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| Born | Violeta Rosa Ester Vidaurre Heiremans 12 September 1928 Traiguén, Chile |
| Died | 1 June 2021 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–2016 |
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Violeta Rosa Ester Vidaurre Heiremans (12 September 1928 – 1 June 2021), better known as Violeta Vidaurre, was a Chilean actress with a long television and theater career, with more than 120 characters played since her debut.
For three decades, Vidaurre established herself as one of the most important theater actresses in the cast of the Catholic University's Experimental Theater,[1] collaborating with Eugenio Dittborn, Eugenio Guzmán, Hugo Miller, Víctor Jara, and the American Frank McMullan.[2][3][4] In 1963, she was summoned to play Laura Larraín in La pérgola de las flores by Isidora Aguirre, replacing Silvia Piñeiro,[5] which quickly became a pop culture sensation.[6] She achieved success in television with the comedy Juntos se pasa mejor in 1965, in the family comedy Juani en Sociedad (broadcast from 1967 to 1972), and in the first television adaptation of Martín Rivas in 1970. After the dictatorship she began to work in various university productions and independent companies. She made her way back onto television as a supporting actress in hit telenovelas such as the comedies Sol tardío and La Colorina (1975–1978) by Arturo Moya Grau, and in De cara al mañana (1982) by María Elena Gertner.
She also performed in emblematic telenovelas such as La represa, La torre 10, La dama del balcón, La Villa, Mi nombre es Lara, A la sombra del ángel, Amor a domicilio, Adrenalina, A todo dar, Romané, Pampa Ilusión, and El circo de las Montini.
In 2015, she stood as the sole female candidate among five selected for the National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts, ultimately won by actor Héctor Noguera. That year, she garnered numerous tributes and acknowledgments for her extensive contributions to the performing arts. National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts,[7] whose winner was actor Héctor Noguera. In the same year, she received several tributes and recognitions for her vast career in the performing arts.
Her last performances included appearances in various television series and some valued performances in independent theater companies, allowing herself to be honored in each presentation.
- ^ Escudero, Alfonso M. (1967). Apuntes sobre el teatro en Chile [Notes on Theater in Chile] (in Spanish). Ministry of Education Department of Culture and Publication. p. 26. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Palles, Jordi (31 July 2016). "Experiencia comercial, y de la otra..." [Commercial Experience, and Other...]. Mis vivencias (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Escala Escobar, Manuel; Fortin, Carlos; Fuentealba Jiménez, Fernando (1985). Historia didáctica de Chile crono-antológica [Didactic History of Chrono-Anthological Chile] (in Spanish). Ediciones Hernández-Blanco. p. 1006. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Munizaga, Giselle; de la Luz Hurtado, María (1980). Testimonios del teatro: 35 años de teatro en la Universidad Católica [Theater Testimonials: 35 Years of Theater at the Catholic University] (in Spanish). Ediciones Nueva Universidad. p. 166. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Figuras recuerdan a Silvia Piñeiro con críticas al ambiente artístico actual" [Figures Remind Sylvia Piñeiro of the Current Artistic Environment] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Criterio, Volume 35, Issues 1399-1422 (in Spanish). Editorial Surgo. 1962. p. 828. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bahamondes Ch., Pedro (25 August 2015). "¿Quiénes compiten por la máxima distinción del teatro en Chile?" [Who is Competing for the Highest Theater Distinction in Chile?]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2018.