Elena Lucena

Acting

Born September 25, 1914, Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Elena Lucena (1914-2015) was an Argentinian actress, dancer and singer. She started her career as a singer on Argentine radio in the 1930s and became famous for the personification of her character Chimbela, who was later adapted for cinema, theater, and television. She appeared in multiple films in the 1940s, usually playing the comic-relief character.

Filmography

• El don de Alba
• 2010Brother and Sister — Mamá Neneca / Tía Lala
• 2001Lua de Outubro — Viviana
• Duro como la roca, frágil como el cristal
• 1980A Madcap Widow — The first gossip
• 1980Frutilla — Adela
• 1979Millonarios a la fuerza — Don Diego
• Piel naranja — Angélica
• 1973La Casa del Amor
• 1970Joven, viuda y estanciera — Leocadia
• 1968La casa de Madame Lulú — Madame Lulú
• 1966El galleguito de la cara sucia — Mamá de Laura
• 1963La murga
• 1962Buscando a Mónica — Lucy
• 1961Good Night, My Love
• 1958El calavera — Enriqueta
• 1956Estrellas de Buenos Aires
• 1951Una noche cualquiera
• 1950Valentina — Catalina Castro
• 1949Una noche en el Ta-Ba-Rín
• 1948La rubia Mireya — Nelly
• 1946Cinco besos — Camelia Da Silva
• 1943La calle Corrientes
• 1942Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda
• 1942Un nuevo amanecer
• 1942When My Heart Calls — Pocha
• 1941Napoleón
• 1940El ángel de trapo — Pirucha
• 1940Pájaros sin nido
• 1939Chimbela — Chimbela
• 1938La que no perdonó — Cecilia