Mexico City.
The death of Mexican actress Josefina Echánove, who had a prolific career on national television and achieved international projection through film, was confirmed by her relatives last Tuesday.
The death was reported by his daughter Peggy Echánove, a journalist who explained it through a statement his mother had died at the age of 92 and that the family would take a break from public life to recover from this hard blow.
“Today, Mrs. Josefina Echánove… The Queen Mother … Rest, ‘wrote his other daughter, the singer María del Sol on his Twitter account.
Born in New York, United States, Josefina grew up in the central state of Guanajuato.
One of his great achievements is the creation of the Contemporary Dance Group at the University of Guanajuato.
His participation in television brings together emblematic soap operas that marked the imaginary of the Mexican audience as Cradle of wolves (1986) and Ruby (2004) where she starred Maribel’s wise nanny in the version starring Bárbara Mori and its last appearance in this format was in 2010 when it was part of the telenovela Wild heart.
But his career was not limited to the national level: the actress He has been part of many international films in which he had the opportunity to collaborate with personalities such as Sissy Spacek in “Missed” (1982), Michael Caine and Richard Gere in “The Honorary Consul” (1983), among others.
In addition to having stakes that led her to collaborate with such figures as Liza Minelli, Gene Hackman, Anthony Queen, Gregory Peck, Jane Fonda, and Meg Ryan, among others.
Her death elicited responses from various institutions, such as the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), which recognized her work as an actress through social networks.
“AMACC regrets it the death of the actress Josefina Echánove, with more than 50 appearances in film and television; She was nominated twice for Best Actress in a Motion Picture: in 1991 for her work in ‘Por tu maldito amor’ and in 1993 for ‘Snakes and ladders’,’ she noted on Twitter.
Likewise, the Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Fine Arts released a report on the death of the lead actress, which was recognized for her work and contribution to culture in Mexico.
“We are saying goodbye to a fundamental presence of our cinema, the actress Josefina Echánove. She took part in important films such as ‘Cabeza de vaca’ or ‘These ruins that you see’. We hug María, Alonso and Peggy warmly. Josefina is still on our screens, ”wrote the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE).