Actores sobresalientes

USA

Norma Jeane Mortenson (Los Angeles, California, USA, June 1, 1926-ibid, August 5, 1962) better known in the art world by his pen name Marilyn Monroe, was one of the most popular actresses in American cinema of the century XX considered as a pop icon and a symbol sexual.1

In 1945, Mortenson began working as a model and later began his career in Hollywood with the stage name Marilyn Monroe. Since the late 1940s, he appeared in many small roles, thanks to a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox; during this stage include their shares in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and All About Eve (1950). Her first starring role was in the film scored 1952 Do not Bother to Knock. His period of greatest popularity came from the following year, when he led such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). After enrolling in the Actor's Studio, was praised by critics for his work in Bus Stop (1956). Simultaneously, in collaboration with Milton Greene, Marilyn Monroe founded Productions.2 His leading more he praised was the Sugar Kane for the 1939 film Some Like it Hot (1959), by which even won a Golden Globe for best actress comedy or musical.3 in his later years acted in films like Let's Make Love (1960) and The Misfits (1960).

She was married three times, with James Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller and attributed engagements with Bobby and John Kennedy brothers. He died on August 5, 1962 due to an overdose of barbiturates in never clarified circumstances. The first hypothesis that shuffled the US justice was suicide, but this could never be corroborated.

MÉXICO

Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (Mexico City, Mexico, August 12, 1911-Mexico City, April 20, 1993) was a Mexican actor and comedian, winner of the Golden Globe in 1956.

It enjoyed enormous popularity with the interpretation of his character Cantinflas, a messenger from the slums which originated typical peeling man. The character was associated with part of the national identity of Mexico, especially of the lower classes, and allowed Moreno establish a long and successful film career that included a stake in Hollywood.

It is said that the style of comedy to escape, disguised as "peladito" took the comedian Manuel Medel.1 It was said of Mario Moreno is the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico".

Although some of his films were dubbed into English and French, and that their work was well received among the public in France, as individual games Spanish words were difficult to translate. His major success achieved among Spanish-speaking audiences in Latin America and Spain, where he still has many admirers.

As a pioneer of Mexican cinema, Mario Moreno helped its flowering during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Besides actor and entrepreneur, also came into the politics of Mexico. Although he was conservative, his reputation as a spokesman for the unprotected gave him authenticity and became an important figure in the fight against union charrismo, which is the practice of one-party government, to manage and control unions.

U.K

Sirn Ian Murray McKellen, (Burnley, May 25, 1939) is a British actor of stage and screen, Oscar-nominated twice and won the Golden Globe and Tony awards. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theater to popular fantasy and science fiction. His best-known roles were in plays of Shakespeare and blockbuster movies such as X-Men movies, 6 The Lord of the Anillosn. , The Hobbit and the controversial global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code.

He is openly gay and a known activist for the rights of homosexuals, while one member among the founders of Stonewall, one of the organizations most influential LGBT rights

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