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Lucila Balzaretti

Lucila Balzaretti

Actress

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.

Born: August 21, 1920 in Zürich, Switzerland

Died: February 13, 2012 (Age 91)

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Lucila Balzaretti  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.6
ActressLucila2008
Movie
7.3
Actress1976
Movie
7.8
ActressConchita1979
Movie
5.3
Actress1978
Movie
3.3
Actress1977
Movie
5.4
Actress1984
Movie
6.7
ActressMama Febre1996
Movie
6.8
ActressGrandma1992
Movie
Actress1973
Movie
7.1
Actress1978
Movie
Actress1973
Movie
ActressSra. Ramírez1997
Movie
6.7
ActressUnion Delegate1995
Movie
5.3
ActressVecina1996
Movie
ActressLa maestra1989
Movie
5.6
ActressLuisa1998
Movie
6
ActressEsposa de Banquero (uncredited)1977
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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