Jacqueline Voltaire
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Jacqueline Voltaire was a British-born Mexican actress, model and singer, known for her successful career in telenovela
s, especially on Televisa
. Voltaire also appeared in Mexican and international films, including Alejandro Jodorowsky
's The Holy Mountain in 1973, John Sayles
' Men with Guns
and Dune
, which was directed by David Lynch
.
Voltaire was born as Jacqueline Anne Walter Clisson in Warwickshire
, England, United Kingdom, on November 6, 1948. She lived in several countries and continents during her early life, including France, Germany, the United States and parts of Africa, before settling in Mexico
, where she lived for over thirty years. She first worked as a dancer and performer. She danced in the some of the world's most famous nightclubs, including the Moulin Rouge
, the Casino de Paris
and Le Lido. She became fluent in Spanish, Italian and French through her career and travels.
Voltaire made her big screen debut after settling in Mexico in the 1971 film, Un Quijote sin mancha, opposite Mario Moreno, who was better known as Cantinflas
. Voltaire officially joined the National Association of Actors
(ANDA), the Mexican actors guild
, in February 1979, where she held membership number 19216. Voltaire appeared opposite a number of well known Mexican and international actors including Arnold Schwarzenegger
, Queta Carrasco, Mauricio Garcés
, Sharon Stone
, Óscar Chávez
, Silvia Pinal
, Patrick Stewart
, Roberto Gómez Bolaños
and Susana Dosamantes
. In the 1990s and 2000s, Voltaire became known as one of Mexico's famed telenovela stars, but continued to work in films. She won a MTV Latinoamérica award in the category, "Most bizarre sex scene" in 2005 for a scene in the film, Matando Cabos
with actor Silverio Palacios. She also worked as an image consultant
during the later years of her career.
Voltaire's last role in television was on the Mexican telenovela, Palabra de Mujer
in which she played the character of Flora Navarro. Her last stage role was in the Mexican staging of the musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
, renamed: Una Eva y dos patanes opposite actors Alessandra Rosaldo
and Eugenio Derbez
.
Jacqueline Voltaire died at a hospital in Mexico City
on April 8, 2008, of melanoma
or (skin cancer) at the age of 59. Her remains were cremated on April 10, 2008.
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"...
s, especially on Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
. Voltaire also appeared in Mexican and international films, including Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky, known as Alejandro Jodorowsky, is a Chilean filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, comic book writer and spiritual guru...
's The Holy Mountain in 1973, John Sayles
John Sayles
John Thomas Sayles is an American independent film director, screenwriter and author.-Early life:Sayles was born in Schenectady, New York, the son of Mary , a teacher, and Donald John Sayles, a school administrator. He was raised Catholic and took to labeling himself "a Catholic atheist"...
' Men with Guns
Men with Guns
Men with Guns is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The executive producers were Lou Gonda and Jody Patton, and the cast included Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado and Mandy Patinkin....
and Dune
Dune (film)
Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. The film stars Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of well-known American and European actors in supporting roles. It was filmed at the Churubusco...
, which was directed by David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
.
Voltaire was born as Jacqueline Anne Walter Clisson in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, England, United Kingdom, on November 6, 1948. She lived in several countries and continents during her early life, including France, Germany, the United States and parts of Africa, before settling in Mexico
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...
, where she lived for over thirty years. She first worked as a dancer and performer. She danced in the some of the world's most famous nightclubs, including the Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill on its roof. The closest métro station is Blanche.The Moulin Rouge is...
, the Casino de Paris
Casino de Paris
The Casino de Paris, located at 16, rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement is one of the well known music halls of Paris, with a history dating back to the 18th century. Contrary to what the name might suggest, it is a performance venue, not a gambling house...
and Le Lido. She became fluent in Spanish, Italian and French through her career and travels.
Voltaire made her big screen debut after settling in Mexico in the 1971 film, Un Quijote sin mancha, opposite Mario Moreno, who was better known as Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...
. Voltaire officially joined the National Association of Actors
National Association of Actors
The National Association of Actors is the Mexican actors guild. It is a member of the Bloque Latinoamericano de Actores that includes all of the actors' unions in Latin America....
