Tara Parra
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Tara Parra | |
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| Born | 23 August 1932 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | 12 September 2025 (aged 93) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
Tara Parra (23 August 1932 – 12 September 2025) was a Cuban-Mexican actress. She played in numerous theatre plays and telenovelas, including Daniela, El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar and Destino.
Parra started her career as a 14-year-old in 1946 in the play based on the novel Rosalba y los llaveros y otras obras de teatro, directed by Salvador Novo, with Ignacio López Tarso, who played her father.[1]
She began her film career in 1981 with the movie Carta a un niño. In television, her first credit was in 1986 with the telenovela Cuna de lobos. Her major roles were in plays, while her roles in cinema and television were more minor. Her major roles in telenovelas included El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar (1988), in which she played Constanza de Santiago and Daniela (2002) as Consuelo Gamboa.
Parra was married to writer Argelio Gasca (born 1939), with two sons, and also actress Kenia Gascón and the compositor David Gasca.[1] Tara Parra died on 12 September 2025, at the age of 93.[2]