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- Actress
- Producer
- Composer
Maria Conchita Alonso was born Maria Concepcion Alonso Bustillo on June 29, 1957 in Cienfuegos, Cuba, but raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She was crowned Miss Teenager World in 1971 and later as Miss Distrito Federal became the first runner up in the Miss Venezuela 1975 competition placing later that year in the top seven of the Miss World 1975. She became a popular actress in Latin America, working in ten telenovelas (soap operas) and starred in a quartet of Venezuelan films. She was also a popular singer, and has three Grammy Award nominations.
In 1982, she emigrated to the United States, and made her Hollywood film debut in Paul Mazursky's Moscow on the Hudson (1984), opposite Robin Williams. She also starred in movies such as Touch and Go (1986), Extreme Prejudice (1987), The Running Man (1987), Colors (1988), Vampire's Kiss (1988), Predator 2 (1990) and The House of the Spirits (1993). In 1995, she was playing Aurora/Spider Woman in a Broadway production of "Kiss of the Spider Woman", making her the first South American woman to star on the Great White Way.- Catalina Bárcena was born on 10 December 1896 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Canción de cuna (1941), Primavera en otoño (1933) and Una viuda romántica (1933). She died on 3 August 1978 in Spain.
- Carmen Ignarra was born on 30 March 1927 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Siete muertes a plazo fijo (1950), Los solterones (1953) and Historia de un marido infiel (1956). She died on 1 August 2017 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
- Ángel Espasande was born on 7 August 1921 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Siete muertes a plazo fijo (1950), Casta de roble (1954) and ¡Olé... Cuba! (1957). He died in 1999 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Daisy Granados was born on 9 December 1942 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She is an actress, known for Las profecías de Amanda (1999), Retrato de Teresa (1979) and Habanera (1984). She was previously married to Pastor Vega.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Antonio Prohias was born in Cuba, and became interested in drawing at an early age. His satirical drawings, which mostly poked fun at Castro, appeared in many Cuban political magazines during the 1950s. His critical views of the government made him many enemies, and made life difficult for him. On May 1, 1960, just three days before Castro seized control of the country's presses, Prohias fled the country to avoid arrest. He arrived in the US virtually penniless. While working a series of menial jobs, Prohias made the rounds of the local magazines with his work.
It was in 1961 that Prohias dropped off a short cartoon at the offices of MAD Magazine. The cartoon featured a pair of odd looking spies, both identical except for their coloring. MAD ran the cartoon in the January, 1961 issue, and "Spy vs Spy" was born. Prohias continued to draw the strip for MAD until 1990, when poor health forced him to retire. By then, he'd drawn over 500 strips featuring the pointy-nosed two-some. Prohias died in 1998, but "Spy vs Spy" lives on both in animated form (on "MAD TV") and in a Sunday comic strip.- Editor
- Writer
- Sound Department
Nelson Rodríguez joined the Cuban film institute in 1960 as production assistant and then producer, working with Santiago Álvarez. By mid-1960's he was editing features and co-writing scripts, mainly with his friend Humberto Solás, though he also worked with Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Manuel Octavio Gómez and Sergio Giral. His work extended to a new generation of Cuban filmmakers, and with the top directors of Latin American cinema, as Miguel Littin, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Patricio Guzmán, Lisandro Duque Naranjo and María Novaro. In 1983 he fulfilled an old dream when he directed Amada (1983), an adaptation of Miguel de Carrión's novel "La esfinge", but due to the Cuban film institute's policy, the direction credit was given to Solás. He taught at the International School of Film and Television in Havana, worked as editor in Spain, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Panama; and received many awards for his work. Nelson Rodríguez died in 2020.- Robeisy Ramírez was born on 20 December 1993 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
- Francisco García was born on 4 October 1943 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Chamaco (2010), La piscina (2012) and Ferozz: The Wild Red Riding Hood (2010). He died on 16 December 2021 in Havana, Cuba.
- Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles was born on 15 February 1928 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He was married to Nieves. He died on 23 May 2018 in Miramar, Florida, USA.
- Lázaro García was born on 31 December 1947 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Dos Cafés (2011) and Lázaro García (2008). He died on 15 April 2022 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
- Andrés Roldán was born on 28 February 1950 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
- Actor
- Executive
Yasiel Puig was born on 7 December 1990 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He is an actor and executive, known for Angie Tribeca (2016), The 2018 World Series (2018) and Sunday Night Baseball (1990).- Rolando Pulido was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He was an actor, known for El Trailer De La Muerte (2015). He died on 15 January 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
Carlos Fariñas was born on 28 November 1934 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. Carlos was a composer, known for I Am Cuba (1964), Cartas del parque (1988) and Stories of the Revolution (1960). Carlos died in July 2002 in Havana, Cuba.- Jose Tartabull was born on 27 November 1938 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
- Juan Curbelo was born on 27 January 1946 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He died on 21 May 2020 in Havana, Cuba.
- Joe Azcue was born on 18 August 1939 in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Candi Sosa was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She is known for Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999), Clubhouse (2004) and Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba (2011).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Rafael C. Herrera was born on 8 June 1962 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Bikini Beach Race (1992), Shooting Stars (2009) and See Dick Run (2009).