Nelly Beltrán

Nélida Dodó López Valverde known professionally as Nelly Beltrán (29 August 1925 – 2 December 2007) was an Argentine actress. She appeared on the radio from the age of 10 and in 85 theatrical performances, 48 films and 3 dozen television shows between 1953 and 1996. She won a Martín Fierro Award as Best Comic Actress for her television work on La hermana San Sulpicio; participated in the film Pajarito Gómez which won the Best Youth Film award at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival; won a Konex Foundation Award; and was honored by the Argentina Actors Association in 2004 for her career contributions.

Biography Nélida Dodó López Valverde was born on 29 August 1925 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From a young age she took painting and acting classes. Her career began in radio because her father was a friend of Cortez Conde, who wrote the program Ronda policial for Radio Porteña. The show was looking for new talent and asked her to test for a part. She was ten years old, read a script and was hired, along with Nelly Prince and Guido Gorgatti. and La revista dislocada In 1953, joining the cast of Señorita maestra, she met Maurice Jouvet, an actor born in France, and within two weeks they were married. She performed a few dramatic roles, like two from the classic horror master Narciso Ibáñez Menta El vendedor de ilusiones (1971) and Mañana puedo morir (1979), and Coraje, mamá (1985). The highlights of her television career included Telecómicos (1960, 1970–1973), Todo es amor (1964), with Tita Merello. She followed with Historia de una carta (1957) and then a role in Rosaura a las diez (1958), and in 1964, she made Canuto Cañete y los 40 ladrones with Carlos Balá and Mariángeles Ibarreta under the direction of Leo Fleider. The following year, she repeated the role of Mrs. Salvador with Carlos Balá playing Canuto Cañete in Canuto Cañete, detective privado and made Pajarito Gómez a satirical film about the promotional machine behind the Argentine pop stars of the 1960s. It was the Argentine entry for 1965 in the Berlin Film Festival and won the Best Youth Film award.

Beltrán earned her only starring role in La Gorda (1966), along with Rodolfo Zapata. In 1967 she was directed by Julio Saraceni in Villa Cariño with Roberto Airaldi and Juan Carlos Altavista and the following year released Villa Cariño está que arde, directed by Emilio Vieyra with Altavista again and Ricardo Bauleo.

Nelly Beltrán in "Autocine Mon Amour" (1972) From left: Rodolfo Crespi, Nelly Beltrán, Claudio Levrino and with her back to the camera Cristina del Valle In 1972 she played a supporting role to Palito Ortega and Libertad Lamarque in La sonrisa de mamá directed by Enrique Carreras, which was followed that same year by Autocine Mon Amour under the direction of Fernando Siro which she acted in with her husband, Maurice Jouvet. She made a string of films in the 1970s, including En el gran circo (1974), and Yo también tengo fiaca (1978).

Left to right: Mario Sánchez, Adriana Salgueiro (doing shoulder stand) and Nelly Beltrán, in "Los colimbas al ataque" (1987) From 1982 to 1987 she worked with Jorge Porcel and Alberto Olmedo in a series of movies, usually directed by Enrique Carreras and scripted by Juan Carlos Mesa. These included: Los fierecillos indomables (1982), Los fierecillos se divierten (1983), Los colimbas se divierten (1986), and Los colimbas al ataque (1987). But the tragic death of Olmedo in 1988, and health problems, put an end to series. She returned to make one final film, No hay hombres de izquierda, directed by Alberto Fischerman, starring Georgina Barbarossa and the Italian actor Giuliano Gemma. the Argentina Actors Association paid tribute for her long career,

Private life Beltrán first married Juan Lejcovich, by whom she had two children, who were taken by relatives to the United States in the 1940s.

In 1953, she married Maurice Jouvet (3 February 1923 Hendaye, France—5 March 1999 Buenos Aires, Argentina). They had one child, Mónica Jouvet (15 April 1955 Buenos Aires—19 April 1981 Buenos Aires).

Awards 1960 Martín Fierro Award for Best Comic Actress Telecómicos (1960) La hermana San Sulpicio (1960) Su comedia favorita (1966) La baranda (1969–1970) La foto (1970) El tinglado de la risa (1970) Telecómicos (1970–1973) El Vendedor de ilusiones (1971) El Teatro de Pacheco (1973) Episode: "El casado casa quiere" La comedia brillante (1974) Humor a la italiana (1974) Episode: "El amor por la cornisa" Mañana puedo morir (1979) Los especiales de ATC (1981) Episode: "La muela de juicio" Los especiales de ATC (1981) Episode: "Nunca te olvidaré" Teatro de humor (1982) Un Beso muy peligroso (1982) La comedia del domingo (1982) Mamá por horas (1983) Domingos de Pacheco (1983) Coraje mamá (1985) La Banda del Golden Rocket (1991–1993) Los Ángeles no lloran (1996)