Biographies: Lillian Molieri - Actor

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A Nicaraguan actress and dancer, born in Managua, Nicaragua, on January 18, 1925, as Lillian Molieri Bermúdez. Lillian Mullery married Adolph Hartman Jr (1949-1960) and their marriage ended in divorce. Among her most important works are Stories of the Century (1954), The Three Outlaws (1956), and I Love Lucy (1953-1956). She is best known for her minor roles in Hollywood films and television series between 1944 and 1957 and later became a dancer and choreographer. She was honored with the Nicaraguan equivalent of an Oscar, the Monje de Oro, in 1966 for her radio show. She was born to a family of Italian descent, her father was the head of the National Bank of Nicaragua, and she joined the Convento Notre Dame de Cion school, and after her secondary education, she traveled to Europe to learn French and Italian, after winning many beauty contests in Nicaragua in the early forties, and then went to Los Angeles. She was discovered by Paramount and made her debut in the movie The Princess and the Pirate (1944). She continued her cinematic work, and in the early fifties, she started her television career, which she ended with an episode of the TV series Crossroads (1957), then she opened a dance studio and hosted a weekly radio show. She died in Managua, Nicaragua on September 13, 1980, at the age of 55.

• 16 March 2022
• Dalia Saad