Evangelina Elizondo
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| Born |
Gloria Evangelina Elizondo López-Llera 28 April 1929 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation | actress, artist, singer |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Website | evangelinaelizondo |
Evangelina Elizondo (born 28 April 1929) is an actress from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She has starred in movies, television and theater. She is an accomplished artist having studied at the National School of Painting and has a degree in theology. She has written two books and recorded numerous albums. In 2014, she received a Premios Arlequín (Harlequin Prize) for her contributions to Mexican culture.
Gloria Evangelina Elizondo López-Llera was born 28 April 1929 in Mexico City, Mexico to Evangelina López Llera, who was a painter. At the age of 21, she won a contest to become the voice of Cinderella in the Spanish-language release of the Walt Disney production film. Her first acting performance, at the Teatro Margo was as a dancer in the 1950 production of "Los de abajo" by Mariano Azuela. From that starting point, she went on to participate in many theater productions including "Mame", "Yo y mi Chica", "Dónde está el Tenor", "La viuda alegre" (The Merry Widow) with Plácido Domingo, and others.
Her first film was "Las locuras de Tin-Tan" with Germán Valdés made in 1951. After that, some of her favorite films were "Frontera Norte" (1953), "Educando a Papa" (1954), "Pueblo de Proscritos" (1955), and "Los Platillos Voladdres" (1955). From 1954 to 1955, Elizondo filmed nine pictures in Cuba and when she returned she made "Tropicana" (1956), "Superflaco" (1957) and "El Castillo de los Monstrous" (1957). The last two were personal favorites, one because it was a musical and the other because it was an Abbott and Costello-type film and the actors in it were enjoyable to work with. In her later career, Elizondo filmed "El Mistero de los Hongos Alucinantes" (1967), "Noche de Terror" (1987), and a film in English, "A Walk in the Clouds" (1994), with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn. She made over 75 films, mostly comedies and musicals, as she did not like dramatic works.
At one time Elizondo was married to the oil engineer José Luis Paganoni, but they separated in 1960. On 27 May 1960, Elizondo, who was participating in the play "30 minutos de amor" (30 Minutes of Love) at the Rotunda Theatre with Ramón Gay, had gone to dinner with Gay after their performance. The couple was accosted by Paganoni, and during the argument, Gay was shot. Elizondo called for an ambulance and Gay was taken to Rubén Leñero Hospital. He succumbed to his wounds on 28 May 1960.
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