Actress Herminia Sánchez dies in Havana at the age of 99

MADRID, Spain.- The actress Herminia María Sánchez Quintana died this Thursday in Havana at the age of 99. Although born in Barcelona, ​​she moved to Cuba at the age of six, where she developed an extensive career in film, theater and television.

National Theater Award 2019, Sánchez is remembered by the Cuban audience for her performances in the adventures Black and White Yes and the soap opera Diana. For the cinema, she intervened in films such as Lucia, Hello Hemingway Y Havana-Eva.

However, his greatest imprint is related to the theater, where his first performances were in the plays The discreet loverby Lope de Vega; Y electrica, by Sophocles, in which he shared the stage with Rosita FornesAsenneh Rodríguez, Adolfo Llauradó, Raquel Revuelta and Abelardo Estorino, among others.

In addition, she was an actress, playwright and founder of the Escambray Theater. For this group she wrote her first piece, escambray mambi.

The National Council of Performing Arts, when giving the News of his death, he expressed: “Today Cuba receives the sad news of the death in Havana of Herminia Sánchez, actress, playwright and founder of the Escambray Theater. With a long life dedicated entirely to the theater”.

Herminia Sánchez says goodbye…#CubaIsCulture https://t.co/SkzUWLnguX

— National Council of Performing Arts Cuba (@ArtEscenicasCub) December 1, 2022

He was also part of the groups Teatro Estudio, Teatro de Participación Popular and the Conjunto Dramático Nacional.

About his time on the stage the filmmaker Fernando Perez He had expressed: “Sánchez constitutes a jewel of Cuban culture for his contributions to popular theater and for the way in which he has managed to bring it to life showing authenticity, organicity and passion.”

In recognition of his career, he also received numerous awards, including the Distinction for National Culture; the 2017 Caricato Award and the 2019 Actuar Award for Lifetime Work.

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