| Isabel Moreno | |
| Birth Name: | Isabel Moreno Pérez |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
| Death Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Spouse: | Gaspar González |
Isabel Moreno Pérez (28 January 1942 – 9 June 2024) was a Cuban actress. She worked in Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States, where she later resided. She is known for playing characters such as Teresa Trebijo, La Santiaguera, Chachi, La Mexicana, Soledad Mendoza, Cachita, and Bernarda Alba.
Isabel Moreno was born in Havana on 28 January 1942, the only daughter of Eugenio Moreno and Isabel Pérez. She was married to actor Gaspar González from the 1970s onwards. They had two daughters and a son.
Moreno died on 9 June 2024, at the age of 82.[1]
Moreno's beginnings were in the theater, where she spent most of her artistic career, although she ventured into film and television.
In the 1960s, she became involved in the cultural movement of Havana and the formation of several theater groups. She made her debut as an amateur in the play La taza de café, directed by Juan Rodolfo Amán. She participated in the First Worker and Peasant Theater Festival in 1962 with La fablilla del secreto bien guardado.
In 1961, she joined a group of young actors with training in mime and body language under the orders of the French professor Pierre Chausat. She belonged to theater groups such as the Conjunto Dramático Nacional, Las Máscaras, La Rueda, and Guernica, appearing in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, Réquiem por Yarini by Carlos Felipe Hernández, The Threepenny Opera, Aire frío by Virgilio Piñera, and Entremeses japoneses by Yukio Mishima.[2]
Moreno joined Grupo Teatro Estudio in 1969, and remained with it for more than 20 years. She taught at the National Art School of Cuba and the Instituto Superior de Arte for several years. In the early 1990s, she emigrated to Venezuela. Her first roles there were in telenovelas on networks such as, RCTV, and Venevisión. In early 2001 she arrived in the United States, where she worked in television and theater, with sporadic appearances in film.
Under the direction of and with the mentorship of, Berta Martínez, and Armando Suárez del Villar, among others, she participated in more than 20 plays, and alternated theater with roles in Cuban cinema and television.[3] This was the most fruitful stage of her career in Cuba. In turn, she made several national and international tours with the company to Spain and other European countries. Some of her most prominent roles were:
| Year | Title | Director | Character | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | I Am Cuba | University student | ||
| 1967 | El bautizo | Lita | ||
| 1968 | Lucía | Lucía's friend | ||
| 1968 | La ausencia | Alberto Roldán | ||
| 1973 | El extraño caso de Rachel K | Doris | ||
| 1986 | A Successful Man | Berta | ||
| 1989 | The Beauty of the Alhambra | La Mexicana | ||
| 1989 | Clara | |||
| 1990 | Mujer transparente | Héctor Veitía, Mayra Segura, etc. | Isabel | |
| 1990 | Solteronas en el atardecer | |||
| 1994 | Deadly Weapon | James Lloyd | CIA Commander | |
| 1999 | Brenda busca empleo | Marion | ||
| 2010 | Dos veces Ana | Dominique |
| Year | Title | Director | Character | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Hoy es siempre todavía | Chachi | ||
| 1987 | La séptima familia | Graciela | ||
| 1990 | La Botija | Teo's aunt | ||
| 1992 | Madre Alejandra | |||
| 1993 | Cuando el agua regresa a la tierra | Altagracia | ||
| 1993 | El paseo de la Gracia de Dios | Soledad Mendoza | ||
| 1994 | Cruz de nadie | Dolores | ||
| 1996 | Pecado de amor | Amalia Márquez | ||
| 1996 | El perdón de los pecados | Claudio Callao | Hilda Cristina Ramos | |
| 1997 | Amor mío | Claudio Callao | Carmen de Briceño | |
| 1999 | Toda mujer | Jade | ||
| 1999 | Cuando hay pasión | Emperatriz Malave | ||
| 2000 | Amantes de luna llena | Cesar Bolívar | Angustias | |
| 2001 | Not Love, Just Frenzy | Carlos Izquierdo | Corazón | |
| 2002 | Gata Salvaje | Mercedes Salazar | ||
| 2004 | Anita no te rajes | Cachita Moret | ||
| 2006 | Tierra de Pasiones | Danny Gavídia | Nana | |
| 2008 | Amor Comprado | Yaki Ortega | Rosa | |
| 2009 | Alma indomable | Yaki Ortega, etc. | Rafaela Pérez | |
| 2015 | Ruta 35 | Otto Rodríguez | Doña Conchita | |
| 2016 | ¿Quién es quién? | Luis Manzo | Doña Sara | |
| 2017 | La Fan | David Posada | Mother of Carlos López "Mami" | |
| 2017 | Milagros de Navidad | Otto Rodríguez | Doña Catalina "Cata" | |
| 2019 | Betty en NY | Doña Inés "Inesita" Sandoval | ||
| 2021 | La suerte de Loli | Doña Catalina | ||
| 2022 | La mujer de mi vida | Doña Beba Beatriz Salcedo |