Elena Zuasti
{{short description|Uruguayan stage actress and comedian}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Elena Zuasti
| birthname = Elena Zuasti
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|5|18}}
| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|4|8|1935|5|18}}
| death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay
| occupation = Actress, teacher
| spouse =
}}
Elena Zuasti (May 18, 1935{{cite web|url=http://www.coloniacom.com/pag/extendida.php/3734/elena-zuasti-60-anos-a-puro-teatro|title=Elena Zuasti - 60 años a puro Teatro|date=19 August 2010|publisher=colonia.com|accessdate=9 April 2011|language=es|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007193445/http://www.coloniacom.com/pag/extendida.php/3734/elena-zuasti-60-anos-a-puro-teatro|archivedate=7 October 2011}} – April 8, 2011) was a Uruguayan stage actress and comedian.{{cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.com.uy/cultura/207196-un-reencuentro-con-el-teatro|title=Un reencuentro con el teatro|author=La República|date=5 April 2006|accessdate=9 April 2011|language=es}}
Biography
Zuasti was born in Montevideo in 1935. She graduated twenty years later from the Dramatic Art School and managed to enter the National Comedy, where she remained until 1976. She also taught stage performance for many decades, combining the teaching with her work as an actress. She worked, among other places, at the Faustan Italy Theater Company (in Spanish, Compañía Teatral Italia Fausta) and at Comediantes.com, which belongs to the Uruguay-United States Alliance.{{cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/110409/pespec-558964/espectaculos/dolor-en-el-teatro-murio-elena-zuasti/|title=Dolor en el teatro: Murió Elena Zuasti|author=|date=9 April 2011|publisher=El País|accessdate=9 April 2011|language=es}}
She was one of the first actresses to perform on Uruguayan radio programs, introducing a practice which was unpopular in the country. She also adapted many European plays, some of which included Irish playwright Samuel Beckett's plays.
Zuasti was also a television and film actress. Some of her featured projects include El año del dragón, A cara o cruz and La espera (2002).
She died on April 8, 2011, probably following a heart attack{{cite web|url=http://espectador.com/1v4_contenido.php?id=209612&sts=0|title=Murió Elena Zuasti|date=9 April 2011|publisher=El Espectador|accessdate=9 April 2011|language=es|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001060144/http://espectador.com/1v4_contenido.php?id=209612&sts=0|archivedate=1 October 2011}} while performing her character Martiniana on stage for the play Barranca abajo «Downhill». Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.{{cite web|url=http://www.observa.com.uy/MasLeidas/nota.aspx?id=111601 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530230033/http://www.observa.com.uy/MasLeidas/nota.aspx?id=111601 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 May 2012 |title=Murió la reconocida actriz Elena Zuasti |author= |date=9 April 2011 |publisher=observa.com.uy |accessdate=9 April 2011 |language=es }}
Filmography
- El ojo en la nuca (2001)
- La espera (2002)
- Uruguayos campeones (2004)
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|1214839}}
- [http://www.montevideo.com.uy/nottiempolibre_135418_1.html Article on Elena Zuasti's death] {{in lang|es}}
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Category:Uruguayan film actresses
Category:Uruguayan stage actresses