Mireya Véliz

Mireya Véliz (1915 - 5 September 2013) was a Chilean actress with a career of more than 50 years, retiring at the age of 96.

Career

Véliz was featured in some of the first televised TV-theatre productions in Chile which were directed by Hugo Miller for Chile’s Channel 13.

Before working in television she spent a number of years writing, directing and producing theatre for children. She later became part of the Teatre Ensayo which was a major University theatre company in Chile. Within this company she wrote radio-theatre and worked on the program La Voz de America which was recorded in the U.S. embassy. [1]

In 1986 she was in the cast of the Universidad Catolica theatre production of Juan Radrigan’s El Pueblo de mal amor alongside other prominent actors such as Patricio Strahovsky and Gabriela Medina. The play’s theme inspired by real events dealt with homelessness, displacement and exile and interplayed with the biblical themes of exile and the promised land.

Véliz worked in several television series in Chile; her last major role was in the popular telenovela Corazon de María, where she played the role of “Modesta” the mother of “Salvador” (Mauricio Pesutic). [2]

Filmography

TV production and Films Role Year
Prohibido pisar las nubes Clara 1970
Una familia feliz Mireya 1982
Sor Teresa de los Andes María Cáceres 1989
El milagro de vivir 1990
Acércate más Tita 1990
Trampas y Caretas Adela 1992
Jaque Mate Amelia 1993
Rompecorazón Saruca 1994
Estúpido Cupido Mother Guadalupe 1995
Sucupira Hilda Llantén 1996
Oro Verde Guadalupe 1997
Iorana Nua Eva 1998
La Fiera Corita 1999
El chacotero sentimental Tota 1999
Romané Inés Suárez 2000
Pampa Ilusión Bristela Monardes 2001
El Circo de las Montini Rebeca, widow of Rubio 2002
Puertas Adentro Grandmother Moraga 2003
Los Pincheira Clementina Perez 2004
El Perro Hortelano Mother of Antonio 2004
Cómplices Biological Mother of Harvey 2006
La abuela de Max Eloísa 2006
Corazón de María Modesta, widow Ceballos 2007
Infiltradas Mother of Nelson 2011

References

  1. El Mercurio 8 de Septiembre de 2000 - Sergio Fortuño.
  2. Actriz Chilena: Con el Corazón (de María) en la mano: Giro a la historia

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