Norma Aleandro

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Norma Aleandro
Born Norma Aleandro Robledo
May 2, 1936 (1936-05-02) (age 72)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse(s) Oscar Ferrigno (div.)
Eduardo Le Poole

Norma Aleandro Robledo (born May 2, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires to María Luisa Robledo and Pedro Aleandro, both actors.[1]

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[edit] Biography

Aleandro was a distinguished performer, playwright and director on the South American stage and also appeared regularly on television.

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.

[edit] Filmography

Norma Aleandro, as Alicia, in The Official Story.
Norma Aleandro, as Alicia, in The Official Story.
  • La muerte en las calles (1952)
  • Romeo y Julieta (1962) (TV)
  • La casa de los Medina (1962) (TV)
  • El último piso (1962)
  • El amor tiene cara de mujer (1964) (TV)
  • Cuatro mujeres para Adán (1966) (TV)
  • Alias Buen Mozo (1966) (TV)
  • Gente conmigo (1967)
  • Los herederos (1969)
  • La fiaca (1969)
  • Güemes, la tierra en armas (1971)
  • Los siete locos (1972)
  • La tregua (1974)
  • La historia oficial (1985),
  • Gaby: A True Story (1987)
  • Cousins (1989)
  • Cien veces no debo (1990)
  • Vital Signs (1990)

[edit] Awards

Wins

Nominated

Other awards won

Awards
Preceded by
Helen Mirren
for Cal
Best Actress Award - Cannes Film Festival
1985
for The Official Story
(tied with Cher for Mask)
Succeeded by
Barbara Sukowa
for Rosa Luxemburg
Preceded by
Peggy Ashcroft
for A Passage to India
NYFCC Award for Best Actress
1985
for The Official Story
Succeeded by
Sissy Spacek
for Crimes of the Heart

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links