On television he was part of productions such as “Sin losing la ternura”, “Lashonadas”, “El Año que Nex”, and “Tierra brava”.
LIMA, Peru – The Cuban theater, film and television actress, Miriam Learra, died this Saturday in Havana at the age of 88.
The playwright Norge Espinosa dedicated a publication to the artist in recognition of her career, pointing out her education through a scholarship in Prague and her joining Teatro Estudio in 1966.
In the theater group, which he would lead between 1993 and 1995, Learra worked with the best directors in works such as The round, Doña Rosita the single, blood wedding, Galileo Galilei, The golden calf, Don Gil of the green tights and many others.
“She continued her career at the Hubert de Blanck Company starting in the 90s. She was a student, among others, of Adolfo de Luis and Vicente Revuelta,” Espinosa highlights.
Born in 1936, Miriam Learra had a long career, especially in the theater on the Island, although she was also part of projects in the country’s cinema and small screen that brought her greater notoriety.
On television he acted in children’s programs and in soap operas as The seventh family, Without losing tenderness, The honest, next year, between screens and rough land.
Likewise, his credits in the seventh art include films such as One day in November (1972), directed by Humberto Solás; The brigadier (1977); That long night (1979); and Mambi (1997).
Between 1977 and 1980, Learra also taught classes at the National School of Art; and from 1982 to 1984 she was the president of the Theater Section of the Performing Arts Association of the official National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).
In recognition of her artistic work, she was awarded various awards such as the Award for Best Female Performance at the first Havana Theater Festival and the Award for Best Female Performance at the Sitges Theater Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
Miriam Learra performed on and off the island. She took part in the Moscow festivals, Fitei in Portugal, Sitges in Spain, Bitef in Yugoslavia, Ostrava in the Czech Republic and at the Spanish Repertory Theater in New York.
