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Carlos Ancira

He began his professional studies at the Escuela de Arte Teatral del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), in 1946, under the teachings of Clementina Otero, Enrique Ruelas, Earl Senett and Seki Sano. He excelled as an actor in numerous plays: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett; Poor People, by Dostoyevsky; The Diary of a Madman, by Gogol; with which he achieved a memorable dramatization and more than two thousand performances for nearly twenty-five years. He received awards and distinctions, among them, that of actor emeritus of the Moscow Academy of Theater and Performing Arts for his performance in The Diary of a Madman. Carlos Ancira Negrete, actor and playwright, was one of the initiators of the "Theater of the Absurd" in the 1960s. His interest focuses on the values of a dehumanized society and the loneliness of the individual, thus reflecting the moral and psychological conflicts of a central character to whom the author gave all the dramatic force through the monologue, one of his most successful resources, which in turn led to a theatrical representation in which the essence of the work itself and the performer could be seen with greater effect, above the theatrical or scenographic space. He left unfinished a book he was preparing on his theatrical technique, and other plays unpublished. Interested in all expressions of dramatic art, he participated in some two thousand television programs, in 50 cinematographic films, in innumerable radio broadcasts and in dubbing and photonovelas. For 30 years he taught at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Academia de Actores and other teaching centers. In the theater he was an author, adaptor, director and fundamentally an actor. His plays include: Nezahualcóyotl (1951), Después... nada (1954), Imágenes (1973), Pasto rojo, El mundo vacío and Cangrejos (not yet premiered). With Gonzalo Martínez, he composed a 120-episode telenovela based on the life and work of Dostoevsky. He adapted for the stage a novel by Dostoevsky, another by Andreiev and several short stories by Chekhov and directed plays by these authors and by Armando Moock, Ugo Betti, Eugene O'Neill and Jesús R. Guerrero. His repertoire as an actor included some 300 plays. Married to actress Karina Duprez, he died in 1987 of a chronic illness.


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Born:
Aug 20, 1929 In Mexico City, Mexico.
Movie/TV Credits:
30
First Appeared:
In the movie Kid Tabaco 1955-02-17
Latest Project:
Movie The Female Scorpion 1986-10-29
Known For
Poster of Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy
Poster of Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters
Poster of Los mediocres
Poster of Mysteries of Black Magic
Filmography
Movie The Female Scorpion Don Eliseo Mendieta 1986-10-29
Movie Jesús, María y José Caifás 1972-03-23
Movie Panic (segment "Angustia") 1972-06-15
Movie Tú, yo, nosotros Carlos 1972-06-19
Movie Queen Doll 1972-11-08
Movie Jesús, nuestro Señor Caifás 1971-04-08
Movie The Enemy Blood Dimas, the Blind Musician 1971-09-09
Movie Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy Prof. Jiménez 1971-12-09
Movie Fando and Lis Narrator 1970-02-02
Movie Santo and Blue Demon Against the Monsters Bruno Halder 1970-05-14
Movie Alerta, alta tension Cero 1969-02-13
Movie Madame Death Laor 1969-12-28
Movie Everything In Vain Almacenista 1969-05-29
Movie Cinco en la cárcel 1968-12-05
Movie Los mediocres Señor Martínez (segment "El Guajolote") 1966-11-03
Movie The Paper Man Comisario 1963-10-05
Movie La Bandida Cliente burdel 1963-01-01
Movie La entrega de Chucho el Roto 1962-08-17
Movie The Blood of Nostradamus Police Chief 1961-01-01
Movie La furia del ring 1961-11-06
Movie Our Daily Hunger Quique 1960-04-25
Movie Orlak, the Hell of Frankenstein Eric 1960-12-08
Movie El pandillero 1959-01-03
Movie Black Pit of Dr. M Elmer, the orderly 1959-05-13
Movie The Living Coffin Felipe 1959-12-03
Movie Los diablos del terror 1959-06-10
Movie Del suelo no paso Bandido 1959-08-20
Movie Los salvajes Pepeto 1958-03-04
Movie Mysteries of Black Magic Kerobal 1958-11-26
Movie Kid Tabaco 1955-02-17