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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-08-20

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Carlos Ancira

Biography

He began his professional studies at the Escuela de Arte Teatral del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), in 1946, under the teachings of Clementina Otero, Enrique Ruelas, Earl Senett and Seki Sano. He excelled as an actor in numerous plays: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett; Poor People, by Dostoyevsky; The Diary of a Madman, by Gogol; with which he achieved a memorable dramatization and more than two thousand performances for nearly twenty-five years. He received awards and distinctions, among them, that of actor emeritus of the Moscow Academy of Theater and Performing Arts for his performance in The Diary of a Madman. Carlos Ancira Negrete, actor and playwright, was one of the initiators of the "Theater of the Absurd" in the 1960s. His interest focuses on the values of a dehumanized society and the loneliness of the individual, thus reflecting the moral and psychological conflicts of a central character to whom the author gave all the dramatic force through the monologue, one of his most successful resources, which in turn led to a theatrical representation in which the essence of the work itself and the performer could be seen with greater effect, above the theatrical or scenographic space. He left unfinished a book he was preparing on his theatrical technique, and other plays unpublished. Interested in all expressions of dramatic art, he participated in some two thousand television programs, in 50 cinematographic films, in innumerable radio broadcasts and in dubbing and photonovelas. For 30 years he taught at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Academia de Actores and other teaching centers. In the theater he was an author, adaptor, director and fundamentally an actor. His plays include: Nezahualcóyotl (1951), Después... nada (1954), Imágenes (1973), Pasto rojo, El mundo vacío and Cangrejos (not yet premiered). With Gonzalo Martínez, he composed a 120-episode telenovela based on the life and work of Dostoevsky. He adapted for the stage a novel by Dostoevsky, another by Andreiev and several short stories by Chekhov and directed plays by these authors and by Armando Moock, Ugo Betti, Eugene O'Neill and Jesús R. Guerrero. His repertoire as an actor included some 300 plays. Married to actress Karina Duprez, he died in 1987 of a chronic illness.

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Al rojo vivo

Al rojo vivo

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Yara

Yara

Yara is an indigenous woman who comes to Mexico City in search of a better quality of life. Yara suffered the contempt of society and the people around her.

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Los miserables

Los miserables

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Rina

Rina

The story follows Rina, a young hunchback who sells flowers to support her father and siblings after being abandoned by her mother. One day, while selling her flowers, she is beckoned from a window by Leopoldo—a wealthy, elderly, bitter, and invalid man—who manipulates her into marrying him because he refuses to leave his inheritance to his sister-in-law, Rafaela. Rina agrees to the marriage due to financial hardship. Shortly thereafter, Leopoldo dies, and Rina inherits a vast fortune. She undergoes surgery to correct her hunchback and transforms into a beautiful woman. Unwilling to accept the loss of the inheritance, Rafaela devises a scheme with the help of her son, Carlos Augusto, who has recently been widowed.

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El camino secreto

El camino secreto

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Tú, yo, nosotros

Tú, yo, nosotros

Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.

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Fando and Lis

Fando and Lis

Fando and his partially paralysed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar.

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Los diablos del terror

Los diablos del terror

A federal policeman arrives in a town ravaged by a cult of hooded men who leave a satanic face on their victims.

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Jesús, nuestro Señor

Jesús, nuestro Señor

Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.

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Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters

Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters

Bruno Halder a sinister scientist seeking revenge against his brother and niece is resurrected by Waldo his faithful sidekick. Besides his minions of zombies Halder enlists the help of Wolfman, Franquestain, a Vampire, a Mummy and a Cyclops. Once again the survival of mankind is put in the hands of Santo

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Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy

Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy

When Santo accompanies a troupe of archaeologists in the search for Aztec artifacts, they find the Mummy of an Aztec who leaves a warning to those who tamper with his resting place. The adventurers ignore the warning, and before long, the Mummy starts bumping them off one-by-one with his bow & arrow.

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The Blood of Nostradamus

The Blood of Nostradamus

Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.

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Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein

Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein

A mad scientist creates a remote-controlled monster and sends it to terrorize the city.

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Black Pit of Dr. M

Black Pit of Dr. M

Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.

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La furia del ring

La furia del ring

Wrestling melodrama.

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