Sonia Viveros

Sonia Viveros (2 September 1949 – 22 September 2003) was one of the most important actresses on Chilean television. She was born in Santiago, Chile and died in La Serena. She distinguished herself with roles in the telenovelas La Madrastra, La Torre 10 and Marta a las Ocho.

Education and career

Viveros debuted in soap opera at age 17, becoming the youngest, most popular and talented actress of the time. At 9 she began working in radio and three years later on television.

Although she received no formal education in drama school, her innate talent and professionalism led her to acting on television. Her first TV series was El Litre 4916 (1967), in which she played the role of Carmencha.

She played a variety of roles in which her beauty, versatility and interpretive strength were her most noted highlights on Chilean screens, becoming well known and loved by the audience. Fame and recognition came in 1981 with the TV series La Madrastra (telenovela, 1981). She also participated in other television series like La represa and the comedy Juani en Sociedad.

Her role as villain in the TV series La Torre 10 as Telma Bernard is one of her most memorable performances.

Her role as the beautiful and proud Leonor Encina in the series Martín Rivas with Alejandro Cohen is perhaps one of her best performances for the cameras. Sonia Viveros along with this actor formed a highly ranked television couple.

Personal life and death

Sonia married three times and they were of a short duration. One of her spouses was the producer Óscar Rodríguez. None of her marriages produced children (she was pregnant fourteen times) as she suffered from spontaneous abortion. She decided to adopt two children: Camilo José Tomás and Javiera Esperanza on whom she poured all the attention she could give.

Her last marriage was to Professor Leopoldo Segovia, from La Serena whom she met while filming the TV series called Borrón y Cuenta Nueva (Clean Slate) and she settled in La Serena.

In 1985 she was diagnosed with lupus, a degenerative disease of the immune system which in her case seriously affected her cerebral vessels. Her older sister had died of a brain tumor, so it was not as a result of family history.

Filmography
TV Series
Year TV Series Role Channel
1967 El litre 4916 Carmencha Canal 13
Juani en sociedad Juani Möller McKay Canal 13
1972 O'Higgins Rosario Puga Canal 13
1975 J.J. Juez Javiera Canal 13
1978 The Voyage of Charles Darwin BBC
1979 Martín Rivas Leonor Encina TVN
1981 La Madrastra Claudia Molina Canal 13
1982 La Señora Nélida Canal 13
Alguien por quien vivir Ana Filippi Canal 13
1983 La noche del cobarde Sol Canal 13
1984 La Represa Silvia Espinoza TVN
La Torre 10 Thelma Bernard TVN
1985 Marta a las Ocho Marta Mendez TVN
1986 La Villa Julia Alcantara TVN
1987 Mi nombre es Lara Alicia Padilla TVN
1988 Las dos caras del amor Paulina TVN
Bellas y Audaces Milena Cabral Blanche TVN
1991 Villa Nápoli Matilde Canal 13
1992 Trampas y caretas Sofía Ortiz TVN
1993 Ámame Loreto Castellot TVN
1994 Top Secret Olga Mena Canal 13
1995 El amor está de moda Ruth Canal 13
Amor a domicilio Adriana Acevedo Canal 13
1996 Loca piel Trinidad Yávar TVN
1997 Santiago City Beatriz Aldana Mega
1998 Borrón y cuenta nueva Rosa De Goyeneche TVN

Series
  • Más que amigos (Canal 13 - 2002) as Gabriela.

Television appearances
  • De Pe a Pa (2003)
  • Sonia Viveros with Alejandro Cohen in La Represa (1984).
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