Silvia Elena Santelices Rojas (born 27 June 1940) is a Chilean theater, film, and television actress, a pioneer of telenovelas in her country. She currently serves as councilor for the commune of Rancagua.
In 1960 Santelices entered the Catholic University of Chile to study theater. While still a student, she joined the nascent dramatic department of her alma mater's television station, Canal 13, where she initially participated in televised plays.[1] In 1967 she was part of the cast of the first telenovela shot in Chile, Los días jóvenes [es], in which she shared the screen with actors such as Mirella Latorre, Mario Rodríguez, and Leonardo Perucci [es].[2]
During the 1980s and 90s Santelices participated in numerous soap operas on Canal 13 and TVN, most notably La madrastra (1981), Los títeres (1984), and Fuera de control [es] (1999).[2] She also played Lucia Solar, mother of Teresa of the Andes (played by Paulina Urrutia) in TVN's miniseries Teresa de los Andes [es] (1989).
After years of absence from television, in 2005 she participated in the television series Brujas, and has joined other dramatic productions such as Papi Ricky and Veinteañero a los 40.
She is known for having a great stage presence, characteristic smooth voice, and great interpretive power. Since the late 1990s she has lived in the city of Rancagua,[3] where she is part of Casa del Arte Theater Company.
In the 1970s Santelices was a supporter of Popular Unity. The 1973 coup d'état took her by surprise in Venezuela, where she was exiled for five years.[4]
She was elected councilor of Rancagua in the municipal elections of 2008 on behalf of the Socialist Party.[5] In the 2012 elections she returned to obtain a seat on the Municipal Council of Rancagua, receiving 4,533 votes, corresponding to 6.38%, obtaining the third communal majority.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Los días jóvenes [es] | Ignacia Duarte | Canal 13 |
| 1981 | La madrastra | Felisa Morán | |
| 1982 | De cara al mañana [es] | Isabel Valverde | TVN |
| Alguien por quien vivir [es] | Cecilia Sonnenberg | Canal 13 | |
| 1983 | La noche del cobarde [es] | Estela Diez | |
| 1984 | Los títeres | Eva Chacón | |
| 1985 | Morir de amor [es] | Lía Narváez / Leonora Di Lauro | TVN |
| 1986 | La Villa [es] | Ximena Larralde | |
| 1988 | Vivir así [es] | Clara Wilson | Canal 13 |
| 1989 | A la sombra del ángel [es] | Eliana Riesling | TVN |
| 1990 | El milagro de vivir [es] | Silvia Montané | |
| 1991 | Volver a empezar [es] | Adriana Miraflores | |
| 1993 | Doble juego [es] | Dolores "Lolo" Alzavía | Canal 13 |
| 1995 | Juegos de fuego [es] | Gloria Cox | TVN |
| 1996 | Loca piel | Irene Claro | |
| 1999 | Fuera de control [es] | Kimberly Seymour | Canal 13 |
| 2005 | Brujas | Rebeca Márquez | |
| 2007 | Papi Ricky | Matilde Hormazábal | |
| 2012 | Reserva de familia | Amelia Correa | TVN |
| 2016 | Veinteañero a los 40 | Ester Lynch | Canal 13 |
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Esa mujer eres tú | Lucila | Canal 13 |
| Amalia [es] | Manolita Rozas | ||
| 1968 | El socio [es] | Loreto | |
| 1970 | Martín Rivas, 1970 [es] | Leonor Encina | TVN |
| Cuartetos para instrumentos de muerte [es] | Natalia Klavitz | ||
| 1979 | Martín Rivas, 1979 [es] | Adelaida Molina | |
| 1989 | Teresa de los Andes [es] | Lucía Solar | |
| 2005 | La Nany | Yolanda "Yoli" Tapia | Mega |
| 2015 | Los años dorados [es] | Josefa "Pepa" | UCV |
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