Liliana Ross

Liliana Piera Marina Brescia Clerici, best known professionally as Liliana Ross, (March 30, 1939 – June 10, 2018) was an Italian-born Chilean actress, director, playwright, and theatrical producer whose professional career spanned more than fifty years. She was best known to television audiences for her starring roles in the Chilean telenovelas La Colorina and Machos (2003).

In 1992, Ross was honored with the title Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the Italian government.

Biography Early life Ross was born Liliana Piera Marina Brescia Clerici in Genoa, Italy. She later recalled witnessing bombs falling on an Italian beach as her father ordered her to hide under a boat.

Ross was honored by both the Chilean and Italian governments, as well as several publications, for her contributions to the arts. Her funeral was held at the Inmaculada Concepción de Vitacura.

Personal life Ross met her first husband, director Hugo Miller, while both were students at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The couple in 1963 had three daughters – Daniela, Vanessa and Moira. Like Ross, two of her daughters, Vanessa Miller and Moira Miller, became professional actresses. Hugo Miller died in 1997.

In 2003, married her second husband, theater producer Raoul Pinno. They remained together until her death in 2018.

Filmography Films Films Year Film title Character Director 1970 El libro de Jacob Ornella Orlin Corey 1975 La pérgola de las flores Cantante 1998 Gringuito Teresa "Teté" Sergio Castilla 1999 Last Call Rosemary Kendall Christine Lucas 2003 Cesante Old cuica Ricardo Amunátegui 2004 Mujeres infieles Teresa Vial Rodrigo Ortúzar 2005 La fiesta del 35 Helga Jorge Fried 2006 Rojo intenso Madre de Laura Javier Elorrieta 2011 Qué pena tu boda Anavelia Smith Nicolás López 2012 Qué pena tu familia Anavelia Smith Nicolás López 2014 Mamá ya crecí Amelia Flores Sebastián Badilla y Gonzalo Badilla2016 Viejos amores Ella misma Gloria Laso

Telenovelas

Other television series and sitcoms