Nelly Láinez was an Argentine

Argentina

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 comedic actress, best known her performances in a string of unusual titled Argentine comedic films and television shows such as Vampires Prefer Fatties (Los vampiros los prefieren gorditos) in 1974.

Láinez was born Nelida Rotstein in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 in 1920. She made her acting

Acting

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 debut in a comedic radio role when she was just 12 years old. She finally debuted in a film at the age of twenty in the 1950 film, Cinco grandes y una chica

Cinco grandes y una chica

Cinco grandes y una chica is a 1950 Argentine film....

(Five Men and a Girl) and went on to appear in Cinco locos en la pista (Five Crazies on the Floor), which was also released in 1950. She ultimately appeared in over twenty other Argentinian films throughout her career, including Amigos para la aventura

Amigos para La Aventura

Amigos para la aventura is a 1978 Argentine comedy film directed by Palito Ortega and written by Víctor Sueiro.-Cast:*Palito Ortega*Carlos Monzón*Juan Carlos Altavista*Raúl Rossi*Alberto Anchart...

(Love at First Sight), a 1956 tango

Tango music

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-themed musical

Musical film

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.

Her television credits included La Tuerca and Operacion Ja Ja, which both aired during the 1980s. During the 1990s, Láinez appeared in El mundo de Antonio Gasalla and El palacio de la risa. She won a Martín Fierro

Martín Fierro

Martín Fierro is a 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro . The poem is, in part, a protest against the modernist tendencies of Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento...

 award for best comedic actress in 1993 for her performance on El palacio de la risa.

Nelly Láinez died on May 31, 2008, of a urinary tract infection

Urinary tract infection

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in Buenos Aires at the age of 88.

Filmography

• Gran Valor en la Facultad de Medicina (1981)
• ¿Los piolas no se casan...? (1981)
• Madrina
• Gran valor (1980)
• Madre de Abel
• La obertura (1977)
• Tú me enloqueces (1976)
• Los chiflados dan el golpe (1975)
• Los vampiros los prefieren gorditos (1974)
• El bulín (1969)
• Villa Cariño está que arde (1968)
• Cuando los hombres hablan de mujeres (1967)
• Santiago querido! (1965)
• Canuto Cañete y los 40 ladrones (1964)
• Mujer asustada
• Cristóbal Colón en la Facultad de Medicina (1962)
• Amor a primera vista (1956)
• La mujer desnuda (1955)
• Suegra último modelo (1953)
• La mejor del colegio (1953)
• Vigilantes y ladrones (1952)
• Camelia
• Especialista en señoras (1951)
• Cuidado con las mujeres (1951)
• Pocholo, Pichuca y yo (1951)
• La vida color de rosa (1951)
• Cinco locos en la pista (1950)
• Cinco grandes y una chica (1950)

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