Sonia Viveros
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Sonia Viveros (2 September 1949 – 22 September 2003) was one of the most important actresses on
Education and career
Viveros debuted in soap opera at age 17, becoming the youngest, most popular and talented actress of the time. At 9 she began working in radio and three years later on television.
Although she received no formal education in drama school, her innate talent and professionalism led her to acting on television. Her first TV series was El Litre 4916 (1967), in which she played the role of Carmencha.
She played a variety of roles in which her beauty, versatility and interpretive strength were her most noted highlights on Chilean screens, becoming well known and loved by the audience. Fame and recognition came in 1981 with the TV series
Her role as villain in the TV series La Torre 10 as Telma Bernard is one of her most memorable performances.
Her role as the beautiful and proud Leonor Encina in the series Martín Rivas with Alejandro Cohen is perhaps one of her best performances for the cameras. Sonia Viveros along with this actor formed a highly ranked television couple.
Personal life and death
Sonia married three times and they were of a short duration. One of her spouses was the producer Óscar Rodríguez. None of her marriages produced children (she was pregnant fourteen times) as she suffered from
Her last marriage was to Professor Leopoldo Segovia, from La Serena whom she met while filming the TV series called Borrón y Cuenta Nueva (Clean Slate) and she settled in La Serena.
In 1985 she was diagnosed with lupus, a degenerative disease of the immune system which in her case seriously affected her cerebral vessels. Her older sister had died of a brain tumor, so it was not as a result of family history.
Filmography
TV Series
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| Year | TV Series | Role | Channel |
| 1967 | El litre 4916 | Carmencha | Canal 13
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| Juani en sociedad | Juani Möller McKay | Canal 13
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| 1972 | O'Higgins | Rosario Puga | Canal 13
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| 1975 | J.J. Juez | Javiera | Canal 13
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| 1978 | The Voyage of Charles Darwin | BBC | |
| 1979 | Martín Rivas | Leonor Encina | TVN
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| 1981 | La Madrastra
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Claudia Molina | Canal 13
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| 1982 | La Señora | Nélida | Canal 13
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| Alguien por quien vivir | Ana Filippi | Canal 13
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| 1983 | La noche del cobarde | Sol | Canal 13
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| 1984 | La Represa | Silvia Espinoza | TVN
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| La Torre 10 | Thelma Bernard | TVN
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| 1985 | Marta a las Ocho | Marta Mendez | TVN
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| 1986 | La Villa | Julia Alcantara | TVN
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| 1987 | Mi nombre es Lara | Alicia Padilla | TVN
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| 1988 | Las dos caras del amor | Paulina | TVN
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| Bellas y Audaces | Milena Cabral Blanche | TVN
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| 1991 | Villa Nápoli | Matilde | Canal 13
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| 1992 | Trampas y caretas | Sofía Ortiz | TVN
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| 1993 | Ámame | Loreto Castellot | TVN
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| 1994 | Top Secret | Olga Mena | Canal 13
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| 1995 | El amor está de moda | Ruth | Canal 13
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| Amor a domicilio | Adriana Acevedo | Canal 13
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| 1996 | Loca piel | Trinidad Yávar | TVN |
| 1997 | Santiago City | Beatriz Aldana | Mega
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| 1998 | Borrón y cuenta nueva | Rosa De Goyeneche | TVN
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Series
- Más que amigos (Canal 13 - 2002) as Gabriela.
Television appearances
- De Pe a Pa (2003)
- Sonia Viveros with Alejandro Cohen in La Represa (1984).
External links
- Sonia Viveros on TVN
- Terminó la agonía de Sonia Viveros (Sonia Viveros agony has ended)
- Sonia Viveros con muerte cerebral (Sonia Viveros with brain death)
- Galería El Recuerdo a Sonia Viveros (El Recuerdo Gallery in memory of Sonia Viveros)
- Sonia Viveros quiere vivir (Sonia Viveros wants to live)[permanent dead link]
- Sonia Viveros: Su lucha por la vida (Sonia Viveros: Her fight for life)
- Hechos 2003: Grandes Pérdidas (Great losses)