Virginia Lago

Acting

Virginia Lago

Born 1940-05-22 · San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Virginia Lago (born May 22, 1940, in San Martín, Argentina) is a leading Argentine actress with an extensive career in theater, film, and television. She gained particular notoriety as the host of the popular film cycle *Historias de corazón*, broadcast on Telefe. Virginia Lago was born in San Martín, north of Greater Buenos Aires. She lived in Villa Ballester until she was 20 years old. She completed her primary education at School No. 11 "Roberto Noble" and her secondary studies at the Tomás Guido school in San Martín. She is a cousin and was a neighbor of the actress Zully Moreno, who also resided in the area. In 1963, she delivered a standout performance in the play *Pygmalion*. She studied theater with Marcelo Lavalle and Roberto Durán at the Institute of Modern Art, and through acting, she learned from a wide array of performers. In 1966, she worked on the program *Galería Polyana*, which aired with great success from May to October on Canal 9. The show ran Monday through Friday, based on scripts by playwright Clara Giol Bressan, and featured a cast that included Susana Campos, Fanny Navarro, Enzo Viena, Ricardo Passano, Patricia Shaw, Aída Luz, María José Demare, Nelly Darén, and Gloria Raines.

Acting credits

El búho poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

El búho

1983

Los inconstantes poster
6.5

Stories about a group of young people who spend a week at a coastal resort.

Los inconstantes

1963

El terrorista poster
NR

A weak man is used by an organization to commit terrorist attacks.

El terrorista

1962

Orden de matar poster
7.5

Upon learning of the murder of a friend, a police inspector sets out to take justice on his own. This attitude, contrary to his usual convictions, will gradually destroy him.

Orden de matar

1965

El verso poster
7.0

Between farce and grotesque, John, who has lost his job, in a collective versea values ​​of a knife sharpener, can not against debts contracted or can with his family, wife and two kids. One day, the woman left, runs out of credit and Juan is left with only his dream of being a radio announcer.

El verso

1996

Maternidad sin hombres poster
8.0

The story of several women who reach motherhood in difficult conditions.

Maternidad sin hombres

1968

Los bastardos poster
6.6

An epic about one of the most turbulent times in the recent history of the Buenos Aires suburbs. In this context, a group of idealists emerges who are specifically called: "The bastards."

Los bastardos

2023

Morte Para Um Covarde poster
9.0

As soon as his boss discovers his betrayal, Luciano must flee, abandoning his life in the mafia and crime behind him. His options are limited, and the longer he waits, the greater the chances of being captured. However, when Luciano encounters a prostitute with a serious illness, he finds shelter in her home and begins to devise a plan to save his own life.

Morte Para Um Covarde

1964

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La gran felicidad

1966

El cantor enamorado poster
10.0

A very nice young singer wants to succeed in Cosquín.

El cantor enamorado

1969

Rita y Li poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rita y Li

2011

No artwork available
NR

The film is made up of three independent stories: The Network, The Experiment and The Deer of the Seven Roses.

Tres historias fantásticas

1964

La rosa azul poster
10.0

A playwright going through a period of crisis returns to his childhood home and begins to nostalgically recall the relationships that shaped his life.

La rosa azul

2001

La Raulito poster
6.0

The film tells the story of a real life fan of Boca Juniors football club, Mary Esher Duffau, who as a teenage girl adopted the identity of a man in order to survive on the streets of Buenos Aires. The film shows the teenage Raulito wandering between a reformatory for juvenile offenders, prison and psychiatric hospital. Raulito manages to escape, and finds work at Constitución railway station in Barrio Constitución. Raulito meets up with another street child and they become close friends. They both eventually manage to escape to Mar del Plata.

La Raulito

1975

No artwork available
NR

The film's theme is the attitude of adults towards the adoption of minors.

Muñequitas de medianoche

1974

¡Al diablo con este cura! poster
8.0

Quirky but lovable priest is transferred to a new parish, and discovers that his flock all need stern talkings-to.

¡Al diablo con este cura!

1967

La sentencia poster
9.0

A young man discovers an infidelity and kills his wife. He was in love with this girl and had married her to get her out of a correctional institute.

La sentencia

1964

La patota poster
6.1

A philosophy teacher is raped by her night school students.

La patota

1960

Alias Gardelito poster
6.0

The title of this story is taken from the name of the great Argentine singer Carlos Gardel, the idol of the antihero Toribio portrayed by Alberto Argibay. Toribio's goal in life is to emulate the famous singer and making his own way successfully in the music business. Yet at the same time, he does not stop his illegal means of making ends meet, stealing and petty thievery. Discouraged when his big break never quite materializes, Toribio heads for disaster when he joins up with a large smuggling scheme.

Alias Gardelito

1961

No artwork available
NR

A group of robbers rob a photo novel publishing house and take refuge in a seaside town. It was never released commercially, only exhibited on television.

Héroes de hoy

1960

El fuego y el soñador poster
10.0

It describes the dilemma of a director in front of his characters and the search for a fetish actor who ends up being his great love. As if it were a documentary, the director remembers moments of his life and fragments of the filming of his film. That film tells the story of a poet who comes from the 19th century and contemplates the pain of the 20th century. There are tributes to her ancestors, especially her Piedmontese grandmother and her contemporary idols: actress Bárbara Mugica and Luchino Visconti.

El fuego y el soñador

2005

El prontuario de un argentino poster
10.0

An honest worker is forced to commit a crime for social reasons and unpleasant personal circumstances. After serving a prison sentence, he tries to rebuild his life.

El prontuario de un argentino

1987

Voy a hablar de la esperanza poster
NR

A young writer wants to make a different cinema and a director presents a plot divided into 3 episodes.

Voy a hablar de la esperanza

1966

Juguemos en el mundo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Juguemos en el mundo

1971