| Leonor Llausás | |
| Birth Name: | Leonor Llausás Tostado |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Durango, México |
| Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality: | Mexican |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1953-1997 |
Leonor Llausás Tostado (August 3, 1929 - February 13, 2003) was a Mexican television and film actress who appeared in over 100 works of film and television. She was nominated multiple times for the Ariel Awards and won a Best Actress award in 1955 from the film Los Fernandez we peralvillo, in 1975 won Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) for Las poquianchis. She also was awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" medal of honor by the Mexican National Association of Actors.
Leonor Llausás Tostado was born in Durango, Mexico on August 3, 1929. She studied acting under the Japanese master, Seki Sano and debuted on stage in 1952 with Edmundo Baez's play, "Un Alfiler en los Ojos" (A Pin in the Eyes).[1]
The following year she made her film debut in the film "El vagabundo" (The Wanderer) with Germán Valdés, known more widely as "Tin Tan". She was a prolific actress on both film and television, starring in movies such as "Ensayo de un crimen" (Test of a Crime) by Luis Buñuel; "Viva Tepito"; "Los Fernández of Peralvillo" (Fernandez of Peralvillo), based on the novel by Juan H. Durán y Casahonda; and "Las Poquianchis". She was nominated for an Ariel for "Viva Tepito", won an Ariel for Best Actress for "Los Fernández and from Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) for "Las Poquianchis".
She had her television debut in 1973 with the production, "Penthouse".[2] She went on to perform in many important telenovelas such as "Tal Como Somos" (As We Are), "Juana Iris", "Martín Garatuza", "La Pasión de Isabela" (The Passion of Isabela) and "El Reto" (The Challenge), as well as "El Premio Mayor" (The Jackpot).
In 1987 she was awarded the "Virginia Fabregas" medal of honor by the National Association of Actors (ANDA). Some of her later roles were in films such as Historia de una mujer escandalosa" (1984), "Asesinato en la Plaza Garibaldi" (1987) y "Pánico en el bosque" (1989).[3]
Her last job was as an actress in the telenovela "Salud, dinero y amor" (Health, money and love), the sequel to "The Jackpot", in which she was playing the protagonist's mother.[4]
She died on February 13, 2003, in Mexico City.