Juan Margallo
Actor, director and author of Spanish Theatre
About Juan Margallo
Lived 1940 – 2025 (aged 84). Juan Margallo was a Spanish actor, theatre director, film actor and dramaturge.
Juan Francisco Margallo Rivera (24 September 1940 – 2 March 2025) was a Spanish actor, theatre director and dramaturge.
Margallo was considered one of the main actors in Spanish theater.
Life and career He worked with Miguel Narros, Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick and José Tamayo. In 1976, he played Woyzeck, by Georg Büchner, and La sangre y la ceniza, by Alfonso Sastre. He was awarded the prestigious national award 'Premio Nacional de Teatro 2022'.
In 2011, he founded with his spouse, Petra Martínez, the Uroc Teatro, which received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes.
Margallo died from complications of a fall in Madrid, on 2 March 2025, at the age of 84.
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Who was Juan Margallo?
actor, director and author of Spanish Theatre
When was Juan Margallo born?
Juan Margallo was born on 24 September 1940 in Cáceres.
When did Juan Margallo die?
Juan Margallo died on 2 March 2025 in Madrid.
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Juan Margallo was an actor, theatre director, film actor and dramaturge.
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Juan Margallo was Spanish.
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