Maru Dueñas (born María Eugenia Dueñas Posadas; October 3, 1967 – November 11, 2017) was a Mexican actress, director and producer.

Maru Dueñas
Born
María Eugenia Dueñas Posadas

October 3, 1967
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedNovember 11, 2017(2017-11-11) (aged 50)
Occupation(s)Actress, director, producer
Years active1990–2017

Dueñas studied at the Andrés Soleracademy and later at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa in 1986.[1]

Death

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Dueñas died in a car accident on November 11, 2017, when the truck in which she was traveling, owned by the Televisa company, hit a truck at kilometer 46 of the Mexico-Cuernavaca highway. The director Claudio Reyes Rubio, son of the Mexican actress María Rubio, also died in the accident.[2]

Filmography

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Television

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Films

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  • Hasta morir (1994) as Diana

Theatre

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  • La jaula de las locas[3]
  • A Chorus Line
  • Cats
  • Las bodas de Fígaro
  • Un tipo con suerte
  • La isla del tesoro
  • El príncipe feliz
  • La leyenda del beso
  • Nosotras que nos queremos tanto
  • Gypsy (musical)
  • Expreso astral
  • Adorables enemigas
  • Orgasmos
  • Solo quiero hacerte feliz
  • Placer o no ser
  • Scherezada[4]
  • Nosotras que nos queremos tanto
  • El show de Jerry Lewis sin Jerry Lewis
  • La misma gata pero con botas

Short films

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  • Letras capitales (1993)
  • La crisálida (1996)

Direction

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  • Papi piernas largas (2017)

Dialogue

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Production

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  • En busca de una familia feliz (1986)
  • Cinexxxitarse (1996)

References

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  1. ^ "Maru Dueñas", Cea. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Muere la actriz Maru Dueñas en accidente de tránsito", Jornada, November 11, 2017. (in Spanish) [dead link]
  3. ^ Jorge Rodarte, Maru Dueñas debuta con éxito en "La jaula de las locas", Debate, June 5, 2016. (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Maru Dueñas, una apasionada de la actuación", El Universal, November 11, 2017. (in Spanish)
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