Actress Herminia Sánchez, National Theater Award in Cuba, died in Havana

Actress Herminia Sanchezknown for her work in radio, theatre, film and television in Cuba, He died Thursday in Havana at the age of 99.

The University of the Arts in the island’s capital, where he was a tenured professor, has announced the death of the 2019 National Theater Award winner and founder of the Escambray Theater ensemble. In a message In its Twitter profile, the institution has ensured that this death supposes “a great loss for the Cuban theater”.

According to official publication from National Council of Performing Arts, which did not provide details on the cause of Sánchez’s deaththis was born in 1923 in Barcelona, ​​​​​​Spain, but studied at the Seminary of Dramatic Arts of the University of Havana in the 1950s.

The actress played universal theater classics and in the 1960s joined the group of the Teatro de Participación Popular, as well as making her debut as a playwright for the Teatro Escambray. You have also worked with the National Theatre, the National Dramatic Ensemble and the Teatro Estudio.

of that period His performance in the first story of Lucy (1968), fictional feature film by Humberto Solás, together with Raquel Revuelta. She also starred under the orders of director Fernando Pérez in Hi Hemingway (1990).

In the 1980s he alternated his work in cinema, television and theatre, In addition to becoming a tenured professor of acting career at the Istituto Superiore d’Arte (ISA).

Just a week ago, the National Council for the Performing Arts awarded her the Marta Jiménez Oropesa Distinction, which is awarded by the Actuar arts agency to important cultural personalities on the island.