(ANDA), the Mexican actors guild
Guild
A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel, and a secret society...
, in February 1979, where she held membership number 19216. Voltaire appeared opposite a number of well known Mexican and international actors including Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
, Queta Carrasco, Mauricio Garcés
Mauricio Garcés
Mauricio Féres Yázbek was a Mexican actor.-Personal Life and Career:...
, Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct...
, Óscar Chávez
Óscar Chávez
Óscar Chávez is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. He was the main exponent of the Nueva Trova in Mexico in the sixties and seventies. He studied theatre at the UNAM and has produced and acted in several plays and movies and telenovelas in Mexico...
, Silvia Pinal
Silvia Pinal
Silvia Pinal is a Mexican actress, who had roles in several of Luis Buñuel's movies such as El ángel exterminador and Viridiana...
, Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century...
, Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Roberto Gómez Bolaños is a Mexican writer, actor, director, comedian, humorist, songwriter, poet and philosopher. He is best known by his stage name Chespirito .-Life and work:...
and Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...
. In the 1990s and 2000s, Voltaire became known as one of Mexico's famed telenovela stars, but continued to work in films. She won a MTV Latinoamérica award in the category, "Most bizarre sex scene" in 2005 for a scene in the film, Matando Cabos
Matando cabos
Matando Cabos is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Lozano in close partnership with long time friend Tony Dalton. One of the highest anticipated Mexican movies of all time, mainly due to the high budget involved in it and the amount of money put into the action scenes such as the car chase...
with actor Silverio Palacios. She also worked as an image consultant
Consultant
A consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...
during the later years of her career.
Voltaire's last role in television was on the Mexican telenovela, Palabra de Mujer
Palabra de Mujer
Palabra De Mujer ' is a telenovela remake of El Amor Tiene Cara De Mujer ' was made by Televisa, starring Edith González, Yadhira Carrillo, Ludwika Paleta, and Lidia Ávila...
in which she played the character of Flora Navarro. Her last stage role was in the Mexican staging of the musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the film of the same name...
, renamed: Una Eva y dos patanes opposite actors Alessandra Rosaldo
Alessandra Rosaldo
Alessandra Rosaldo is an actress, singer and dancer from Mexico. In 2006, she was the winner of the first prize in Televisa Network's, later broadcasted in Univision “Bailando por un Sueño”....
and Eugenio Derbez
Eugenio Derbez
Eugenio González Derbez is a Mexican actor of film and comedy television. He created the television series of XHDRBZ, Vecinos, and La familia P. Luche. Derbez is also a Formula Three Auto racing driver.-Life and career:...
.
Jacqueline Voltaire died at a hospital in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
on April 8, 2008, of melanoma
Melanoma
Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye...
or (skin cancer) at the age of 59. Her remains were cremated on April 10, 2008.
Telenovelas
- "Palabra de MujerPalabra de MujerPalabra De Mujer ' is a telenovela remake of El Amor Tiene Cara De Mujer ' was made by Televisa, starring Edith González, Yadhira Carrillo, Ludwika Paleta, and Lidia Ávila...
" (2008) - "Amor sin maquillajeAmor sin MaquillajeAmor sin Maquillaje ' is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; and the novela marks the return of the famous actress Lucía Méndez to Televisa after a 17 year absence...
" (2007) - "Muchachitas como túMuchachitas como túMuchachitas como tú is the new version of the hit Muchachitas, a telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa in 1991 for Televisa. This telenovela tells the story of four girls: Elena Olivares, Isabel Flores, Leticia Hernández and Monica Sánchez Zuñiga...
" (2007) - "Destilando amorDestilando AmorDestilando Amor is a 2007 Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and Nicandro Díaz. It stars Angélica Rivera and Eduardo Yáñez as the main protagonists and was set primarily in Tequila, Jalisco...
" (2007) - "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) - "Apuesta por un amorApuesta por un AmorApuesta por un Amor was a Mexican soap opera starring Patricia Manterola and Juan Soler.- Plot :Julia Montaño is the daughter of Don Julio Montaño, a wealthy landowner in the Yucatán Peninsula...
