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Celmira Luzardo

{{Short description|Colombian actress (1952–2014)}}

{{family name hatnote|Luzardo|Montenegro|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Celmira Luzardo

| image = Celmiraluzardo.jpg

| image_upright = 0.9

| caption = October 2002

| birthname = Celmira Luzardo Montenegro

| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|03|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bogotá, Colombia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|03|12|1952|03|31|df=y}}

| death_place = Bogotá, Colombia

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1971–2004

| spouse = Juan Escobar López (his death)

| children = 1

}}

Celmira Luzardo Montenegro (31 March 1952 – 12 March 2014) was a Colombian actress. She was noted for her performance in the soap operas La tregua (1980), La potra zaina (1994), Yo soy Betty, la fea (1999).

Biography

Luzardo was born on 31 March 1952 in Bogotá. She was the younger sister of cinematographer Julio Luzardo and the actress Consuelo Luzardo. Initially, Luzardo expressed interest in studying engineering, but abandoned her studies to pursue her passion for acting in stage and screen. She joined the British Film Institute in London to study editing and montage. Luzardo studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.{{cite web |url =http://www.venevision.com/mundo-show/nota/muere-celmira-luzardo-actriz-de-yo-soy-betty-la-fea |title =Muere Celmira Luzardo, actriz de "Yo Soy Betty La Fea" |accessdate =13 August 2016 |date =13 March 2014 |work =Venevision |language =Spanish |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160827044315/http://www.venevision.com/mundo-show/nota/muere-celmira-luzardo-actriz-de-yo-soy-betty-la-fea |archive-date =27 August 2016 |url-status =live }}

Her first appearance on television was in Volverás a mis brazos, a 1971 Colombian telenovela.{{cite web |url =http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/fallecio-la-actriz-celmira-luzardo-123498 |title =Luto en la televisión colombiana: murió la actriz Celmira Luzardo |accessdate =13 August 2016 |date =13 March 2014 |work =RCN Radio |language =Spanish |url-status =dead |archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140314062215/http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/fallecio-la-actriz-celmira-luzardo-123498 |archivedate =14 March 2014 }} Six years later, she participated in the series Esposos en vacaciones. In 1999, Luzardo played the character of Catalina Angel{{cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/gente/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-13652737.html|title=Fernando Gaitán despide al 'ángel' que transformó a su 'Betty, la fea|work=El Tiempo|date=14 March 2014|accessdate=13 August 2016|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315103707/http://www.eltiempo.com/gente/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-13652737.html|archive-date=15 March 2014|url-status=live}} in the telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea. who is responsible for guiding Betty, the lead character, to improve her style and appearance.{{cite web |url =http://www.eltiempo.com/gente/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-13647618.html |title =Tenía cáncer. Interpretó a Catalina Ángel en 'Yo soy Betty, la fea'. |accessdate =13 March 2014 |date =13 March 2014 |work =El Tiempo |language =Spanish |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140313223214/http://www.eltiempo.com/gente/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-13647618.html |archive-date =13 March 2014 |url-status =live }} On the big screen under director Gustavo Nieto Roa she provided voices in the films Esposos en vacaciones and Colombian Connection. Luzardo also took part in plays like Rosa de dos aromas {{cite web |url =http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/M/murio_la_actriz_celmira_luzardo/murio_la_actriz_celmira_luzardo.asp |title =Murió la actriz Celmira Luzardo |accessdate =13 August 2016 |date =13 March 2014 |work =El Colombiano |language =Spanish |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140530002349/http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/M/murio_la_actriz_celmira_luzardo/murio_la_actriz_celmira_luzardo.asp |archive-date =30 May 2014 |url-status =live }} In the final years of her life, Luzardo retired from acting in film and television, establishing residency in San Andrés, but later moved to her hometown of Bogotá, due to health problems. She died on 12 March 2014 in Bogotá after suffering from respiratory complications resulting from stomach cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/gente/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-13647618.html|title=Murió la actriz Celmira Luzardo|work=El Tiempo|date=13 March 2014|accessdate=13 August 2016|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313223214/http://www.eltiempo.com/gente/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-13647618.html|archive-date=13 March 2014|url-status=live}}

Filmography

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Category:1952 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:Actresses from Bogotá

Category:Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni

Category:Colombian film actresses

Category:Colombian television actresses

Category:Colombian telenovela actresses

Category:Deaths from stomach cancer in Colombia