Mercedes Palomino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish actress
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Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
About Mercedes Palomino
- Mercedes Palomino (February 2, 1913 – April 18, 2006) was a Spanish-born Quebec actor and theatre director.She was born in Barcelona and moved to Argentina with her family at the age of five.
- Palomino studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts there, She went on to a career as a journalist and on radio.
- During the 1940s, she worked as an actor in Chile.
- She next worked as head of the theatre section of Radio-Lima.
- Palomino worked for CBS in New York City in 1946.
- Then, she worked in Paris as a reporter for La Prensa.
- In 1948, Palomino came to Montreal on assignment.
- Later that same year, with Yvette Brind'Amour, she founded the Théâtre du Rideau Vert.
- From 1953 to 1965, she was producer of Spanish services at Radio Canada International.Palomino was awarded the Order of Canada in 1983.
- She received the Prix Victor-Morin in 1991, the Gascon-Thomas Award in 1992, a lifetime achievement award from the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards in 1994 and, also in 1994, was named a Chevalier in the National Order of Quebec.
- From 1969 to 1982, she served on the board of governors for the National Theatre School of Canada.
- From 1971 to 1985, she was president of the Association des Directeurs de Théâtre and, from 1986 to 2003, she was president of the Théâtres associés.
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