Nationality Mexican Role Television actress Name Leonor Llausas | Years active 1953-1997 Occupation actress | |
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Full Name Leonor del Socorro Llausas Tostado Died February 13, 2003, Mexico City, Mexico Nominations Ariel Award for Best Actress, Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress Movies Poison for the Fairies, Las Poquianchis, The Criminal Life of Arc, El pueblo sin Dios, Talpa Similar People Felipe Cazals, Tomas Perez Turrent, Alfredo Gurrola, Alfredo B Crevenna, Xavier Robles | ||
Leonor llaus s biograf a
Leonor Llausás (1929–2003) was a Mexican television and film actress who appeared in over 100 works of film and television. She was nominated multiple times for the Ariel Awards and won a Best Actress award in 1955 from borth the Ariels and the Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) for two different films. She also was awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" medal of honor by the Mexican National Association of Actors.
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Leonor Llausás Tostado was born in Durango, Mexico on 3 August 1929. She studied acting under the Japanese master, Seki Sano and debuted on stage in 1952 with Edmundo Baez's play, "Un Alfiler en los Ojos" (A Pin in the Eyes).
The following year she made her film debut in the film "El vagabundo" (The Wanderer) with Germán Valdés, known more widely as "Tin Tan". She was a prolific actress on both film and television, starring in movies such as "Ensayo de un crimen" (Test of a Crime) by Luis Buñuel; "Viva Tepito"; "Los Fernández of Peralvillo" (Fernandez of Peralvillo), based on the novel by Juan H. Durán y Casahonda; and "Las Poquianchis". She was nominated for an Ariel for "Viva Tepito", won an Ariel for Best Actress for "Los Fernández and from Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) for "Las Poquianchis".
She had her television debut in 1973 with the production, "Penthouse". She went on to perform in many important telenovelas such as "Tal Como Somos" (As We Are), "Juana Iris", "Martín Garatuza", "La Pasión de Isabela" (The Passion of Isabela) and "El Reto" (The Challenge), as well as "El Premio Mayor" (The Jackpot).
In 1987 she was awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" medal of honor by the National Association of Actors (ANDA). Some of her later roles were in films such as Historia de una mujer escandalosa" (1984), "Asesinato en la Plaza Garibaldi" (1987) y "Pánico en el bosque" (1989).
Her last job was as an actress in the telenovela "Salud, dinero y amor" (Health, money and love), the sequel to "The Jackpot", in which she was playing the protagonist's mother.
She died on 13 February 2003 in Mexico City.