Juan Manuel Tenuta

Juan Manuel Tenuta ( born January 23, 1924 in Fray Bentos; † November 5, 2013 ) was a Uruguayan actor.

Juan Manuel Tenuta was married to actress Adela Gleijer. His daughter Andrea Tenuta is also active in this area. Tentua worked mainly in Argentina, where he settled in 1974 in Buenos Aires. He also toured America, Europe and Asia and was in the course of his career, both in the theater, on television, on the radio and in the movies present. For two years he worked for the Venezuelan television. In Buenos Aires he worked as early as the age of 14 in theaters as a claque. In 1940 he moved with the theater group of "Chiquita " Dassori as ham by Uruguay. In 1941, he joined the guided by director Manuel Domínguez Santa María Ensemble at the Teatro del Pueblo. In 1947, he toured as a puppeteer with the ensemble of Rosita Bafficos " El duende ". In 1949 he was one of the founders of Teatro El Galpón. He had in 1985 in the movie " Esperando la Carroza " His most significant role. There he played the man from China Zorrilla. Overall, he starred in over 35 films. Among the films in which he starred, is one example, " Momentos robados " directed by O. Barney Finn. In it, he played in 1996 on the side of Antonio Larreta. In 1998, he was seen in Pablo Rodríguez ' " Maldita cocaína ". In particular, from the mid-1990s he took on increasingly theatrical engagements.

In 1994 he was awarded the Premio in Buenos Aires " Sin Corte ". Appeared in 1995 in Montevideo, the book " Antes que me Olvidé " Héctor Puyo, which to me is concerned the life Tenutas. He was honored as best actor for his role in " Locos de verano " 1999. In the following year he received a nomination in that division for his involvement in " Las mujeres de alegres Shakespeare".

In addition to his theater career, he worked at that time also around 25 years for the Automóvil Club del Uruguay. He was chairman of the Sociedad Uruguaya de Actores ( SUA), the Uruguayan acting union.

Filmography (excerpt)

  • " Esperando la Carroza ", 1985
  • " Momentos robados ", 1996
  • " Maldita cocaína ", 1998
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