Nelly Weissel

Nelly Weissel (26 June 1920 – 13 August 2010) was a Uruguayan actress and director. She was a cast member of the Comedia Nacional.[1][2]

Nelly Weissel
Born
Nelly Weissel Urbin

(1920-06-26)26 June 1920
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died13 August 2010(2010-08-13) (aged 90)
Montevideo, Uruguay
OccupationActress, Director, Author
Years active1950–1990
Spouse(s)Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez
Children1

Early life

Nelly Weissel was born in Montevideo to Leopoldo Weissel Hefele (an engineer) and Luisa Urbin, a family of Austrian, Spanish and Italian descent.. Nelly completed her primary school at the Deutsche Schule in Montevideo, where she did not learn German. She also wrote a weekly column for La Mañana. Weissel also married the celebrated Uruguayan artist Juan Fernando Vieytes Pérez.

Career

Nelly's debut into the theatre world was with the prize-winning “Gabriela”[3] played by the famous theatre group ‘El Tinglado’, fuelled by this success, Weissel went on to create her own, later highly acclaimed, theatre company called “La Escena” (later renamed La Máscara)[4][5] with the first major play being They Came to a City by Priestley. During this period, Weissel played acclaimed roles in plays including No Exit (Huit Clos) by Satre, Tea and Sympathy by Robert Anderson and Corona de Sombras by Rodolfo Usigli.

In 1961, Weissel joined the most prestigious theatre in Uruguay, Comedia Nacional (National Theatre of Uruguay),[6][7][8] where she played her unforgettable role in Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill. She played her role alongside the also celebrated Uruguayan Actor, Alberto Candeau,[9][10] She later won the 1961 award for ‘Best Actress’[11] . Later, Nelly had a temporary break after an episode of her personal life forced her to stay away for a while[12] , but she re-joined the cast of the Comedia Nacional in 1972, and remained until 1990.

Plays from her Career
Sketch published in El Pais

References
  1. Nacional, Comedia. "Nelly Weissel". Comedia Nacional. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. Riccetto, María. Teatro Uruguayo Contemporáneo. Ediciones Colihue. p. 41. ISBN 950-581-112-8.
  3. "El teatro nacional está de duelo". LaRed21. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: Nelly Weissel, actress, author and director, was born in Montevideo on June 26, 1920 and was one of the founders of the La Mascara theater. Her acting career began unexpectedly when, author of a single work, "Gabriela" (El Tinglado, 1951), had to replace the actress who played the leading role.
  4. Ullive, Ugo. Memorias de teatro y cine. Trilce. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-9974-32-465-7.
  5. Ehrlich, Ricardo (22 October 2009). "Se renueva La Máscara". Intendencia de Montevideo. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: El teatro La Máscara funciona en el edificio Ateneo Popular, ubicado en calle Río Negro 1180, propiedad del Sindicato Único de la Aguja. La IMM colaborará en las obras para la reapertura de esta sala.
  6. Muslera, Fernanda. Sin maquillaje: Historias de la Comedia nacional en el Siglo XXI. Penguin Random House. pp. 4, 111, 113, 413, 796. ISBN 9789974888401.
  7. Reyes, Carlos (27 July 2018). "Como experiment, es interessante". El Pais. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: Lógicamente que quien recuerda... Nelly Weissel- esta ultima en el rol de Poncia, que ahora hace Bananita Gonzalez- en aquella version que la Comedia Nacional hizo en 1892.
  8. Reyes, Carlos (4 October 2017). "La Comedia Nacional Festejó 70 Años: Un estreno y cuatro ejemplos". El Pais. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: Jorge Triador encabezaba un elenco (en el que estaban Maruja Santullo, Sonia Repetto, Marina Sauchenco y Nelly Weissel, entre otros), dando vida a un personaje que recordaba su vida desde la postración y la vejez, mientras el autor deslizaba una mirada sobre el compromiso social y sus debilidades.
  9. "Tragedia NorteAmericana con Gran Elenco: Clásico que resurge en manos de Jorge Denevi". El Pais. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: I was always an admirer of Candeau, and I was always going to see what I was doing, even if I had bad reviews, which I often had, and in that work it was fantastic, I remember every moment that I saw, as something magical. Nelly Weissel, I remember very well what the characters' relationships were like, and now they are completely different, I know the theme of Candeau very well: it was an amazing modernity, it was of a plausibility, what I was doing was so absolutely clear. pompous: in some role he may have been.
  10. Guerra, Fabio (20 November 2014). "Comprame almidón". Brecha. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: —¿Recordás quiénes actuaban?- Recuerdo a Alberto Candeau, Delfi Galbiati, Nelly Weissel.
  11. Gerardo, Mantero (May 2015). "Entre el teatro y la novela negra" (PDF). Findesiglo. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: Fue mi primera obra representada en La Máscara, con dirección de Nelly Weissel. En ella apareció quien después sería uno de los grandes actores Uruguayos.
  12. Prieto, Ricardo. "Plays". Alternativateatral. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Background: ‘MINOR SINS’, starring Nelly Weissel after her departure from the National Comedy (1995).
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