Elio Pietrini
Elio Pietrini | |
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| Born | 2 January 1939 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 18 January 2022 (aged 83) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
Elio Pietrini (2 January 1939 – 18 January 2022) was an Argentine-born Venezuelan actor, mainly active in telenovelas.
Life and career[edit]
Born in Buenos Aires, Pietrini worked 12 years for the Venezuelan television channel RCTV, getting his breakout role in the early 1990s as Don Fulgenzio in the TV-series La pandilla de los 7.[1] He later worked for numerous telenovelas and TV-movies, and after leaving RCTV he was put under contract by Venevisión, where he worked until his retirement.[1]
Besides television, Pietrini was also active in theatre and cinema.[1] His last work was the stage drama Una tarde en Saint Tropez, that he starred in between 2014 and 2015.[2] Once retired, he moved to Miami, Florida, where he died from complications of COVID-19 on 18 January 2022, at the age of 83.[1]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Abigaíl (1988–1989)
- La pandilla de los 7 (1991–1992)
- Por estas calles (1992)
- Pura sangre (1994–1995)
- Ilusiones (1995)
- Amores de fin de siglo (1995)
- El perdón de los pecados (1996)
- Contra viento y marea (1997)
- Carita Pintada (1999)
- Mambo y canela (2002)
- Cosita rica (2003)
- La Invasora (2004)
- Los querendones (2006)
- Voltea pa' que te enamores (2006–2007)
- Amor Urbano (2009)
- La viuda joven (2011)
- El árbol de Gabriel (2011–2012)
- Nora (2014)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Redacción de Entretenimiento (19 January 2022). "Muere de covid actor Elio Pietrini, un as de las telenovelas venezolanas". Listín Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Falleció el primer actor Elio Pietrini a los 83 años de edad". El Nacional (in Spanish). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
