Carmen Salinas (1939-2021) Mexican Actress
Carmen Salinas (1939-2021) Mexican Actress dies at 9 December 2021
| Name | Carmen Salinas |
| Full Name | Carmen Salinas Lozano |
| Age | 82 Years |
| Birth | 10 May 1938 |
| Birthplace | Torreon, Torreón Municipality, Coahuila de Zaragoza,Mexico |
| Death | 9 December 2021 |
| Deathplace | Cuauhtémoc Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| Profession | Actress, Impersonator, Comedian, Politician and Theater Entrepreneur. |
| Burial | Panteón Español
Miguel Hidalgo, Miguel Hidalgo Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| Spouse |
Pedro Plascencia Ramírez (Married 1956; Divorced 1979)
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| Children | Pedro Plascencia Salinas, María Eugenia Plascencia |
| Party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Nationality | Mexican |
Carmen Salinas Mexican Actress (1939-2021)
Carmen Salinas Lozano made her television debut in 1964 in the telenovela “La verdad.” She made her first film role in 1970 film “La vida inútil de Pito Pérez.” In theater, Salinas presented and produced the play “Aventurera” in 1997. She also served as an impersonator of different artists. She was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), where she served as a federal deputy from 2015 to 2018.
Life
Salinas was born in 1939, the daughter of Jorge Perez Tejada Salinas and Carmen Lozano Viramontes. She made her television debut in 1964 under the direction of Ernesto Alonso, appearing in such shows as La vecindad, La frontera (The Border) and El chofer (The Chauffeur). She also appeared in plays, more than 110 movies, and 30 plus television shows. She worked alongside actors and producers including Denzel Washington (in Man on Fire) and Juan Osorio. Salinas’ Other successful projects included her touring musical Aventurera.
In 1956, Salinas and Pedro Plascencia had a son, Pedro Plascencia Salinas. He composed music, including notable compositions for the Necaxa soccer club, and for Televisa’s newscasts Noticias ECO and 24 Horas. Plascencia Salinas died of cancer on 19 April 1994.
On 11 November 2021, Salinas suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, brought upon by hypertension, which caused her to lapse into a coma. Salinas never regained consciousness and died on 9 December 2021, at the age of 82 in Mexico City.
Political and legislative career
In an interview conducted with El Universal in March 2015, Salinas declared that she “had been a priísta ever since [she] had the use of reason”.
In 2015, the PRI placed Salinas on its proportional representation list for election from the fourth electoral region, winning her a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress; Salinas served on the Gender Equality, Radio and Television, and Health Commissions. Salinas, who only completed primary school, had the lowest educational level of all the deputies in the legislature.