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Rita Macedo Death

Rita passed away on December 6, 1993 at the age of 67 in Mexico City, Mexico. Rita's cause of death was sucide.

Rita Macedo Birthday and Date of Death

Rita Macedo was born on December 8, 1925 and died on December 6, 1993. Rita was 67 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: December 8, 1925
Date of Death: December 6, 1993
Age at Death: 67

Rita Macedo - Biography

Rita Macedo was the daughter of novelist Julia Guzmán. She began acting in the 1940s. Macedo was first married to writer `Carlos Fuentes`; then to producer Luis de Llano and their children are actress/singer/producer Julissa, and TV producer Luis de Llano Macedo. She won the Best Actress Ariel for "Nosotros," an episode of the multi-part film _Tú, yo, nosotros (1970)_ (ironically, one of the other actresses nominated was her daughter, Julissa); Macedo also earned a Best Supporting Actress Ariel nomination for Ensayo de un crimen (1955).
Increasingly she performed more on stage and in television. She brought "Las Criadas" a play by Jean Genet to Mexican audiences, as well as "La mala semilla" (The Bad Seed), which was later successfully acted in by Angélica María and María Rojo. She also premiered in the play "El tuerto es rey" by her husband, Carlos Fuentes, in Barcelona, under the direction of Ricard Salvat. Her performance in Terence Rattigan's "Mesas separadas" (Separate Tables) with Salvador Novo was noted.

Her first husband was radio, television and theater producer Luis de Llano Palmer with whom she had two children: actress Julissa, one of Mexico's first rock stars. and the producer Luis de Llano Macedo. She was then briefly married to Pablo Palomino, and after their divorce married the writer Carlos Fuentes, with whom she had a daughter Cecilia Fuentes Macedo.
On December 5, 1993, Macedo committed suicide, after being diagnosed with cancer.