Myriam Palacios

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Piña.

Myriam Isabel Palacios Piña (18 December 1936 – 18 March 2013^[1]) was a Chilean actress and comedian who worked in theater, film, and television.^[2] She was the winner of two APES [es] Awards for her theater performances.^[3][4]

Myriam Palacios
Born	Myriam Isabel Palacios Piña (1936-12-18)18 December 1936 Victoria, Chile
Died	18 March 2013(2013-03-18) (aged 76) Providencia, Chile
Resting place	Parque del Recuerdo
Alma mater	University of Chile
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian
Years active	1960–2006
Spouse	Jorge Gajardo [es] (divorced in 2002)

Biography

The daughter of Héctor Palacios and Isabel Piña, Myriam Palacios was born in the district of Victoria, Araucanía Region.

Her theatrical training took place at the University Theater of Concepción and the Theater School of the University of Chile (1960).^[5] She participated in the play Tres Marías y una Rosa [es], directed by Raúl Osorio, which was very successful and was performed in several cities in Latin America and Europe.^[3]

She acted in numerous telenovelas, and developed her role as a comedian on the programs De chincol a jote and Jappening con ja [es].^[3] She made her film debut in 1988, when she played Laura in Gonzalo Justiniano's Sussi [es]. She also acted in Caluga o menta (1990), Amnesia (1994), The Sentimental Teaser (1999), and Coronation (2000)^[6] – for which she would receive an Altazor Award nomination^[4][7] – among others.^[8]

Palacios was awarded as the Best Film Actress by the Theater Actors' Syndicate (SIDARTE) in 2000, and won two APES Awards for her performances in the plays Chiloé cielos cubiertos and La pérgola de las flores [es].^[3][4]

Toward the end of her life she suffered from Alzheimer's disease and lived in a nursing home for six years.^[9] She died on 18 March 2013 at age 76.^[3][10][11]

Filmography

Film

• El 18 de los García (1983) as Clementina
• Sussi [es] (1987) as Nelida
• Hechos consumados [es] (1988) as Eloisa
• Consuelo [es] (1988) as Ursulina
• Caluga o menta (1990) as Sra de clase alta
• Dos mujeres en la ciudad (1990) as Altagracia
• La niña en la palomera (1991) as Inés
• The Shipwrecked (1994)
• Amnesia (1994)
• Pasión gitana (1997)
• The Sentimental Teaser (1999)
• Coronation (2000)
• Las golondrinas de Altazor (2006) as seamstress; her last role^[11]

Television

Telenovelas and series

Telenovelas
Year	Title	Role	Channel
1982	Celos [es]	Clotilde	Canal 13
1983	Las herederas [es]	Magdalena	Canal 13
1984	La represa [es]	Auristela Novoa	TVN
1985	Matrimonio de papel [es]	María Chamorro	Canal 13
1986	La villa [es]	Elcira Díaz	TVN
1987	Mi nombre es Lara [es]	Corina	TVN
1989	Bravo [es]	Rufina	Canal 13
1993	Marrón Glacé [es]	Chela	Canal 13
1994	Champaña [es]	Florita	Canal 13
1995	El amor está de moda	Rosalía	Canal 13
	Amor a domicilio [es]	Helga Holguett	Canal 13
1996	Marrón Glacé, el regreso [es]	Chela	Canal 13
1997	Playa salvaje [es]	Lídia Meneses	Canal 13
1999	Fuera de control [es]	Trinidad Sanhueza	Canal 13
2001	Corazón pirata [es]	Felicinda Sánchez	Canal 13
TV series
Year	Title	Role	Channel
1989	Teresa de los Andes [es]	Hermana Juana del Niño Jesús	TVN
1997	Las historias de Sussi	Doña Guberlinda	TVN

Other programs

• De chincol a jote
• Jappening con ja [es]^[3]
• Morandé con compañía [es]