The Spanish actor, director and author Juan Margallo, considered one of the backbone of the Independent Theater In Spain, he has died at age 84
The news has been confirmed by the actors and dancers management entity (AISGE) through their social networks. “Moving and desolate with Juan Margallo’s goodbye. A ‘terrible loss’, in the words of Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, which today we cry from Aisge, his house,” the association has written in a message posted in his X account.
In addition, they have described Margallo as a “Curious insatiable” And they have stressed that it is “the best example that to be a good actor you have to be a good man.”
Born in Cáceres in September 1940, he was awarded with his wife, also actress Petra Martínez, with the National Theater Award 2022 for her “deep and permanent commitment to the scene.” The jury highlighted “their scenic excellence”, which have exercised “always with enormous professionalism, not exempt from the sense of humor.”
His appearances on the big screen have been sporadic, but significant: ‘The spirit of the hive’, by Víctor Erice; ‘South of Granada’, by Fernando Colomo; And the most recent, ‘Champions’, by Javier Fesser, for which he was a candidate for best secondary actor at the 2019 Goya Awards.
Yesterday, Petra Martínez hung on Instagram A photo of the two together With the text: “Juan and I doing a work that was called ‘our things ourselves’, we had a lot of fun doing it.”
Married since 1968 and parents of two children, both undertook the adventure of independent theater With the creation of the Tábano Groupa creativity bubble amid Franco’s censorship.
Source: Lasexta
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