Mary da Cuña
Mary da Cuña | |
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Born | Mary Isabel da Cuña Rodríguez 25 November 1942 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Died | 24 September 2016 | (aged 73)
Resting place | Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo |
Occupation(s) | Actress, theater director |
Spouse | Jorge Denevi |
Children | Julieta Denevi |
Awards | Florencio Award (2005) |
Mary Isabel da Cuña Rodríguez (25 November 1942 – 24 September 2016) was a Uruguayan actress and theater director.[1]
Biography
[edit]Mary da Cuña began her theatrical training at the school of the Theater Club, founded by Antonio Larreta, where she worked with Héctor Manuel Vidal, Nelly Goitiño , Roberto Jones , Roberto Fontana , Villanueva Cosse, and Juan Alberto Sobrino , among others. In that same space she made her debut as an actress in 1969 with Misia Dura al poder, a theatrical play with political content and writing credit shared by several authors, directed by Jorge Denevi .[2] Her professional debut was in 1971.[3]
She worked under directors such as Sergio Otermin, Rubén Yáñez , Villanueva Cosse, Jorge Denevi, Carlos Aguilera, Alberto Rivero, Gloria Levy, and Ruben Coletto.[1] She acted in works by Shakespeare, Woody Allen, Michael Frayn, Neil Simon, George Tabori, Harold Pinter, and Copi.[2]
In 1975 da Cuña became the first woman to be part of a murga performance in the official contest, when she joined Los Diablos Verdes.[3]
In television she was one of the most visible faces of the comic programs Telecataplúm (where she worked on its second stage with Roberto Jones, Pepe Vázquez , and Imilce Viñas) and Plop![4]
In 1990 she began working as a teacher at Eduardo Ramírez's School of Dance, the La Gaviota School of Theater, the School of Musical Comedy, and her own school of acting training.[1]
She won the 2005 Florencio Award for best actress for the work Raspando la cruz by Rafael Spregelburd, and received seven other Florencio nominations.[3]
Her state of health led her to stop acting and focus on theater direction. She died at age 73, due to the aftermath of a prolonged vasculitis, and was buried in the Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo.[2]
She was divorced from actor and theater director Jorge Denevi, with whom she had a daughter, actress Julieta Denevi.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Falleció la actriz Mary Da Cuña" [The Actress Mary Da Cuña Passes Away]. El País (in Spanish). 24 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Mary Da Cuña fue despedida ayer por sus amigos del teatro" [Mary Da Cuña Was Bid Farewell By Her Friends From the Theater Yesterday]. El País (in Spanish). 25 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Mary da Cuña" (in Spanish). Comedia Nacional. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Murió la actriz Mary Da Cunha" [Actress Mary Da Cunha Dies]. El Observador (in Spanish). 24 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- 1942 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century Uruguayan actresses
- 21st-century Uruguayan actresses
- Actresses from Montevideo
- Uruguayan educators
- Uruguayan stage actresses
- Uruguayan television actresses
- Uruguayan theatre directors
- Uruguayan women educators
- Uruguayan women theatre directors
- Deaths from vasculitis
- Burials at the Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo