Claudia Dammert Explained

Claudia Dammert
Birth Name:	María Claudia Dammert Herrera
Birth Date:	17 August 1949
Birth Place:	San Isidro District, Peru
Occupation:	Actress, comedian
Children:	4, including
Awards:	(2016)

María Claudia Dammert Herrera (17 August 1949 – 5 November 2017) was a Peruvian actress and comedian.

Biography

Claudia Dammert was born in San Isidro District, Lima on 17 August 1949, the daughter of María Silvia Herrera Drago and Luis Dammert Muelle.^{[1] [2]} She was the great-granddaughter of Juan Luis Dammert Amsink and the philanthropist Juana Alarco de Dammert, granddaughter of Francisco Dammert Alarco, niece of politician, second niece of Eduardo Dibós Dammert, and second cousin of politician and sociologist Manuel Dammert.

She studied at Colegio Villa María, and after graduation she earned a degree in communication arts at Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri.^[1]

In the 1960s she ventured into the theater, appearing in productions in Lima, Miami, Washington, D.C., Havana, Madrid, and Caracas. She became the first woman to put on one-person shows in Peru.^{[3] [4]}

During the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, Dammert mounted a one-woman play in which she expressed ideas against the revolution, for which she was briefly jailed.^[5]

In 1981, she appeared with Paloma San Basilio and Patxi Andión in the musical Evita, produced in Madrid.^[1]

In 2000, Dammert appeared in the high-profile film Proof of Life with Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.^{[1] [6]} That year, she participated as a political activist, opening the Four Quarters March against the Fujimori government.^[7]

After living in the Ancash mountains for ten years, supporting the strengthening of the Andean identity and worldview with intercultural radio and TV programs, she returned to the theater in 2009 with her one-woman show Más verde que nunca.^[8] In 2010, she acted in the plays and Cómo vivir sin un hombre y no morir en el intento.

Dammert, along with 49 other Peruvian artists, was honored for her career with the Lima Medal in a ceremony organized by the municipality in December 2010.^[9]

In 2011, she returned to television in the telenovela , and appeared in the film The Bad Intentions.^[10] She finished the year with her performance as the two mothers of Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, which was selected to represent Peru at the Ibero-American Theater Festival in Bogotá in March 2012.^[11]

In 2012, she presented the one-woman show Psicomedia.^[3] She reprised this the following year as Psicomedia ¡alto voltage!, with the character Patricia Pardo de Prado.^[4]

In 2016, she appeared in the play Reglas para vivir, and had her first leading film role as Marialicia in Deliciosa fruta seca.^[12] For the former, she won the for Best Theatrical Actress.^[13]

In 2017, Claudia Dammert presented the play Tu madre, la Concho.^[14] She died from a heart attack later that year, on 5 November.^[1]

Her daughter is an actress, radio announcer, and YouTuber.^[15]

Filmography

Film

• (1980) as Nurse
• Proof of Life (2000) as Ginger
• Cuando el cielo es azul (2005)
• The Bad Intentions (2011)
• La herencia (2015)
• (2015)
• Deliciosa fruta seca (2016) as Marialicia
• (2017)
• Gemelos sin cura (2017)

Television

• La Fábrica (1972)
• Matrimonios y algo más (1983)
• Carmín (1984) as Liliana
• Rosa de invierno (1988)
• Mala mujer (1991)
• Energía todo el día, presenter
• (2011) as Gina Calori

