Ulises Dumont

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Ulises Dumont
Born(1937-04-07)April 7, 1937
DiedNovember 29, 2008(2008-11-29) (aged 71)
Buenos Aires

Ulises Dumont (April 7, 1937 – November 29, 2008) was a prolific Argentine film actor, credited with over 80 appearances in film and countless others in theatre and television from 1964 until his death in 2008.

Life and work

Born in 1937 in Buenos Aires, Dumont first worked in

La nona
.

The following year, Dumont lent his talent to a young, hitherto unknown Argentine director,

Últimos días de la víctima ("The Victim's Last Days," 1982). True to Dumont's understated style, the three acclaimed and commercially successful films criticized the prevailing climate of fear (during a regime
in which doing so was often perilous) with metaphor and veiled references to current events.

Developing a close friendship with Federico Luppi, he and Dumont co-starred with various other directors over the following years and, in the interim, Dumont married Marcela Luppi, Federico's daughter. The two starred in

El Año del conejo ("The Year of the Rabbit") a divorce comedy made during Luppi's own contentious separation from wife and former co-star Haydée Padilla
.

During an era in which

El Censor ("The Censor," 1995), a surreal historical drama loosely based on Miguel Paulino Tato
's notorious tenure as National Film Rater (censor) during the 1970s.

Turning to more sentimental work in his later years, Dumont traveled to

Silver Condor Awards and three awards at the Havana Film Festival, among numerous other recognitions.[1]

A victim of heart disease, Dumont died in a Buenos Aires clinic at the age of 71. Dumont's remains were buried in

Chacarita Cemetery
.

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