Chunchuna Villafañe
Encyclopedia
Elva 'Chunchuna' Villafañe (born April 9, 1940) is an Argentine
film
and television
actress, born in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
.
She has appeared in film and television since the year 1971.
Her most well-known role is as Ana in La historia oficial (1985
).
She's the mother of singer/songwriter Juana Molina
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
film
Film
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and television
Television
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actress, born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
She has appeared in film and television since the year 1971.
Her most well-known role is as Ana in La historia oficial (1985
1985 in film
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).
She's the mother of singer/songwriter Juana Molina
Juana Molina
Juana Molina is a singer-songwriter and an actress.-Biography:Following the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, her mother fled the country and lived in exile in Paris for five years...
.
Filmography
- Un Guapo del 900Un Guapo del 900Un Guapo del 900 is a 1952 Argentine film....
(1971) (aka A Player out of the 1900s) - No toquen a la nenaNo toquen a la nenaNo toquen a la nena is a 1976 Argentine film....
(1976) - La historia oficial (1985) as Ana (aka The Official Story)
- Sostenido en La menor (1986) (aka Padre, marido y amante - Argentina)
- time of your mother (1988)
- Nunca estuve en Viena (1989) as Carolina (aka I Never Been in Vienna)
- Algunas mujeres (1992)
- Historia de desiertos (1995)
- Vidas privadas (2001) as Sofía Uranga (aka Privates Lives)
- Micaela, una película mágica (2002) as Micaela's grandmother
- Extraño (2003) as Ana's mother (aka Strange)
- Cochabanba (2005) as la cocha de la banba (aka La Cocha)
Television
- "Extraños y amantes" (1985) TV series as Micaela
- "Atreverse" (1990) TV series
- "El Beso del olvido" (1991) (TV)
- "Las Amantes" (2001) TV series
- "Sol negro" (2003) (mini) TV mini-series as Andrea Estévez
- "Durch Himmel und Hölle" (2007) (TV)
Awards
Nominations- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto), for Vidas privadas; 2003.