Cecilia Roth

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August 14, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography:An Argentine native who spent her formative years exiled to Spain, "Cecilia Roth" was a regular in Spanish filmmaker "Pedro Almodóvar"'s early films and a star in Argentina long before she became an international critics' darling as the title character in Almodóvar's Oscar-winner "All About My Mother" (1999). Born in Buenos Aires, "Roth" lived in Spain during Argentina's 1970s-early-'80s repressive military regime. "Roth" began acting during her years as an expatriate, earning her first major film role in Ivan Zuleta's cult film "Arrebato" (1979). After playing a bit part in Almodóvar's outrageous, if unpolished, Pepi, Lucy, Bom (1980), "Roth" starred as the unsubtly named Sexilia in the director's sex farce "Labyrinth of Passion" (1982). "Roth" also played small roles in Almodóvar's Dark Habits (1984) and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (1984), and co-starred with a young "Antonio Banderas" in... Full Biography
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