Beatriz Sheridan
Encyclopedia
Beatriz Sheridan was a Mexican
actress and director
. She died from a heart attack.
After studying at the University of Missouri
, she participated in the first Mexican Telenovela
in 1958 called Senda prohibida and later became one of Mexico's premier stage actresses. She received several awards for her work in the theater. For her 1980 performance in Fassbinder's Las amargas lágrimas de Petra von Kant, she received every available award. Poet Guadalupe Amor penned her poem Las amargas lágrimas de Beatriz Sheridan.
She won two Silver Ariel awards for movie roles, notably her performance in the movie Confidencias. She was Mexico's first female television soap opera director, achieving wide acclaim, and devoted her last years to work in this medium both as director and actress.
In 2004, two years before her death from a heart attack at the age of 71, the UNESCO International Theatre Institute awarded her a medal for her life's work in the theater. Sheridan is listed in Francisco Blanco Figueroa's anthology, Mujeres mexicanas del siglo XX - La otra revolución.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
actress and director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
. She died from a heart attack.
Biography
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough was born in 1934 in Mexico City, Mexico, to an English mother and a Mexican father. She had seven siblings.After studying at the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
, she participated in the first Mexican Telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
in 1958 called Senda prohibida and later became one of Mexico's premier stage actresses. She received several awards for her work in the theater. For her 1980 performance in Fassbinder's Las amargas lágrimas de Petra von Kant, she received every available award. Poet Guadalupe Amor penned her poem Las amargas lágrimas de Beatriz Sheridan.
She won two Silver Ariel awards for movie roles, notably her performance in the movie Confidencias. She was Mexico's first female television soap opera director, achieving wide acclaim, and devoted her last years to work in this medium both as director and actress.
In 2004, two years before her death from a heart attack at the age of 71, the UNESCO International Theatre Institute awarded her a medal for her life's work in the theater. Sheridan is listed in Francisco Blanco Figueroa's anthology, Mujeres mexicanas del siglo XX - La otra revolución.
Selected filmography
- Senda prohibidaSenda prohibidaSenda Prohibida is the first telenovela produced in Mexico. It was shown from Monday to Friday between 1957 and 1958.cast by Silvia Derbez Francisco Jambrina Dalia Iñiguez Héctor Gómez Bárbara Gil Julio Alemán...
(1959) - Pedro PáramoPedro Páramo (1967 film)Pedro Páramo is a 1967 Mexican drama film directed by Carlos Velo. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the short novel of the same name.-Cast:* John Gavin - Pedro Páramo* Ignacio López Tarso - Fulgor Sedano...
(1967) - La Generala (1970)
- The Trojan WomenThe Trojan WomenThe Trojan Women is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides. Produced during the Peloponnesian War, it is often considered a commentary on the capture of the Aegean island of Melos and the subsequent slaughter and subjugation of its populace by the Athenians earlier in 415 BC , the same year...
(1972) - Muñeca Rota (1979)
- Confidencias (1982)
- Gabriel y GabrielaGabriel y GabrielaGabriel y Gabriela was a Mexican telenovela made by Televisa and produced by Patricia Lozano in 1982. The series was based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulche, who also wrote the adaptation for television. The series featured an original song "Dulce Amor", written by Bebu Silvetti and...
(1983) - Vivir un pocoVivir un pocoVivir un poco is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 1985. The story was a remake of the very popular Chilean telenovela, La Madrastra from 1981. Vivir un poco tells the story of the quest of Andrea to find justice and her long-lost children but must face the lies...
(1985) - Gaby: A True Story (1987)
- AlondraAlondra (telenovela)Alondra is a Mexican telenovela shown in 1995, written by Yolanda Vargas Dulché and produced by Carla Estrada, starring with Ana Colchero and the late Beatriz Sheridan...
(1995) - Vivan los NiñosVivan los niños-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
(2002) - Amor realAmor realAmor real is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 2003. Amor Real is a historical telenovela set in the Mexican post-independence period of the mid-19th century. It also aired on Univision in the United States in 2004 and on REN TV in Russia...
(2003) - Contra viento y mareaContra viento y mareaContra viento y marea is a Mexican telenovela aired from April 25 until November 4, 2005. This was also the last acting role of Beatriz Sheridan, who died in 2006 of a heart attack.-Plot:...
(2005)
Director
- Monte Calvario (1986)
- Rosa SalvajeRosa salvajeRosa salvaje is a Mexican telenovela that was broadcast in 1987. It starred the popular Mexican actress Verónica Castro, who played the main character, "Rosa", co-starring with Guillermo Capetillo as her love interest and Laura Zapata as the villain of the story.This telenovela was a huge success...
(1987) - Mi pequeña SoledadMi pequeña SoledadMi pequeña Soledad is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast in Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas from May 14, 1990 to December 21, 1990.-Plot:Isadora is the victim of a rape at a young age and the product of that rape, Soledad....
(1990) - María MercedesMaría Mercedes (telenovela)María Mercedes was a Mexican telenovela directed by Beatriz Sheridan and starring Thalía and Arturo Peniche.-Plot:Maria Mercedes is a poor girl who is abandoned with her brothers and sister by her ambitious mother...
(1993) - MarimarMarimarMarimar is a Mexican TV telenovela that was originally broadcast in 1994 on Televisa. Marimar is a remake of the telenovela La Venganza, which aired on Televisa in 1977 and starred Helena Rojo and Enrique Lizalde.-Plot:...
(1994) - Maria la del BarrioMaría la del BarrioMaría la del barrio is the 3rd telenovela of Thalía from the trilogy of 'Maria'. Is a Mexican telenovela which starred Thalía, Fernando Colunga, Itatí Cantoral, Ricardo Blume, Iran Eory and the youngest actors Ludwika Paleta & Osvaldo Benavides...
(1995) - La usurpadoraLa usurpadoraLa Usurpadora is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 9, 1998 to July 24, 1998. It starred Gabriela Spanic and Fernando Colunga. This was one of the last telenovelas to feature Libertad Lamarque,...
(1998)