Anna Lizaran Explained

Birth Date:1944 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:Esparreguera, Catalonia,
Death Place:Barcelona, Catalonia,
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1976–2012
Notable Works:La plaça del Diamant, Actrius, High Heels, Herois, Agost, Forasters, La Via Augusta, L'un per l'altre, Porca Misèria

Anna Lizaran (31 August 1944 – 12 January 2013[1]) was a Catalan actress of stage, film and television.

Biography

Early life

Lizaran's father was a mechanic and her mother a dressmaker. She showed enormous interest in the theatre when she was a child and studied theatre in the Centre d'Estudis Experimentals of Barcelona and was one of the first members of Els Comediants. In 1974, she moved to Paris to study with the mime Jacques Lecoq.[2] [3]

Career

When Lizaran returned to Barcelona in 1976, she started working in the Teatre Lliure. She since starred in such celebrated Spanish movies as High Heels (together with co-star Penélope Cruz) and Actrius.[4] In 1996, she directed the TV show Arsènic i puntes de coixí for television. In 2005, she performed the character Rosa for the second season of the TV3 sitcom L'un per l'altre.[5]

In her later years she performed in the television series La Via Augusta (2007), the film Herois (2010), and her latest theater performance was for the Catalan adaptation of as Violet and broke records for the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.[6]

Death

Lizaran died in the Hospital Clínic, Barcelona on the morning of 12 January 2013 of cancer at age 68.[7] The cancer was diagnosed three months before her death. She was unable to release her latest theater work, La Bête.[8]

Filmography

Theater

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L'actriu Anna Lizaran mor als 68 anys a causa d'un càncer. Catalan. 3/24. 12 January 2013. 12 January 2013.
  2. News: Fallece Anna Lizaran, la gran dama del Teatre Lliure. Antón. Jacinto. 2013-01-12. El País. 2019-12-16. es. 1134-6582.
  3. Web site: ANNA LIZARAN. Academia del cinema. ca-ca. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191216205407/https://www.academiadelcinema.cat/es/component/zoo/item/anna-lizaran . 2019-12-16 . 2019-12-16.
  4. http://www.film.com/celebrities/anna-lizaran/14557905 Film.com
  5. Web site: L'un per l'altre: Actors . . 12 January 2013 . Catalan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121110181419/http://www.tv3.cat/programa/133403792/Lun-per-laltre/Actors . 10 November 2012 .
  6. Web site: 'Agost' torna a exhaurir totes les entrades i prorroga fins al juliol. Ara. 14 May 2013. 12 January 2013 . Catalan.
  7. Web site: Mor l'actriu catalana Anna Lizaran als 68 anys a conseqüència d'un càncer. Catalan. El Periódico de Catalunya. 12 January 2013. 12 January 2013.
  8. Web site: "La Bête" dóna finalment el tret de sortida a l'última temporada de Belbel com a director del TNC. Catalan. 3/24. 26 October 2012. 12 January 2013.