Idalia Anreus

Idalia Anreus (1932 January 3, 1998) was a Cuban actress who worked in both theatre and film. A self-taught actress, she began working in children's theatre through her younger sister, theatre actress Gladys Anreus. In the late 1960s and early 1970s she worked in the Teatro Estudio theatre group, and by the late 1970s she had moved on to the Teatro Politico Bertold Brecht group.

Idalia Anreus
Born1932
Sagua La Grande, Cuba
DiedJanuary 3, 1998 (aged 6566)
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
OccupationActress
Years activeEarly 1960s-1983

In 1968 she married film director Manuel Octavio Gómez; she would appear in leading roles in many of his films. Her first film was the 1966 La salación, a comedy directed by her future husband, where two of her sisters, Dinorah and Nereyda also acted. She appeared in eleven films between 1966 and 1983. Throat cancer forced her retirement from acting by the mid-1980s. She died of a heart attack when she was visiting her sisters in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

She won the award for Best Actress at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Los dias del agua.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1966La salación
1967Tulipa
1968Lucía
1968La odisea del General José
1969La primera carga al machete
1971Los dias del aguaAntonica
1975Ustedes tienen la palabra
1976Un día de noviembreUncredited
1978Una mujer, un hombre, una ciudad...
1979Retrato de Teresa
1981Guardafronteras
1983El señor presidente

References

  1. "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
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