Tara Parra
Tara Parra was a Cuban-Mexican actress. She played in numerous theatre plays and telenovelas, including Daniela, El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar and Destino.
Life and career
Parra started her career as a 14-year-old in 1946 in the play based on the novel Rosalba y los llaveros y otras obras de teatro, directed by Salvador Novo, with Ignacio López Tarso, who played her father.
She began her film career in 1981 with the movie Carta a un niño. In television, her first credit was in 1986 with the telenovela Cuna de lobos. Her major roles were in plays, while her roles in cinema and television were more minor. Her major roles in telenovelas included El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar, in which she played Constanza de Santiago and Daniela as Consuelo Gamboa.
Parra was married to writer Argelio Gasca, with two sons, and also actress Kenia Gascón and the compositor David Gasca. Tara Parra died on 12 September 2025, at the age of 93.
Filmography
La casa de las flores as Yolanda LascuráinDesenfrenadas as TetéUna familia con Madre Más sabe el diablo por viejo como Victoria PlaceresLa delgada línea amarilla as Doña CarmenDestino as Nana SofíaHidden Moon as mujer sabiaMi universo en minúsculas as ElbaSoy tu fan as Genoveva "Beba"Más allá de la luz Los Minondo as Isabel San JuanA cada quien su santo as IsauraAmor letra por letra as Refugio "Abue Cuca"El milagrito de San Jacinto Lo que callamos las mujeres as NadiaLa sangre iluminada Sexo, amor y otras perversiones as MadreNi una vez más as Lourdes "Mamá Lulú"La leche y el agua as La MujerLínea nocturna as BromeliaSin ton ni Sonia as RosaUna de dos as OfeliaDaniela as Consuelo Gamboa "Chelito"La culpa as la presidenta de las DamasMaría la del barrio as la madre superiora MatildePrisionera de amor as MiriamTiempo cautivo as LulaMadres egoístas as Doña Soledad "Sol" DeschampsDestino as BeatrizÁngeles blancos as RemediosEl extraño retorno de Diana Salazar as Doña Constanza de SantiagoCuna de lobos as Madame TaraCarta a un niño as SaraEl diario de una señorita decente as Carla