Dead Rodolfo Bebán, the heartthrob of the soap opera called the Argentine Alain Delon

The Argentine show was moved by the death of actor Rodolfo Bebán, who passed away on Saturday night at the age of 84. The Argentine Association of Actors confirmed the news through social networks.

Although the cause of his death has not been revealed, the famous television, film and theater actor was known he had been residing in a nursing home for a long time, with a profound picture of depression and sadness.

Son of actor Miguel Bebán, Rodolfo was born in Ciudadela but grew up in Morón. However, he took his first steps in theatrical acting in the mid-1950s his great popularity would come with the soap opera love has the face of a woman.

In the long series that Channel 13 premiered in 1964 and which had several female protagonists, including Bárbara Mujica and Thelma Biral, he met Claudia Lapacó, his first wife and mother of two of her children.

That the great success lasted until 1970 and marked Bebán’s debut with a starring role on the small screen. Since then, andThe blue-eyed actor shone like the emblematic soap opera heartthrob of that timeWhat Four men for Eve -also from Nene Cascallar-, Romeo and Juliettogether with Evangelina Salazar e high comedyalready started in the 70s.

In 1972 he starred in Malevo, co-star Gabriela Gilme, his second wife e mother of three children until his untimely death in 1991. Malevo was a period streak that captivated the Argentine middle class for three seasons. on Channel 9.

Suburban fiction, remake of another very popular 1960s expedition called Longing for good weather-, broke all public records weather.

The consecration Juan Moreira and the theater

The following year will see the consecration of Bebán in the film, with his portrait of Giovanni Moreira (1973), the legendary film by Leonardo Favio. His interpretation of the character of the same name earned him recognition from the public and critics, and permanently established him in the popular pantheon of the most important Argentine actors of his generation.

In cinema, Bebán was also the “Juan Manuel de Rosas” by Manuel Antín, and the eternal lover of the milonga and in love with La Rubia Mireya in “The boys from before didn’t use hair gel”to name just a few of his well-remembered works.

at the theatre, Bebán also stood out for his role as a comedianin many works of the 60s and 70s such as Loverswith Susana Campos, Fernanda Mistral and Lidia Lamaison; the strange couplewith whom he acted Ortega stick; we live a dreamby Sacha Guitry (with his wife of the time, Claudia Lapacó) e butterflies are freewith Ana María Campoy, China Zorrilla, Gabriela Gili and Susana Giménez.

There was one of his most remembered performances Diary of a madman, led by his father. He acted saberwhose story focused on the caudillo Juan Manuel de Rosas.

Regardless of the genre and format in which it was performed, Bebán has imprinted his character on each sheet, through a serious tone of voice and an admired image. For something that many have considered it the Argentine Alain Delon.

Although he prevailed as one of the undisputed gallants of the time, who drew sighs and admiration from much of the public, Bebán has maintained absolute confidentiality regarding his private life.

Lapacó and Gili, his two great loves

baby he met his two great loves while working. They fell in love with Claudia Lapacó during the recording of love has the face of a womanaired between 1964 and 1970. The crush between the two actors took place in the 1966 season. They married a few months later and had two children: Rodrigo and Diego. The love lasted four years.

In 1972, Bebán met Gabriela Gili on the recording set of Malevo. In 1973, during the last season of the novel, the fictional novel crossed the border of the Romay channel sets.

Was one of those couples that the public and the media adopt as their own. All the magazines of the time wanted photos and news of that Slavic beauty with the blue-eyed man and a reputation for tenacity. As a result of that 18-year marriage, Facundo, Daniela and Pedro were born.

In the late 1980s, Gili fell into a deep depression. On December 29, 1991, Bebán’s wife died at the age of 46. Since then, the actor has never been the same. This premature death is believed to have ended up affecting him emotionally and professionally.

baby had a sixth daughter by Brazilian actress Luz Amaral, Dolores. “I have always found lost soul strength in my six children, and they are the engine to work and live,” the actor said in an interview published in 2012.

his latest works

On television, he had one last hit with the price of powerfrom the aforementioned Hugo Moser, launched in 1992 on Canale 9. There he played Lucio Santini, a corrupt businessman with a desire for power and without the desire to continue to support him.

Moser and Bebán would join forces again after that series to make another streak on Canale 9: Marco, the candidate, where the actor played an honest politician who didn’t have the success he hoped for.

Perhaps the last time the audience was able to enjoy healthy and happy Bebán was there Philosophy of life (2011), the play by Juan Villoro in which he played a philosopher who finds himself after many years played by Alfredo Alcón with an old colleague and friend.

That commercial theater success also meant the meeting on stage with Lapacó, who managed to forgive him forty years later. In 2014 she decides to return to television after 12 years, with a special participation in road to lovea soap opera by Quique Estevanez on Telefe.

“Being a gallant gave me and took things from me. But I’m not one of those who deny “, he admitted that year, in one of the last interviews with Clarione About that ride.