Marian Pabón
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Marian Pabón (born c. 1958 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress. She also had some success as a singer and recording artist.
Biography
Pabón grew used to life in the spotlight: her father, Mario Pabón (San Pedro de Macorís, 1930–San Juan, 1996), was one of Puerto Rico’s most famous actors and directors. She was named after him; her family used the name "Marian" as a Female version of "Mario". Her paternal family were wealthy landowners from the Dominican Republic that left the country in the 1940s during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo.
Pabón was one of Puerto Rico's most prolific TV actresses when telenovelas were produced there. She was active in these Spanish language soap operas until 1989, when the last great Puerto Rican telenovela was produced.
Pabón also had a long theater career that has spanned over a decade, which started just as Puerto Rican telenovelas were phased out. A fan of musicals, she would also star in the occasional musical play as a singer and dancer (musicals are rarely produced in Puerto Rico, due to the market's relatively small size, which prevents expensive productions from lasting long enough to recoup production costs).
She also became a comedic actress during that period, notably as part of
At the time, Pabón recorded a solo album. She had two minor hits that earned some airplay on Puerto Rican media: a cover version of
From 1999 until 2006, Pabón starred alongside
Controversy arose in 2004 over whether that show should be cancelled because Tony Mojena had been the show's original producer, Pabón stuck by Logroño, defending the show as a workhouse for her fellow Puerto Rican co-stars.
Pabón is a full-time stage actress that has been involved in several of San Juan's most important plays of the 1990s and 2000s, and has performed the plays on tour around Puerto Rico. With the possibility of El Condominio disappearing from Puerto Rican television, she also participates in a stage version of the hit TV show, which includes the same actors and characters of the television programs.
Pabón has participated in numerous Puerto Rican films such as
She is one of the most noted musical theatre performers in Puerto Rico having starred as Lola in the San Juan production of
Filmography
Cinema
- 1994: Desvío al Paraiso: Police inspector
- 1995: Manhattan Merengue!: Margaret
- 2006: Casi Casi: Principal Richardson
- 2010: Manuela y Manuel: Faraona
- 2013: Broche de Oro: Madre Superiora
- 2016: Pepo Pal Senado: Estela
- 2016: The Vessel: Rosita
- 2017: Broche de Oro: Comienzos: Madre Superiora
Programmes
- 1980: El ídolo: Teresa
- 1988: Cuqui: Una mujer como tú: Norma
Theater
- Damn Yankees: Lola
- Little Shop of Horrors: Audrey
- Sor-Presas: Sister Mary Leo
- Chicago: Roxie Hart
- Nine: Liliane LaFleur
- Cabaret: Fraulein Kost
- 2006: A Chorus Line: Cassie
- 2008: Los hombres aman a las cabronas: Bárbara