Acting
May 11, 1963
La Habana - Cuba
Beatriz Valdés
Acting
Biography
Beatriz Valdes Fidalgo nació bajo el seno de una familia cubana, se crio junto a su madre y su familia materna. A la edad de 8 años inicia cursos en un taller infantil de instrucción artística; el más reconocido de La Habana, donde realizaba diversas actividades. Se destacó en series juveniles y telenovelas como "Algo más que soñar" (1984) exitosa serie televisiva que relataba las vidas y experiencias de cuatro jóvenes reclutas de la Cuba de los 70 y en la que Beatriz interpretaba además uno de los temas musicales: "Ya se va aquella edad", compuesto por Pablo Milanés. También protagonizó la telenovela "Tren de noviembre" (1989) junto al entonces debutante Jorge Treto. En el cine su primera gran oportunidad le llegó con "Los pájaros tirándole a la escopeta" (1984) comedia dirigida por Rolando Díaz, en la que tuvo como compañeros de reparto a los grandes actores cubanos Reinaldo Miravalles, Consuelo Vidal y Alberto Pujol, en una divertida historia sobre un joven machista que no entiende que su madura madre se enamore del padre de su novia. Siguieron películas como "Lejanía" (1985) de Jesús Díaz, que abordaba el tema del exilio y el reencuentro de una madre con su hijo; "Como nosotros" (1985) que narraba una historia de amor en el marco de la Guerra de Independencia cubana de 1985; "Como la vida misma" (1985), filme de Víctor Casaus, inspirado en una obra teatral, centrada en los problemas de los jóvenes en una Escuela en el campo y su más grande éxito "La bella del Alhambra" (1989), de Enrique Pineda Barnet, basada en la novela "Canción de Rachel" de Miguel Barnet, que narraba la vida de una corista del célebre teatro habanero "Alhambra" a principios del siglo XX, época de gloria del teatro musical cubano en medio de los turbios acontecimientos y manejos políticos de la naciente República. Llegó a Venezuela tras ser invitada al primer Foro Interamericano de Cine en 1989. En aquellas fechas da a luz a su primer hijo Mauricio y en 1991 regresa de nuevo a tierras venezolanas para así actuar en una película que sería filmada en la ciudad de Mérida llamada Grisalla. En los últimos años ha trabajado en filmes cubanos como "Perfecto amor equivocado" y el documental de largometraje de Carlos Barba conmemorando el vigésimo aniversario del estreno de "La bella del Alhambra". Es toda una gran señora de la actuación muy versatil y única.
Feature Films (18)
In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela Sáenz, for eight years the lover of Simón Bolívar, is still alive. He calls on her, and although she will not talk to him about her life, his visit sends her to her chest of Bolívar's letters. As she reads them, the sepia-toned present gives way to flashbacks in color: she meets 'the Liberator' in 1822, becomes his lover, and also becomes a colonel in his military movement to realize the 'Gran Colombia', one nation across South America. As plague (brought by the ship) closes in on Manuela's household, so does her tempestuous story move toward Bolívar's betrayal and death.
Manuela Sáenz
A young couple find out that their parents (her father and his mother) are having a romance. A series of problems arise because the young couple can't accept that relationship.
Tables Turned
In 1920s Havana, Rachel is a showgirl who longs to become a headliner at the incredibly popular Alhambra theater. On her way to attain that, she loses the love of her life and falls into the clutches of a passion that nearly destroys her career.
La bella del Alhambra
The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma. Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, Diego must take care of his son, Armando. Now, both of them have to adapt to each other; Armando to the unknown, homosexual world of his father, and Diego to the closed attitude of his teenage son.
My Straight Son
1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.
Capablanca
Television & Series (12)
Arroz con Leche is a 2007 Venezuelan telenovela written by Doris Segui for Venevisión and distributed internationally by Venevisión International. Eileen Abad, Marlene De Andrade and Alba Roversi star as the main protagonists, accompanied by Juan Carlos Garcia, Luis Gerónimo Abreu, Henry Soto and Carlos Cruz.
Arroz con Leche
Marlene Paez is a beautiful model who transcended many levels of pain and misery to reach international success. But fame is not enough, and her empty heart is divided both by her love for Santiago Porras and her search for the truth about her past.
Queen of Hearts
Amantes de Luna Llena is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Leonardo Padrón for Venevisión in 2000. Ruddy Rodríguez and Diego Bertie starred as the main protagonists while Beatriz Valdés and Jorge Cao starred as the main antagonists.
Amantes de Luna llena
La mujer perfecta is a Venezuelan telenovela created by Leonardo Pardón and produced by Venevisión. Mónica Spear and Ricardo Álamo star as the main protagonists with Ana Karina Manco and Jean Carlo Simancas playing the main antagonists. Marlene De Andrade, Marisa Román, Flavia Gleske and Mariaca Semprum star as co-protagonists.
La mujer perfecta
Santa Diabla is the story of Santa Martínez, a woman who seeks revenge for the murder of her husband Willy Delgado.
