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Lucila Balzaretti‌

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Lucila Balzaretti

Zürich, Switzerland

Lucila Balzaretti

Zürich, Switzerland

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1920-08-21

Popularity

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Biography

Lucila Balzaretti (registered at birth as Lucila Balzaretti Openzeller, also known as Lucila Alarcón; Zurich, Switzerland, August 21, 1920 - Puntarenas, Costa Rica, February 13, 2012) was a Swiss actress and journalist. She participated in the theater group La Linterna Mágica under the direction of Ignacio Retes. She ventured into journalism by writing a film column in the newspaper El Popular and in the magazine México al día, where José Revueltas and other writers also collaborated. In 1942, while preparing a report on the play El inspector, then directed by Seki Sano, she met Ignacio Retes, whom she married two years later. In 1946 she participated in the founding of La Linterna Mágica and made her debut as an actress in the play Mariana Pineda (1946) under the pseudonym of Lucila Alarcón. Shortly after, she acted in Los zorros (1946), Israel (1948) and Santa Juana (1948), all directed by Retes himself. Later she left her stage name to continue appearing as Lucila Balzaretti in the plays El aria de la locura (1953), Terminal (Bus stop), Una ciudad para vivir (1954), La feria distante (1955), A media luz los tres (1957) and Nacida ayer (1958), among others. She also had a brief participation in one of the revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, a Seki Sano version. She was the mother of film director Gabriel Retes, with whom she participated in the films Chin Chin el teporocho, El bulto, Flores de Papel, Arresto domiciliario.

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The Hard Years

The Hard Years‌
star5.0
calendar 1973

New World

New World‌
star5.9
calendar 1978

Hard Years: The birth of a guerrilla fighter

Hard Years: The birth of a guerrilla fighter‌
star5.0
calendar 1989

Coup at Daybreak

Coup at Daybreak‌
star6.6
calendar 1998

Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños

Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños‌
star5.0
calendar 1996

Tribulaciones en el seno de una familia burguesa

Tribulaciones en el seno de una familia burguesa‌
star5.0
calendar 1973

El asesinato

El asesinato‌
star3.7
calendar 1997

Bienvenido-Welcome

Bienvenido-Welcome‌
star6.5
calendar 1995

Cuartelazo

Cuartelazo‌
star5.2
calendar 1977

House Arrest

House Arrest‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

Chin-Chin el Teporocho

Chin-Chin el Teporocho‌
star5.5
calendar 1976

Broken Flag

Broken Flag‌
star6.4
calendar 1979

El reventón

El reventón‌
star4.3
calendar 1977

Paper Flowers

Paper Flowers‌
star3.8
calendar 1978

Wild Women

Wild Women‌
star4.1
calendar 1984

Sucesos distantes

Sucesos distantes‌
star5.6
calendar 1996

El Bulto

El Bulto‌
star6.5
calendar 1992

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