Mimí Ardú (born 28 February 1956, Río Cuarto, Cordoba) is an Argentinian actress and former vedette.
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Career
At age 15, Ardú began receiving piano lessons from a piano teacher. That same year, she obtained her first job in the Entry Institute of Philosophy and Language as an administrator and helping primary school students. She finished her secondary studies at the Liceo Nacional de Señoritas Nro. 12 de Caballito. She studied dancing with Noemí Coelho and acting with Carlos Gandolfo in Argentina and León Escobar in Mexico. She sang with Mabel Moreno in Argentina and with David Soule Zendejas in Mexico. During the summer of 1979, she performed in Mar del Plata, where she was very successful. This led to her Reina Reech in the comedy Enredos de alcoba at the Mar del Plata Provincial Theatre. Since then, she has been continuously performing in theatre and television, forming part of the cast of telenovelas and other popular programs.
She was initiated by her sculptural body as the second vedette of several theatrical magazines to later become an actress of dramatic character.
Filmography
TV
Scandal in the Family (1967)
Ladies' Photographer (1978)
Las Muñecas Que Hacen ¡PUM! (1979): Mimi Ardou
Comandos azules en acción (1980)
Sucedió en el internado (1985)
Seguridad personal (1986)
Antonella (1992): Raquel Cornejo Mejía
El bonaerense (2002): Mabel
Vereda tropical (2004): Kari Kerr
A Year Without Love (2005): Auntie
Lo bueno de los otros (2005): Doctora
La demolición (2005)
Paredón, paredón (2005)
Mujeres asesinas (2006): Ana
Patito Feo (2008): Susana
The Man Who Came to a Village (2006): María
Contra Las Cuerdas (2010): Beba
Dulce amor (2013): Ofelia Molina
Somos familia (2014): Elsa
TV-series
La Chona superstar (1983, 3 episodes)
Entre el amor y el poder (1984, 25 episodes): Pia Maru
Buscavidas (1984, 19 episodes)
Pelear por la vida (1984)
Antonella (1991, 191 episodes): Raquel Cornejo Mejía
Casi todo, casi nada (1993, 29 episodes)
Pretty Face (1994, 130 episodes)
Son de diez (1992-1995, 145 episodes)
Señoras y señores (1997, 19 episodes)
De corazón (1997-1998, 396 episodes)
Endless Summer (1998)
Hospital público (2003, 19 episodes): Marikena Volpe
Los pensionados (2004, 115 episodes)
Los machos de América (2004, 19 episodes)
Cold Blood (2004, TV Mini Series, 6 episodes): Marga
Se dice amor (2005, 254 episodes): Elena Suárez
Conflictos en red (2005, (TV Mini Series, 1 episode): Mamá de Sebastián
Killer Women (2006, 1 episode): Ana
El pasado (2007)
Two Friends and a Burglar (2008)
Cinema
Las muñecas que hacen ¡pum! (1979)
Comandos azules en acción (1980)
El Bonaerense (2002): Mabel
A Year Without Love (2004): Tía
Theatre
Soñar en Boedo (2009; 2010)
The House of Bernarda Alba (2013–2016)
More
Un culebrón mejicano (2003, TV Movie)
La profesora (2005, short film): The Professor
Mujeres elefante (2007, TV Movie)
