Lilian Valmar


Celia María Damestoi, better known as Lilian Valmar, was an Argentine actress and vedette.

Biography

Lilian Valmar was born in Argentina, coming of age during the country's golden period of cinema which spanned from 1947 to 1956. She began her career in 1947 in the film Albéniz by Luis César Amadori. A year later, she began to work with the greats of the comedy genre, partnering with revue director Manuel Romero on the film The Tango Returns to Paris, Niní Marshall on ' and Catita es una dama, Pepe Iglesias on Avivato, and on Ritmo, amor y picardía and '.
She then began the second phase of her career within the New Wave movement with director Enrique Carreras, who directed her in a trilogy of films. She began with the genre in ', horror stories starring Narciso Ibáñez Menta, which was then followed by the New Wave film Un viaje al más allá, and the last was the comedy-drama Arm in Arm Down the Street. In television she entered the golden age of telenovelas, appearing in her first in 1971 with 's '. She then appeared in Me llaman gorrión by Abel Santa Cruz and by Marta Reguera, both on Channel 9.
As a radio actress, she was an exclusive figure of. In theater she showed her talent as a vedette, and later as a dramatic actress, forming a company with Enrique Serrano in 1956.
Lilian Valmar died of natural causes on 4 August 2013 at age 84. Her remains rest in the pantheon of La Chacarita cemetery.

Films