1. Gloria Evangelina Elizondo Lopez-Llera was a Mexican actress and singer from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
19 Facts About Evangelina Elizondo
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Evangelina Elizondo was an accomplished artist having studied at the National School of Painting and had a degree in theology.
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Gloria Evangelina Elizondo Lopez-Llera was born on 28 April 1929 in Mexico City.
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Evangelina Elizondo's first acting performance, at the Teatro Margo was as a dancer in the 1950 production of Los de abajo by Mariano Azuela.
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Evangelina Elizondo made over 75 films, mostly comedies and musicals, as she did not like dramatic works.
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On 27 May 1960, Evangelina Elizondo, who was participating in the play 30 minutos de amor at the Rotunda Theatre with Ramon Gay, had gone to dinner with Gay after their performance.
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Evangelina Elizondo called for an ambulance and Gay was taken to Ruben Lenero Hospital.
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Evangelina Elizondo succumbed to his wounds on 28 May 1960.
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Shortly after that event, she recorded her first musical album, La sensacional Evangelina Elizondo, which was released in 1961 and she has recorded numerous LPs and CDs.
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Evangelina Elizondo was the first woman to lead an orchestra, which she did for over 12 years.
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Evangelina Elizondo performed in several telenovelas for both Televisa and TV Azteca.
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Evangelina Elizondo studied various art media: acrylic with Froylan Ojeda, murals with Ignacio Aguirre, oils with Jorge Quiroz, who taught her how to paint hands, and attended the National School of Painting "La Esmeralda".
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Evangelina Elizondo studied with the master painter, Jose Bardasano Baos and in 1973, she held her first solo exhibition of her artworks.
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Evangelina Elizondo studied theology and graduated with a bachelor's degree in theology in 1993 from La Salle University.
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Evangelina Elizondo has written a book about art, as well one about philosophy, entitled "Pensamiento Abierto," and published numerous articles.
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In 2004, Evangelina Elizondo began working full-time at the National Association of Actors as Secretary of Labor and Conflicts but was dismissed in 2012.
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Evangelina Elizondo sued and won her case for wrongful termination in 2013.
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Evangelina Elizondo was the recipient of a 2014 Premios Arlequin for her contributions to Mexican culture.
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Evangelina Elizondo died on 2 October 2017 in Mexico City, aged 88.