Augusto Benedico
Encyclopedia
Augusto Benedico born Augusto Pérez Lias, was a Mexican
actor
of Spanish
origin best known for his role as "Don Alberto Salvatierra" in the soap opera
Los ricos también lloran
and his role as "Don Fernando" in the American
educational television program Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
of Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
origin best known for his role as "Don Alberto Salvatierra" in the soap opera
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Los ricos también lloran
Los ricos también lloran
Los Ricos También Lloran is a popular telenovela produced in Mexico in 1979, starring Verónica Castro, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells. Castro also sang the theme Aprendí a Llorar , a song written by Lolita de la Colina. The telenovela was produced by Chilean Valentín Pimstein and Carlos...
and his role as "Don Fernando" in the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
educational television program Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
Destinos
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish, also known simply as Destinos, is an educational television program created by Bill VanPatten, who was, at the time, Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The show, designed to introduce viewers...
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