Lydia Lamayson is an Argentine actress, film and theater legend. In Russia, she gained fame thanks to her participation in the television series “Wild Angel”, popular in the 1990s, where she played the role of Donna Angelica Di Carlo, grandmother Milli.
Longevity Dynasty
Lydia Lamayson was born in the year of the beginning of World War I (1914) in the Argentine province of Mendoza, but almost immediately after her birth, the family moved to Buenos Aires, which allowed Lydia to consider herself a “capital gimmick” all her life.
The actress herself did not like to talk about the family, abruptly suppressed all attempts by journalists to find out something about her parents or her only sister. It is only known for certain that her grandmother passed away at the age of 98 years, and her mother - 92 years. Lydia dreamed of “surpassing” them, but she did not succeed in “breaking the record” of her grandmother - the actress died in 2012 at the age of 97.
Having begun an artistic career in 1939, Lydia Lamayson played in countless theatrical productions, starred in 25 films, including The Gallant Cavalier '900' (1960), 'The End of the Party' (1960), “I Will Talk About Hope "(1966), for participation in which she received prizes for best actress.
Eroticism in 89 years
With all the richness and diversity of the biography, real fame came to Lydia Lamayson at an already mature age. She was actively invited to the roles of cunning, wise, and sometimes insidious elderly ladies.
Until the very last days, the actress maintained clarity of mind, a phenomenal memory that allows her to easily remember stage monologues, and good health.
At the age of 90, Lydia worked full time, genuinely surprised at the young actors who said that working on television or in the theater tired them.
I never get tired. And you know why? I do not consider what I do, work. Work is something that takes effort, and I get pure pleasure. In addition, I am absolutely healthy. Occasionally there are only colds and headaches.
(From an interview with the Argentinean Clarin)
According to the memoirs of contemporaries, once in the distant 60s, the actress read that walking on stairs is useful, and for 44 years she did not use the elevator, despite the fact that her apartment was on the third floor.
The fact that in 2003, at the age of 89, Lydia wrote the script for the play “What is Eroticism”, dedicated, as you might guess, to the topic of eroticism and sex, speaks of the soul’s not passing youth.
Do not call me grandma!
The actress never allowed herself to be called a grandmother, noting that she has nephews, grand-nephews and other relatives, but she is not a grandmother either to them or to anyone else. Once on the street, a passerby called her “that very grandmother from TV,” to which Lydia answered: “Yes, I’m a grandmother on television, but in real life I’m not her and I ask you not to call me that. It seems indecent to call strangers on the street "grandmothers."
During her long life, Lydia Lamayson received many different awards, including the title of Honorary Citizen of Buenos Aires, and in 2004 her name was immortalized in the Blue Hall of the National Congress of Argentina.
Without a doubt, Lydia Lamayson can be called one of the most significant figures of the Argentine theater, film and television, but we will always remember her charismatic elderly lady from the series "Wild Angel".