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Raquel Olmedo

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Raquel Olmedo
Background information
Birth nameSiomara Anicia Orama Leal
Born (1937-12-30) 30 December 1937 (age 86)
Caibarién, Las Villas, Cuba
GenresPop, folk, Mariachi, world
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1956–present
LabelsCBS (1977–1983)
WebsiteRaquelOlmedo.com

Raquel Olmedo (pronounced [raˈkel olˈmeðo]; born Siomara Anicia Orama Leal on 30 December 1937) is a Cuban-born Mexican actress and singer. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico in 1959. She performed in the last years of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Biography

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Olmedo was born in Caibarién, Las Villas, Cuba, and began her career there in theatre singing opera. In the wake of the 1959 Cuban revolution, Olmedo came to Mexico in 1959 as an unknown artist. She did a little work in the movie business before finally landing a small role in the telenovela La sombra del otro in 1963.[citation needed]

Following a starring role in the 1975 telenovela Lo Imperdonable, Olmedo got a record deal with CBS Records and released her first album, Mitad Mujer, Mitad Gaviota. Her career as a singer proved initially successful, with the title track from this record (written by Lolita De La Colina) becoming a radio hit. She toured throughout all Latin America in the coming years while continuing her television and film work. In the coming years, she released a total of five albums, her last being the ranchera album Mañana Ya Ni Vengas in 1983, produced by ranchera song arranger Pedro Ramirez, best known for his work with Javier Solís and Vicente Fernández.[citation needed]

Her most recent role on the television series Barrera de amor proved to be one of her most successful roles. This was also one of the first times she played a villain.[citation needed]

For her work in television, Olmedo was inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias in 1984. [1]

Albums

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  • Mitad Mujer, Mitad Gaviota (1977)
  • Tu, Siempre Tu (1979)
  • No Señora (1980)
  • La Fuerza De Una Voz Que Impone El Cambio (1982)
  • Mañana Ya Ni Vengas (1983)
  • Con el Alma en Cueros (2009)

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1967 Don Juan 67
1971 Siempre hay una primera vez Susana Uncredited
Segment: "Isabel"
1972 Pepito y la lámpara maravillosa Señorita Ramírez
1974 Presagio Isabel
1974 Conserje para todo Clodomira
1974 Tráiganlos vivos o muertos
1976 Coronación Dora
1978 El arracadas
1978 La plaza de Puerto Santo Florinda
1979 Cuando tejen las arañas Julia
1979 Los indolentes Josefa
1979 La pistolera
1986 Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate Eloisa Araiza

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1963 La sombra del otro Television debut
1967 La casa de las fieras
1970 La cruz de Marisa Cruces Raquel
1972 Las gemelas Laura
1972 Las fieras Edith Brisson
1973 Cartas sin destino
1974 La tierra Raymunda
1975 Lo imperdonable Bertha Duval
1978 Viviana Sonia
1978 Doménica Montero Norma
1979 Elisa Elisa
1983 El maleficio Yuliana Pietri
1986 Martín Garatuza Princesa de Eboli
1989 Lo blanco y lo negro Soledad
1989 Atrapada Marcia
1995 Bajo un mismo rostro Cassandra Teodorakis
1997 Esmeralda Dominga
1999 Amor Gitano Manina
2001 Atrévete a Olvidarme La Coronela
2002 ¡Vivan los niños! Alarica Caradura
2004 Mujer, casos de la vida real "La fuerza de un sueño II" (Season 21, Episode 23)
2005 Piel de otoño Triana Gallastegui
2005–2006 Barrera de amor Jacinta López de Valladolid
2008 La rosa de Guadalupe Conchita Episode: "Un camino difícil de andar"
2009–2010 Mar de amor Luz Garabán 150 episodes
2010–2011 Teresa Oriana Guijarro Moreno
2012 Abismo de pasión Ramona
2014 La malquerida Rosa
2014 Como dice el dicho Laura "Nada es verdad, nada es mentira" (Season 4, Episode 7)
2015 Pasión y poder Gisela Fuentes[1]

|2018 Amar sin Ley

Awards and nominations

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TVyNovelas Awards

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Year Category Telenovela Result
1998 Best First Actress Esmeralda Nominated
2006 Piel de otoño
2013 Abismo de pasión Won
Best Co-star Actress Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "1937: Llega al mundo Raquel Olmedo, famosa actriz de cine y televisión". El Siglo de Torreón. 30 December 2015.
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