Lola Herrera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Arranz.
Lola Herrera
Herrera in 2024
Born
María Dolores Herrera Arranz

(1935-06-30) 30 June 1935 (age 89)
Valladolid, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1964–present
SpouseDaniel Dicenta (1960–1967)
Children2, including Natalia

María Dolores Herrera Arranz (born 30 June 1935), better known as Lola Herrera, is a Spanish actress.

Biography

Lola Herrera was born in Valladolid on 30 June 1935.[1] She started in the world of music, but in the 1950s, she went to Madrid. She made her big screen debut in The Portico of Glory (1953).[2]

In 1960, she married actor Daniel Dicenta [es],[3] whom with she had two children (Natalia and Daniel).[4] After a tortuous relationship, Dicenta abandoned her in 1967, at a time divorce was not legal in Spain.[3]

Herrera in 48 voces in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura on 29 January 2001.

In the 1970s, she took part in several theatrical plays for Televisión Española. She was one of the habitual actors of the cast of Estudio 1 and collaborated with Chicho Ibáñez Serrador in Historias para no dormir (1968). She also worked as a voice actress in dubbing Spanish versions made in studios like Cineson or Exa (Madrid).

She is mainly known for her appearances in television series like La casa de los líos El grupo or Un paso adelante, but she has taken part in several movies like El amor perjudica seriamente la salud, and in theatrical plays like Cinco horas con Mario, based in a Miguel Delibes novel.

Selected filmography

Television

Film

Awards

'Plaza Lola Herrera' in Las Delicias, Valladolid.

Stage

Television

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Lola Herrera: "A veces la familia no valora mucho tu trabajo"". 20minutos.es. 13 December 2006.
  2. ^ Azcona, Andrea (30 June 2023). "Lola Herrera, la gran dama del teatro, cumple 87 años". Egos – via La Razón.
  3. ^ a b Madrid, Jose (7 September 2014). "Lola Herrera y Daniel Dicenta: la historia de amor más tortuosa de la escena española". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
  4. ^ "Lola Herrera y sus hijos: ¿Quiénes son Natalia y Daniel Dicenta?". rtve.es. 15 June 2023.
  5. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado