Bélgica Castro Sierra ([ˈbelxika ˈkastɾo]; 6 March 1921 â€" 6
March 2020) was a Chilean stage, film, and television actress.During
her career she participated in more than 100 plays. She also acted in
numerous Chilean films, including Hollywood es asà [es] (1944) by
Jorge Délano and The Good Life (2008) by Andrés Wood. Under the
direction of Ricardo LarraÃn she participated in Chile puede (2008),
where she played a Russian scientist, a role for which she received
the Paoa Award of the Viña del Mar International Film Festival for
Best National Lead Actress and the APES Award for Best Supporting
Actress. She also won the 1995 National Prize for Performing and
Audiovisual Arts.Bélgica Castro, the daughter of Spanish anarchist
parents, was born in Concepción and studied in Temuco. In 1940, she
traveled to Santiago to study Spanish at the Pedagogical Institute
[es] of the University of Chile, where she joined the theater group
Cadip. Then, along with other young artists led by Pedro de la Barra,
she founded the Experimental Theater of the University of Chile [es]
in 1941. Hired by the BBC, she spent 1949 in London.
March 2020) was a Chilean stage, film, and television actress.During
her career she participated in more than 100 plays. She also acted in
numerous Chilean films, including Hollywood es asà [es] (1944) by
Jorge Délano and The Good Life (2008) by Andrés Wood. Under the
direction of Ricardo LarraÃn she participated in Chile puede (2008),
where she played a Russian scientist, a role for which she received
the Paoa Award of the Viña del Mar International Film Festival for
Best National Lead Actress and the APES Award for Best Supporting
Actress. She also won the 1995 National Prize for Performing and
Audiovisual Arts.Bélgica Castro, the daughter of Spanish anarchist
parents, was born in Concepción and studied in Temuco. In 1940, she
traveled to Santiago to study Spanish at the Pedagogical Institute
[es] of the University of Chile, where she joined the theater group
Cadip. Then, along with other young artists led by Pedro de la Barra,
she founded the Experimental Theater of the University of Chile [es]
in 1941. Hired by the BBC, she spent 1949 in London.
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