Montserrat Julió
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Montserrat Julió | |
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| Born | Montserrat Julió i Nonell 1929 |
| Died | 26 January 2017 (aged 87–88) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957-1995 |
Montserrat Julió (1929 – 26 January 2017) was a Spanish film and television actress.[1] She died on 26 January 2017 at aged 88.[2]
In 1939, she went into exile in Santiago, Chile. After experiencing the Civil War, Montserrat, barely ten years old, crossed into France with her family (her parents were members of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia). In France, while her father remains in a refugee camp in the south of the country, she was housed in a castle near Cognac. From there, once they had gathered, they boarded the ship SS Winnipeg as refugees bound for Chile.[3]
In Santiago, he became involved with the cultural circles of the Republican exile and many of its representatives, including Xavier Benguerel, Domènec Guansé, Trabal, César Augusto Jordana, and Joan Oliver i Sallarès.He studied at the Teatro Ensayo of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, alongside Hernán Letelier and Myriam Thorud. He graduated with a degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of Santiago, Chile.
In 1956, he returned to Spain, where he collaborated with the Agrupació Dramàtica de Barcelona, and performed in Italy.From 1959 to 1961, he returned to live in Chile, where he directed the Sociedad de Arte Dramático de Santiago (Santiago Drama Society).
In 2003, he published Vida endins (Viena Ediciones), in which he recalls his exile and the development of his career. With these memoirs, he won the “Román Planas de Memorias Populares 2002” award.[4][5][6]
