Soap Opera"), which starred Maria Escalona and Américo Montero. As a result of the arrival of videotape recording, he decided to leave television for film, working in news and commercials, first as a cameraman and soon as a director.
In 1964 he began his career as a film director, producing a series of narrative films that, over the course of 10 to 20 years, made him the most active film director of that time in Venezuela. Among his more important films are: Isla de Sal [Island of Salt] and El Rostro [The Hidden Face] (1964), Sin fin [Endless] (1971), Cahuramanacas (short film, 1971), Soy un delincuente [I Am a Delinquent] (1976), Reincidente {a sequel to I Am a Delinquent} and Companer de viaje [Fellow Traveller] (1977), El crimen del penalista [The Crime of the Criminal Attorney] (1979), Los criminales [The Criminals] (1982), Reten de Catia and Agua que no haz de beber [Water Not to Drink] (1984). His film "I Am a Delinquent" was not only a box office success, but marked the beginning of a new wave in Venezuelan cinema. In effect, its point of view, denouncing the material and psychological conditions of Venezuelan society, cemented his work as a prominent part of the national cinema. In 1985, one year after his death, the National Council published a book titled "Clemente de la Cerda": an exhaustive study of the cinematic work of de la Cerda, with text, filmography, and illustrations.- Art Director
- Director
- Actor
Diego Rísquez was born on 15 December 1949 in Juan Griego, Venezuela. He was an art director and director, known for Reveròn (2011), Orinoko, New World (1984) and Amerika, Terra Incognita (1988). He died on 13 January 2018 in Caracas, Venezuela.- Bárbara Teyde was born on 13 April 1942 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. She was an actress, known for El engaño (1968), Por amarte tanto (1993) and La indomable (1972). She was married to Jorge Palacios. She died on 10 September 2008 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Rafael Briceño was born on 18 July 1921 in Ejido, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for Sacrificio (1967), Muñequita (1980) and Estefanía (1979). He died on 22 June 2001 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Ignacio Navarro was born on 1 September 1916 in Miranda, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for The Body Snatcher (1957), El hombre de la furia (1966) and Manos arriba (1958). He died in 1990 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Gallegos is not only famous as a writer of novels (the most famous of which is _Doña Barbara (1923)_, short stories and political articles. In 1947, after having been Minister of Education, he was elected President of Venezuela. In 1948, however, he was overthrown by a military coup, upon which he went into exile. He returned to Caracas in 1958, where he died in 1969. Among his most famous novels are, apart from Doña Barbara : _La Trepadora_ (1924), _Los Aventureros_ (1913) and _Los Inmigrantes_ (1913). He also wrote a play : _El Milagro del año_ (1911).- Joselo was born on 27 September 1936 in Barbacoas, Aragua, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for Radio Rochela (1959), Un extraño en la casa (1968) and Operación carambola (1968). He was married to Mary Soliani. He died on 5 January 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela.