Lupita Ferrer

Lupita Ferrer (born December 6, 1947) is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress.

Lupita Ferrer
Born
Yolanda Guadalupe Ferrer

(1947-12-06) December 6, 1947
Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
(m. 1978; div. 1978)

Biography

Ferrer was born as Yolanda Guadalupe Ferrer in Maracaibo to Spanish immigrant parents. She became known for her beauty (especially her large and expressive eyes) and her strong theatrical presence.

Ferrer has a theatrical background. She started at the age of 15 performing in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" as Ofelia. At the age of 18, then Venezuelan President Raul Leoni saw her performing in the piece "Dona Rosita La Soltera" ("Dona Rosita, the single one"), and was greatly impressed by her talent.

In the 1960s Ferrer worked in many Mexican and Venezuelan-Mexican film co-productions next to actors like Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", and during the 1970s worked in Hollywood movies sharing the screen with actors like Tony Curtis.

Her first telenovelas were Esmeralda, about a blind young woman, Mariana de la Noche (1975), about the forbidden love of Mariana Montenegro and Ignacio Lugo Navarro (José Bardina), María Teresa, a woman who goes insane after the loss of her little daughter, La Zulianita, Pecados Ajenos, and Cristal.

She lives in Miami.

She was married to the American film director Hall Bartlett for four years, who cast her alongside Anthony Quinn and the legendary Dolores del Río in his film The Children of Sanchez (1978), better known for its Grammy award winning musical score by Chuck Mangione.

In 1985 she starred in a hugely successful telenovela produced in Venezuela by Radio Caracas Television named "Cristal" where she impersonates Victoria Ascanio, a very humble girl who after a brief forced encounter with a priest-to-be young man gets pregnant and is forced to leave her baby girl away after delivering her. Years after she comes back as the owner of a high couture clothes designing company which she rules with an iron fist. She hires a very beautiful girl who, after many plot devices applied, she discovers is her long lost daughter, whose estrangement make Victoria feel guilty and bittered. Cristal was a big success in South America, the U.S., Europe and Asia and was dubbed in many languages.

In 2006, Ferrer made a comeback in the American drama series Ugly Betty, in which she played an actress in a telenovela who gets into a fight with a nurse on the show played by (Ugly Betty series creator) Salma Hayek. In 2007, Ferrer participated in Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos as Mrs Agata Mercenario. In 2010, Ferrer participated in Univision Studios - Eva Luna as Justa Valdéz.In 2012, Ferrer also acted a telenovela by the name "Rosa Diamante" (Precious Rose), playing the character Rosaura Sotomayor. In this telenovela, she played alongside Carla Hernandez who was her long lost daughter after she had abandoned her at a boarding school.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965Me ha gustado un hombreGloriaFilm debut
1968La cama
1969Lío de faldasLuisa
1969Duelo en El Dorado
1969Un Quijote sin manchaAngélica
1970El manantial del amor
1970El oficio más antiguo del mundoEstela
1970Las chicas malas del padre Méndez
1970El cinicoRoberta Uribe
1970La vida inútil de Pito Pérez
1971Los corrompidos
1971OK Cleopatra
1972Una mujer honesta
1978Los hijos de Sánchez Consuelo Sánchez
1983BalboaRita Carlo
1996Tú asesina, que nosotras limpiamos la sangreMarie Clement
2015Ana Maria in Novela LandSra. De La Roca
2015MedardoDoña Rosa
2017Donaire y EsplendorMassiel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967Donde no llega el solTelevision debut
1969Tú eres mi destino
1969La frontera de cristal
1970EsmeraldaEsmeralda RiveraLead role
1972María TeresaMaria Teresa / Muñeca MontielLead role
1975Mi hermana gemelaMarta / MaraLead role
1975Mariana de la nocheMarianaLead role
1977La zulianitaMartha María DominguezLead role
1979JuliaJuliaLead role
1981Ligia SandovalLigia SandovalLead role
1984Los años felicesMarcela
1985CristalVictoria AscanioLead role
1988AmándoteLisette MistralSeries regular
1990Amándote IILisetteSeries regular
1992Las dos DianasCatalinaLead role
1993RosangelicaCecilia Gel de la RosaMain Antagonist
1993Truhanes"Dos mujeres ofendidas" (Season 1, Episode 6)
1995MoreliaOfelia Santibáñez Campos MirandaSeries regular
1996Nada personalMaría Dolores de los ReyesRecurring role
1997Destino de mujerAuroraCo-lead role
1999RosalindaValeria Del CastilloMain Antagonist
2001SoledadVictoria Álvarez CalderónSeries regular
2003Amor descaradoMorgana Atal
2004Inocente de tiGabriela Smith
2006Ugly BettyRich Latina"Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1)
2007Pecados ajenosÁgata MercenarioMain Antagonist
2010Eva LunaJusta ValdézRecurring role
2012Rosa diamanteRosaura SotomayorLead role
2015Voltea pa' que te enamoresDoña Elena SalasRecurring role
2017La FanSilviaSpecial Appearance
2017Milagros de NavidadMaría Collins

Discography

  • 1992: Tiemblo
  • 1970: Esmeralda
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