Isabel Moreno

Isabel Moreno Pérez (born 28 January 1942) is a Cuban actress.

Isabel Moreno
Born
Isabel Moreno Pérez

(1942-01-28) 28 January 1942
Havana, Cuba
OccupationActress
SpouseGaspar González

She has worked in Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States, where she currently resides. She is known for playing characters such as Teresa Trebijo, La Santiaguera, Chachi, La Mexicana, Soledad Mendoza, Cachita, and Bernarda Alba.

Biography

Isabel Moreno was born in Havana on 28 January 1942, the only daughter of Eugenio Moreno and Isabel Pérez. She has been married to actor Gaspar González since the 1970s. They have two daughters and a son.

Early career

Moreno's beginnings were in the theater, where she has spent most of her artistic career, although she has ventured into film and television.

In the 1960s, she became involved in the cultural movement of Havana and the formation of several theater groups. She made her debut as an amateur in the play La taza de café, directed by Juan Rodolfo Aman. She participated in the First Worker and Peasant Theater Festival in 1962 with La fablilla del secreto bien guardado.

In 1961, she joined a group of young actors with training in mime and body language under the orders of the French professor Pierre Chausat. She belonged to theater groups such as the Conjunto Dramático Nacional, Las Mascaras, La Rueda, and Guernica, appearing in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Réquiem por Yarini by Carlos Felipe Hernández, The Threepenny Opera, Aire frío by Virgilio Piñera, and Entremeses japoneses by Yukio Mishima.[1]

She joined Grupo Teatro Estudio in 1969, and remained with it for more than 20 years. She taught at the National Art School of Cuba and the Instituto Superior de Arte for several years. In the early 1990s, she emigrated to Venezuela. Her first roles there were in telenovelas on networks such as Marte TV, RCTV, and Venevisión. In early 2001 she arrived in the United States, where she worked in television and theater, with sporadic appearances in film.

Grupo Teatro Estudio

Under the direction of Raquel Revuelta and with the mentorship of Vicente Revuelta, Berta Martínez, and Armando Suárez del Villar, among others, she participated in more than 20 plays, and alternated theater with roles in Cuban cinema and television.[2] This was the most fruitful stage of her career in Cuba. In turn, she made several national and international tours with the company to Spain and other European countries. Some of her most prominent roles were:

  • El millonario y la maleta by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda ... Gabriela
  • Bernarda (Berta Martínez's version of The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca) ... Adela
  • The Dog in the Manger by Lope de Vega ... Countess Diana
  • El becerro de oro by Joaquín Lorenzo Luaces ... Belén
  • El Conde Alarcos by José Jacinto Milanés ... Blanca[3]
  • La dolorosa historia de amor secreto de José Jacinto Milanés by Abelardo Estorino ... Carlota
  • A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen ... Nora
  • The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca ... Adela
  • Las impuras by Miguel de Carrión ... Teresa Trebijo
  • Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca ... The Bride
  • Santa Camila de la Habana Vieja by José Ramón Brene ... Camila
  • Morir del cuento by Abelardo Estorino ... Delfina the old woman
  • ¿Y quién va a tomar café? by José Milián ... The Grandmother

Theater in the United States

  • 2003: El arte de quejarse or Kvetch, Venevisión Internacional ... The Mother-in-Law[4]
  • 2007: O.K., Repertorio Español, New York[5]
  • 2010: The Color of Desire, Actors' Playhouse ... Leandra[6]
  • 2011: The Misunderstanding, Teatro Avante ... The Mother
  • 2011: The House of Bernarda Alba, University of Miami Theater Department ... Bernarda Alba[7]
  • 2012: ARPIAS, Hispanic Theater Guild ... Mildred
  • 2012–2013: El No, Teatro Avante ... Laura
  • 2013: Metamorphoses, adapted by Mary Zimmerman, University of Miami Theater Department ... Various characters[8]
  • 2014: Años difíciles, Teatro Avante ... Olga

Film

YearTitleDirectorCharacter
1964I Am CubaMikhail KalatozovUniversity student
1967El bautizoRoberto FandiñoLita
1968LucíaHumberto SolásLucía's friend
1968La ausenciaAlberto Roldán
1973El extraño caso de Rachel KÓscar ValdésDoris
1986A Successful ManHumberto SolásBerta
1989The Beauty of the AlhambraEnrique Pineda BarnetLa Mexicana
1989Bajo presiónVíctor CasausClara
1990Mujer transparenteHéctor Veitía, Mayra Segura, etc.Isabel
1990Solteronas en el atardecerGuillermo Torres
1994Deadly WeaponJames LloydCIA Commander
1999Brenda busca empleoEduardo BarberenaMarion
2010Dos veces AnaSergio GiralDominique

Television

YearTitleDirectorCharacter
1987Hoy es siempre todavíaTony LechugaChachi
1987La séptima familiaJuan VilarGraciela
1990La BotijaDanilo LejardiTeo's aunt
1992Divina obsesiónTito RojasMadre Alejandra
1993Cuando el agua regresa a la tierraMirta González PereaAltagracia
1993El paseo de la Gracia de DiosLuis A. LamataSoledad Mendoza
1994Cruz de nadieVíctor FernándezDolores
1996Pecado de amorMarcos Reyes AndradeAmalia Márquez
1996El perdón de los pecadosClaudio CallaoHilda Cristina Ramos
1997Amor míoClaudio CallaoCarmen de Briceño
1999Toda mujerCarlos IzquierdoJade
1999Cuando hay pasiónCésar BolívarEmperatriz Malave
2000Amantes de luna llenaCesar BolívarAngustias
2001Not Love, Just FrenzyCarlos IzquierdoCorazón
2002Gata SalvajeYaki OrtegaMercedes Salazar
2004Anita no te rajesDanny GavidiaCachita Moret
2006Tierra de PasionesDanny GavídiaNana
2008Amor CompradoYaki OrtegaRosa
2009Alma indomableYaki Ortega, etc.Rafaela Pérez
2015Ruta 35Otto RodríguezDoña Conchita
2016¿Quién es quién?Luis ManzoDoña Sara
2017La FanDavid PosadaMother of Carlos López "Mami"
2017Milagros de NavidadOtto RodríguezDoña Catalina "Cata"
2019Betty en NYGustavo LozaDoña Inés "Inesita" Sandoval
2021La suerte de LoliMiguel VaroniDoña Catalina
2022La mujer de mi vidaDoña Beba Beatriz Salcedp

References

  1. "Aire Frío". Cuban Theater Digital Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. Martínez Tabares, Vivian (4 October 2012). "Memoria de Armando". Periódico Cubarte (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. "El Conde Alarcos". Cuban Theater Digital Archive. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. "El arte de quejarse". TeatroenMiami.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  5. Arias-Polo, Arturo. "Isabel Moreno en la cartelera del Repertorio Español de Nueva Yor" [Isabel Moreno on the Billboard of the Spanish Repertory of New York]. El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. Thorp, Brandon K. (14 October 2010). "The Color of Desire: Actors' Playhouse trades subtlety for flash". Miami New Times (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. Hirschman, Bill (10 October 2011). "UM Students, Arsht and Nilo Cruz Join for House of Bernarda Alba". Florida Theater on Stage. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. Arias-Polo, Arturo (10 October 2013). "El versátil talento de Isabel Moreno en el Arsht Center" [The Versatile Talent of Isabel Moreno at the Arshe Center]. El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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