Theater

• Evita (1981) (Madrid)
• El ritual de la salamandra (1982) as Evilia (Washington, D.C.)
• Diamantes en almíbar (1984)
• (1985)
• Coser y cantar (1986) (Washington, D.C.)
• Extraño juguete (1986) as Ángela (Washington, D.C.)
• Agnes de Dios (1988)
• (1991)
• (1996) as Chunga (Washington, D.C.)
• Gala en el Watergate (1997) (Washington, D.C.)
• Quíntuples (1998) as Dafne, Bianca, and Carlota Morrison (Washington, D.C. and Havana)
• Claudia hace historia.... Y crea histeria (1992) (Peru, Venezuela, and Cuba)
• Yo Claudia... Yo mujer
• Terapia de grupo para amargados colectivos
• Candidaza al 2000 (2000) Patricia Pardo de Prado
• Más verde que nunca (2009)
• (2010) as Violeta
• Cómo vivir sin un hombre y no morir en el intento (2010)
• La pequeña fiesta (2011)
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold (2011) as Plácida Linero and Pura Vicario
• Lúcido (2012) as Teté
• Psicomedia (2012) as Mani, Linda, Domi, Barbie, and Martirio
• Psicomedia ¡Alto voltaje! (2013) as Patricia Pardo de Prado
• Akaloradas (2013-2014)
• Mujeres de ceniza (2015)
• Reglas para vivir (2016) as Edith
• Atrévete a ser feliz (2016)
• Tu madre, la Concho (2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: La reconocida actriz peruana Claudia Dammert murió a los 68 años . The Distinguished Peruvian Actress Claudia Dammert Dies at 68 . . Spanish . 2017-11-05 . 2021-08-06.
2. News: Claudia Dammert, sus preguntas y sus convicciones sobre la muerte . Claudia Dammert, Her Questions and Her Convictions About Death . El Regional Piurra . Spanish . 2017-11-06 . 2021-08-06.
3. News: Claudia Dammert: 'Fui la primera mujer en hacer unipersonales' . Claudia Dammert: 'I Was the First Woman to Do One-Person Shows' . . Spanish . 2012-09-27 . 2021-08-06.
4. News: Claudia Dammert vuelve a escena con nueva temporada de 'Psicomedia' . Claudia Dammert Returns to the Scene With a New Season of 'Psicomedia' . . Spanish . 2013-02-26 . 2021-08-06.
5. Claudia Dammert, la actriz que fue a la cárcel por un unipersonal . Claudia Dammert, the Actress Who Went to Prison for a One-Woman Show . 15 Minutos . Spanish . 2017-11-06 . 2021-08-06.
6. Book: Screen World 2001 . Proof of Life . John . Willis . Barry . Monush . . 9781557834782 . 155 . 2002-03-25 . 2021-08-06 . Google Books.
7. News: Claudia Dammert: Tuve que vencer mis propios monstruos al mudarme al campo . Claudia Dammert: I had to defeat my own monsters by moving to the country . Fidel . Gutiérrez . . Lima . Spanish . 2009-09-22 . 2021-08-06.
8. News: Claudia Dammert regresa más verde que nunca . Claudia Dammert Returns Greener Than Ever . Tatiana . Perich . El Comercio Blogs . Spanish . 2009-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918234859/http://blogs.elcomercio.pe/entrevistas/2009/08/claudia-dammert-regresa-con-un.html . 2010-09-18 . dead . 2021-08-06.
9. News: Reconocidos actores y cantantes nacionales recibirán la Medalla de Lima . Distinguished National Actors and Singers to Receive the Medal of Lima . . Spanish . 2010-12-29 . 2021-08-06.
10. Web site: Berlinale 2011: Imágenes del rodaje de 'Las malas intenciones' . Berlinale 2011: Images From the Filming of 'The Bad Intentions' . Laslo . Rojas . Cinencuentro . Spanish . 2011-02-07 . 2021-08-06.
11. Web site: Peruanos presentes en Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro en Bogotá . Peruvians Perform at Ibero-American Theater Festival in Bogotá . . Spanish . 2012-03-23 . 2021-08-06.
12. La Gran Fruta . . Spanish . 2019-06-27 . 2021-08-06.
13. News: Claudia Dammert: actriz murió a los 68 años de edad . Claudia Dammert: Actress Dies at 68 . . Lima . Spanish . 2017-11-06 . 2021-08-06.
14. Tu Madre, La Concho . . Spanish . 2017 . 2021-08-06.
15. Web site: Oriana Cicconi: 'Mi mamá se fue como quiso irse' . Oriana Cicconi: 'My Mother left as she wanted to leave' . . Spanish . 2017-11-06 . 2021-08-06.