" (2005) - "RebeldeRebeldeRebelde was a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and created by Cris Morena. It is a remake of a famous Argentine series Rebelde Way adapted for the Mexican audience therefore leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. The series ran for three seasons, the final episode airing in...
" (2004) - "Corazones al límiteCorazones al límite-Plot:Corazones al límite was a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents...
"(2004) - "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) - "Clase 406Clase 406Clase 406 is a Mexican telenovela , which was produced by and broadcast by Televisa and aired in Canal De Las Estrellas in Mexico and Univision in the United States. The series aired from July 2, 2002 to October 2003 in Mexico. The series had four seasons and 344 one-hour episodes in total...
" (2002) - "¡Vivan los Niños!" (2004)
- "Salomé" (2002)
- "Por un besoPor un besoPor Un Beso was Mexican telenovela. It was written by Inés Rodena and Gabriela Ortigoza, and directed by Alfredo Gurrola.- Plot :...
" (2000) - "DKDA: Sueños de juventud" (2000)
- "Tres mujeresTres mujeresTres Mujeres is a Mexican Telenovela produced by Roberto Hernandez. It came out in 1999. Its starring Karyme Lozano, Jorge Salinas, Erika Buenfil, and Norma Herrera. When it came out it was such a Success that they added 3x the Normal Amount of Chapters. There are 275 Chapter when there is Normally...
" (1999) - "El privilegio de amarEl Privilegio de AmarEl Privilegio de Amar is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999...
" (1999) - "Preciosa" (1998)
- "Agujetas de color de rosa" (1994)
- "Alcanzar una estrellaAlcanzar una estrellaAlcanzar una estrella is a Mexican telenovela first broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in 1990.The telenovela, which was also broadcast in Latin America and on Univision in the United States, tells the story of an introverted girl's infatuation with her teen idol...
" (1990) - "Simplemente MaríaSimplemente MariaSimplemente Maria ' is a telenovela, starring Victoria Ruffo, Manuel Saval, Jaime Garza and Silvia Derbez. The telenovela, a production of Valentín Pimstein , premiered on October 16, 1989 and ended on May 11, 1990 on El Canal de las Estrellas....
" (1989)
Filmography
- "La misma lunaLa Misma LunaLa misma luna is a 2007 Mexican-American drama film in Spanish and English directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, and Eugenio Derbez.-Plot:...
" (2007) - "Morirse está en hebreo" (2005)
- "Romancing the BrideRomancing the BrideRomancing the Bride is a 2005 romantic comedy film, starring Laura Prepon and Matt Cedeño.-Plot:The plot surrounds a confused bride Melissa who wakes hand-cuffed to a Mexican stranger who claims to be her husband; she has no recollection of the marriage after having consumed a Mexican "moonshine"...
" (2005) - "Matando CabosMatando cabosMatando Cabos is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Lozano in close partnership with long time friend Tony Dalton. One of the highest anticipated Mexican movies of all time, mainly due to the high budget involved in it and the amount of money put into the action scenes such as the car chase...
" (2004) - "Conejo en la luna" (2004)
- "Men with GunsMen with GunsMen with Guns is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The executive producers were Lou Gonda and Jody Patton, and the cast included Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado and Mandy Patinkin....
" (1997) - "The arrival" (1996)
- "Soy hombre y que" (1993)
- "La tumba del Atlántico" (1992)
- "The taking of Beverly Hills"
- "Dune" (1984)
- "Peor que los buitres" (1974)
- "Debieron ahorcarlos antes" (1974)
- "Capulina contra las momias" (1973)
- "La montaña sagrada (Holly Mountain)" (1973)
- "Masajista de señoras" (1973)
- "Vanessa" (1972)
- "El rey de Acapulco" (1972)
- "Espérame en Siberia vida mía" (1971)
- "Los desalmados" (1971)
- "Un Quijote sin mancha" (1971)
- "Un amante anda suelto" (1970)
- "La hermana trinquete" (1970)
- "Flor de durazno" (1970)
- "Un Quijote sin mancha" (1969)