1. Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan, was a Mexican actress and director.
14 Facts About Beatriz Sheridan
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Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough was born on 12 July 1923 in Mexico City, of a British mother and Mexican father of Irish descent.
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Beatriz Sheridan studied philosophy and letters at the University of Missouri in the United States.
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Beatriz Sheridan was a distinguished student of the famous Japanese director and instructor Seki Sano, to whom she became an assistant in the direction of a number of theatrical montages.
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Beatriz Sheridan worked with Alejandro Jodorowsky in montages like The lesson, Penelope, The sonata of the specters, Fando y Lis and The opera of Order, among others.
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Beatriz Sheridan was a pioneer and director of live readings of poetry and literature.
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Beatriz Sheridan made her film debut in 1963 in the film version of Euripides' The Trojan Women, directed by Sergio Vejar and opposite Ofelia Guilmain, Mercedes Pascual, and other great actresses.
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In 1965 Beatriz Sheridan participated in the film Tajimara, of Juan Jose Gurrola, with Pilar Pellicer and Claudio Obregon.
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Beatriz Sheridan's most remembered cinematographic work was arguably in Confidencias, by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, based on the novel Petalos perennes by Luis Zapata, and acting alongside Maria Rojo.
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Beatriz Sheridan participated in Senda prohibida, the first melodrama produced in Mexico.
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Beatriz Sheridan participated in the telenovelas Vivir un poco, with Angelica Aragon, Alondra, with Ana Colchero and Gonzalo Vega, and Amor real, with Adela Noriega.
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Beatriz Sheridan's first directing appearance was through famed Chilean producer Valentin Pimstein in the telenovela Vivir un poco, where she served as director of dialogue.
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Beatriz Sheridan died on Wednesday, 12 July 2005 at 4:44 am in her apartment in the Colonia San Miguel Chapultepec in Mexico City of a heart attack, at 82 years of age.
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Beatriz Sheridan's ashes were scattered in the Caribbean Sea, facing the beaches of Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico, one of the actress's favorite places where she owned a house.