La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck and Joe Pantoliano. The film also covers the effect that Valens' career had on the lives of his half-brother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig, and the rest of his family. The film is titled after a traditional Mexican folk song of the same name, which Valens transformed into a rock and roll rendition in 1958.
The Official Story is a 1985 Argentine historical drama film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It stars Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe and Hugo Arana. In the United Kingdom, it was released as The Official Version.
Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic police partner in the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop and portraying the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho. She appeared as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. She is also well known as the exasperated wife in Bean.
Norma Aleandro is an Argentine actress. She is considered one of the most celebrated and prolific Argentine actresses of all time and is recognized as a cultural icon in her home country.
Rachel Chagall is an American actress, best known for roles as Gaby in the film Gaby: A True Story (1987), for which she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and as Val Toriello on The Nanny (1993–1999).
Luis Mandoki is a Mexican film director, working in Mexico and Hollywood.
Piel de otoño is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa in 2005. Is a remake of the 1986 Mexican telenovela Cicatrices del alma.
Gabriela "Gaby" Raquel Brimmer was a Mexican writer and activist for people with disabilities. She was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Sari and Michel Brimmer, Austrian Jewish immigrants. She had a brother, David. Gaby was born with cerebral palsy and since childhood learned to act in a world that has difficulty accepting diversity. Brimmer's caretaker Florencia Sánchez Morales was largely responsible for teaching her to communicate. Brimmer's life was chronicled in the film Gaby: A True Story. In 1979, her Spanish-language autobiography Gaby Brimmer, coauthored by Elena Poniatowska, was published by Editorial Grijalbo in Mexico City. An English version translated by Trudy Balch appeared in 2009.
The Peru women's national volleyball team was one of the dominant forces in women's volleyball in the 1980s, culminating in the silver medal won at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's nickname is Las Hijas del Sol
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, she was also a teacher of dramatic technique for television and directed many great dramatic stars.
Huracán is a Mexican telenovela produced by Rebecca Jones and Alejandro Camacho for Televisa in 1997.
Michael James Love is an American screenwriter, producer, and film director. Love has written many screenplays, including Mavericks for Playtone, for Icon and Universal Studios, and Tina Modotti for Mick Jagger's Jagged Films and Warner Brothers.
La mujer del Vendaval is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela Un esposo para Estela. On November 12, 2012, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting La Mujer Del Vendaval weekdays at 6:15pm, replacing Cachito de cielo. The last episode was broadcast on June 30, 2013, with De que te quiero, te quiero replacing it the following day.
En terapia is an Argentine dramatic TV miniseries and a remake of BeTipul and In Treatment. It was broadcast between 2012 and 2014 on Argentine Public Television. Diego Peretti stars in all seasons as the protagonist, the psychiatrist Guillermo Montes. The tagline for the series was "El está escuchando".
Madres egoístas is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa in 1991.
The David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy's answer to the Oscars". It was awarded by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize outstanding efforts on the part of non-Italian film actresses during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was created during the second edition of the ceremony, in 1957, and cancelled after the 1996 event. The award was not granted in 1958.
Pasión de Amor is a 2015 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by ABS-CBN. The series is based on the 2003 Colombian telenovela Pasión de Gavilanes. Directed by Eric Quizon, Don M. Cuaresma, Carlo Po Artillaga and Raymond B. Ocampo, starring Jake Cuenca, Arci Muñoz, Ejay Falcon, Ellen Adarna, Joseph Marco, Coleen Garcia. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida evening block and worldwide on TFC from June 1, 2015 to February 26, 2016, replacing Inday Bote and was replaced by We Will Survive.
Florencia Sánchez Morales (1923–2018) was a Mexican woman known for being the caretaker of writer and activist Gabriela Brimmer.
Caminos cruzados is a Mexican telenovela produced by Herval Rossano for Televisa in 1994.
