Nelly Meruane

Nelly Lucinda Consuelo Meruane Solano (20 December 1927 – 20 June 2018) was a distinguished Chilean actress and teacher whose career spanned 65 years. For 20 years she was a member of the stable cast of the of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Meruane was recognized for her leading roles in the television series (1967), the telenovela La madrastra (1981), and the play Mama Rosa (1982). She received several honors, such as an Award in 2011 and an Altazor in 2014.

Biography Nelly Meruane was born in Nueva Toltén on 20 December 1927. Later, she majored in theater at the Catholic University. She debuted in the play Time and the Conways at the Municipal Theatre of Santiago in 1952 as a first-year student of the Theater Academy.

In 1960 she starred in by Isidora Aguirre, where she replaced actress Ana González in the role of Rosaura. In the following years, she popularized the role of La Cotocó in the TV series , starring alongside . She met actor when he appeared on the show in 1969, and married him 45 days later. She continued to appear in films and television, with her last acting role being Señora Felman on the telenovela Chipe libre in 2014.

Nelly Meruane died in Santiago on 20 June 2018, nine days after her contemporary and frequent co-star Liliana Ross.

Works Films by R. Sánchez (1962) Angelito by L. Cornejo (1965) El Pez que Fuma by Román Chalbaud (1977) Fuga by Pablo Larraín (2006) Viejos amores (2016)

Telenovelas

TV series and specials

Plays columns-list|colwidth=30em| Time and the Conways by J. B. Priestley When We Are Married by J. B. Priestley Martín Rivas by S. del Campo La casa de la noche by T. Maulnier The Maidens' Consent by Leandro Fernández de Moratín Las santas mujeres by G. Roepke Navidad en el circo by H. Gheon The Imaginary Invalid by Molière Los culpables by G. Roepke The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux Juana de Lorena by M. Anderson Pueblecito by A. Moock Un hombre de Dios by G. Marcel Entre gallos y medianoche by Carlos Cariola Esta señorita Trini by and C. Barros Juegos silenciosos by G. Roepke Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe Los güenos versos by L. Heiremans by Georges Bernanos by I. Aguirre and P. Flores La moratoria by Jorge Andrade Versos de ciego by L. Heiremans Locos de verano by G. Laferrere El Tony Chico by L. Heiremans Árbol viejo by Acevedo Hernández Juani en sociedad by William Douglas Home Le Médecin malgré lui by Molière Como en la gran ciudad by H. Letelier and P. Flores by William Douglas Home Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo Mama Rosa by Fernando Debesa Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill Comedia a la antigua by N. Arbuzov Viejas by C. Ortega (1995) The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni by Antonio Gala Asia y el Lejano Oriente by Isaac Chocrón Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton The Balcony by Jean Genet La luminosa herida en el tiempo by (2000) A pedir de boca by Jorge Díaz (2004) Career Award, 2011 University of Chile Fearab Award for Distinguished Professional Career, 2012 Altazor Award for Best Actress in Coronación, 2014 Distinguished Public Personality from the Municipality of Providencia, 2017