Marina Baura

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Marina Baura
Born
Julia Pérez

(1941-11-01) November 1, 1941 (age 81)
OccupationTelevision actress
Employer(s) RCTV
Venevisión

Marina Baura (born November 1, 1941) is a former Venezuelan telenovela actress.

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Early life

Born as Julia Pérez in Galicia, Spain, she moved with her parents and brother Jesús to Venezuela when she was 15 years old, in 1956. She started her professional career in the early 1960s as a model in El Show de Renny , a popular variety show hosted by Renny Ottolina and aired on Radio Caracas Televisión. [1]

She later studied dramatic art under the direction of Paul Antillano, and made her debut in the Venevisión TV-series Casos y cosas de casa. After that she worked with Simón Díaz in his comedy sitcom La Quinta de Simón, while playing small roles in several telenovelas.

Professional career

Baura received her first leading role in Lucecita (1967), which drew favorable reviews with her performance as the lead character. She then became a leading actress in a number of productions, including La señorita Elena (1967), Rosario (1968), Lisa, mi amor (1969) and De turno con la angustia (1969), before returning to RCTV as an actress in 1970.

While at RCTV, Baura starred in several telenovelas such as Cristina (1970), La virgen ciega (1970), and specially in La usurpadora (1971), where she played a significant dual role. She also starred in La italianita (1973), La indomable (1974), and Valentina (1975), where she played her second double role.

Other of her contributions were Resurrección (1977), Silvia Rivas divorciada (1977), TV Confidencial (1977), Mabel Valdez, periodista (1978), Natalia de 8 a 9 (1980), Chao Cristina (1983) and Muros del silencio (1983).

In 1974 RCTV aired Doña Bárbara , based on the novel by Rómulo Gallegos and scripted by José Ignacio Cabrujas. Baura was selected to play the central role, previously established by María Félix in the classic 1943 film. The RCTV version was the first color TV program made in Venezuela, as well as the first telenovela aired in Europe. [2] [3]

During the same period, she starred in miniseries based on Gallegos' novels as Canaima (1976) and Sobre la misma tierra (1976), as well as in Guillermo Meneses' La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde (1978). Later she co-starred with Doris Wells in Gallegos' La hora menguada (1984).

Baura voluntarily retired in 1984. Eventually, she returned to acting in 1990 at the invitation of Cabrujas to embody the central role of Emperatriz Jurado in Emperatriz , produced by Marte TV and aired by RCTV. [1] Then, in 2003 she made a special guest appearance in the successful Venevisión soap opera Cosita Rica .

Her film credits include Yo, el gobernador (1965), co-starred by humorist Joselo, [4] and El reportero (1968), teaming up along with Amador Bendayán. [5] She later played a supporting part for Amparo Rivelles and Julio Alemán in La viuda blanca (1970), [6] and co-starred with José Bardina in Bodas de papel. [7]

Private life

Baura married Hernán Pérez Belisario, with whom she had one daughter, Mónica Pérez Pérez before retiring from RCTV. They divorced in 1992. [8]

She currently lives in Caracas. [1]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965Yo, el gobernadorUnknown roleFìlm debut
1968El reporteroUnknown role
1970La viuda blancaCarlota Castelar
1979Bodas de papelWife

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 Madres solteras
1967 Lucecita LucecitaLead role
1967La señorita ElenaElenaLead role
1968 Rosario RosarioLead role
1969 De turno con la angustia Unknown role
1969Lisa, mi amorLisaLead role
1970La Virgen CiegaLead role
1970-1971 Cristina CristinaLead role
1971-1972 La usurpadora Alicia / RosalbaLead role
1972-1973 La indomable MaricruzLead role
1972AbandonadaLead role
1973-1974 La italianita RinaLead role
1974-1975 Doña Bárbara Doña BárbaraLead role
1975-1976ValentinaValentina Montiel / Sonia GámezLead role
1976Sobre la misma tierraLead role
1976CanaimaLead role
1977ResurrecciónLead role
1977-1978Tv ConfidencialLead role
1977Silvia Rivas, DivorciadaSilvia RivasLead role
1979-1980Mabel Valdez, periodistaMabel ValdezLead role
1980 Natalia de 8 a 9 NataliaLead role
1981Goméz llLeas role
1983Chao CristinaCristinaLead role
1990-1991 Emperatriz EmperatrizLead role
2003 Cosita rica Tentación LujánLead role
2006Soltera y sin compromisoYolanda de Maldonado Television film

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "El Universal – Marina Baura auténtica". (Spanish)
  2. Gómez, Carlos Alarico (2009). Oswaldo Yepes y el Museo de la Radio. Fundación para la Cultura Urbana. ISBN   9806553985
  3. Venciclopedia – RCTV (Spanish)
  4. iMDB.com – Yo, el gobernador (1965)
  5. iMDB.com – El reportero (1968)
  6. iMDB.com – La viuda blanca (1970)
  7. iMDB.com – Bodas de papel (1979)
  8. VenCOR.com – Marina Baura, la emperatriz de la televisión (Spanish)

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