MarÃa Adela Maluenda Campos (6 March 1920 â€" 29 August 2011) was a
Chilean actress and politician. She was a militant of the Communist
Party and the Party for Democracy, and a member of the Chamber of
Deputies from 1965 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994.She was an active defender
of human rights during the Chilean military dictatorship, especially
after the death of her son, the sociologist José Manuel Parada
Maluenda [es] in the Caso Degollados (Degollados Case).The daughter of
Juan AgustÃn Maluenda Vidaurre and MarÃa Campos Gutiérrez, MarÃa
Maluenda completed her primary and secondary studies at Liceo No. 4 in
Recoleta. She attended the University of Chile, where she studied law
for one year and pedagogy in Spanish for another. Later she dedicated
herself to acting, in which she was self-taught.In 1941, Maluenda was
part of the group that founded the University of Chile's Experimental
Theater [es]. Its first production was La guardia cuidadosa, starring
Maluenda. Three years later, she was the protagonist of the film
Hollywood es asà [es], directed by Jorge Délano, one of the first
Chilean talkies. She also performed in radio dramas and worked for the
BBC.
Chilean actress and politician. She was a militant of the Communist
Party and the Party for Democracy, and a member of the Chamber of
Deputies from 1965 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994.She was an active defender
of human rights during the Chilean military dictatorship, especially
after the death of her son, the sociologist José Manuel Parada
Maluenda [es] in the Caso Degollados (Degollados Case).The daughter of
Juan AgustÃn Maluenda Vidaurre and MarÃa Campos Gutiérrez, MarÃa
Maluenda completed her primary and secondary studies at Liceo No. 4 in
Recoleta. She attended the University of Chile, where she studied law
for one year and pedagogy in Spanish for another. Later she dedicated
herself to acting, in which she was self-taught.In 1941, Maluenda was
part of the group that founded the University of Chile's Experimental
Theater [es]. Its first production was La guardia cuidadosa, starring
Maluenda. Three years later, she was the protagonist of the film
Hollywood es asà [es], directed by Jorge Délano, one of the first
Chilean talkies. She also performed in radio dramas and worked for the
BBC.
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