Violeta Vidaurre

In 2015, she stood as the sole female candidate among five selected for the National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts, ultimately won by actor Héctor Noguera.

Coming from an aristocratic or upper-class family from Santiago's Barrio República [es],[9] her basic education took place at the Colegio Sagrado Corazón, Villa María Academy, and Sacred Heart of Argentine nuns.

[10] Vidaurre entered into her first marriage at age 19 with Ramón Salgado Suárez, a marine guard of the school ship Lautaro, which caught fire before his eyes off Callao in 1945.

Vidaurre entered to study acting at the Academy of Dramatic Art of the Experimental Theater [es] of the Pontifical Catholic University, graduating with maximum distinction.

[12] She took to the massive stages replacing some actresses, and was cast in a role by the American director Frank McMullan, who had been invited to direct the play Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe in 1959.

Since then, she has performed in plays such as Much Ado About Nothing, Versos de ciego, Dialogues of the Carmelites [es], Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and Casimiro Vico Primer Actor.

She participated in the premiere of La pérgola de las flores [es] by Isidora Aguirre in 1961, playing the role of Mrs. Laura Larraín.

[13] In an interview, the actress declared: "Eugenio Guzmán, the director of the play, first placed me in the choir and then chose me as a replacement for Silvia Piñeiro and there I stayed for several seasons.

It occupied all the spaces that the media offered at that time, transforming image and sound into a true cultural sensation, making an international tour through Argentina, Mexico, and Europe.

Along with this intimate love of theatrical art, Vidaurre participated in countless national and international tours of countries such as Argentina, Mexico, France, and Spain.