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Encyclopedia > Guillermo Francella

Guillermo Francella (born February 14, 1955 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a famous actor and comedian. He is one of Telefe's most well known personalities. February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Buenos Aires (English: Fair Winds; originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, and one of... Acting is the work of an actor, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe, better known as Telefe, is an Argentinan television network. ...


Apart from being a television figure, he also has had a long theatrical acting career. Francella has travelled around his native Argentina with some of his country's distinguished actors to participate in a long list of plays. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212...


Francella made his television debut in 1984, participating in Historia de un Trepador (A Golddigger's Story). In 1985, he made his first feature film, El Telo y la Tele (Telo and Tele). He also participated in the television series, El Infiel (The Cheating Man) as Felipe during that year. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


1986 was a very busy year for Francella: he filmed three movies, including Camarero Nocturno en Mar del Plata (Nightshift Steward at Mar Del Plata) and Las Colegialas (College Girls), as well as one television series, named El Lobo (The Wolf). 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View of Mar del Plata from the air Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, 400 km south of Buenos Aires. ...


Francella's television and movie acting career continued on with such movies as Los Pilotos mas Locos del Mundo (The World's Craziest Pilots), Paraiso Relax (Relax Paradise, released as Casa de Masajes in Argentina) and Bañeros II:La Playa Loca (Beach Bums II:Crazy Beach); as well as television series like De Carne Somos (We are Made of Meat) and La Familia Benvenutto. The aforementioned works were among Francella's acting experiences during the late 1980s. In 1989, Francella participated in one of his biggest hits to date, "Los Exterminaitors, a movie that offered a satirical look at action movies such as Terminator. Francella's next project was a sequel to that film. Los Exterminaitors II, filmed in 1990, was Francella's first acting job of the 1990s. In 1990, he also played a character whose name could be considered a homage to Francella ("Francachella") in the Brigada Cola (Last Brigade) television series. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word terminator is from Latin and means roughly the finisher. ... This article is about the year. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ...


Two more sequels to Los Exterminaitors followed, and then Francella took some time off from acting on screen.


When he returned to act in front of the cameras, international interest in his shows and movies had grown, and his first work in three years, 1997's Naranja y Media, was released in various English-speaking countries, under the name of My Better Halves. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


His next movie, 1998's Un Argentino en New York, was filmed in Spain and the United States. It was also a major Argentine cinema hit. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Un Argentino en New York (international, English title: An Argentine in New York) is a 1998 Argentine film directed by Juan José Jusid and starring Guillermo Francella and Natalia Oreiro. ...


In 2000, he participated in one of Telefe's most viewed shows, Papa es un Idolo, a show that would also reach English-speaking countries under the name of Daddy is my Idol. This article is about the year 2000. ...


Francella began acting in 2001 in what perhaps may be, his career's defining work: The Telefe series Pone a Francella (Put on Francella), a comedy show which he hosts and where he participates in comic sketches. As of 2004, the series was being televised for the third year in a row; in Latin America, for a television series (not including telenovelas) to last longer than one year, it has to be considered a major hit. Pone a Francella reached the United States by DirecTV satellite transmissions. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A standard DIRECTV satellite dish with 1 LNB on a roof DirecTV is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, that transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States. ... MILSTAR:A Communciation Satellite A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ...


Cuban president Fidel Castro is a fan of Francella. Upon learning that the 2003 movie, Un Dia en el Paraiso (A Day in Paradise) was to include Francella, he gave the producers full permission to film the movie in Cuba. Francella played two characters in that movie, Reynaldo and Roy. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Francella's next movie, Papá Se Volvió Loco (Daddy Went Crazy!), is due to be released sometime in 2005. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 2005 he acted on a great TV succes, Casado con hijos" (married with children), playing the role of Pepe Argento, that was a hit in Argentina and is still being shown in 2006.


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Guillermo Francella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (542 words)
Guillermo Francella (born February 14, 1955 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), sometimes credited as Guillermo Franchella, is a famous actor and comedian.
Francella has travelled around his native Argentina with some of his country's distinguished actors to participate in a long list of plays.
Francella began acting in 2001 in what perhaps may be, his career's defining work: The Telefe series Pone a Francella (Put on Francella), a comedy show which he hosts and where he participates in comic sketches.
Cuba News / Yahoo! - CubaNet News - Noticias de Cuba / Cuba News (630 words)
WDLP-TV took Guillermo Francella's comedy show off the air until he describes his stance on the Castro government, station officials said Thursday.
The program is recorded in Francella's native Argentina, where it is still broadcast.
Francella was in Cuba for a Latin American film festival and met with Castro last Friday, the Miami-based newspaper El Nuevo Herald.
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