Juan Ramón Sánchez (actor)
Juan Ramón Sánchez | |
|---|---|
| Born | Juan Ramón Sánchez Guinot 1957 Trillo, Spain |
| Died | April 10, 2008 (aged 51) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer, sculptor, painter |
| Years active | 1975–2008 |
| Known for | Barrio Sésamo |
| Spouse | |
Juan Ramón Sánchez Guinot (1957 – April 10, 2008) was a Spanish actor, singer, sculptor and painter who played Chema the baker in the Spanish Sesame Street co-production Barrio Sésamo.[1]
Biography[edit]
During the mid-1970s, Sánchez performed in a music group, Red de San Luis.
Sánchez began his career on the TV series El señor Villanueva y su gente, before becoming one of the most beloved human stars of Barrio Sésamo in the 1980s.
While acting in Barrio Sésamo, Sánchez also appeared in a small role as a male nurse in Pedro Almodóvar's 1986 movie Matador. Sánchez has also appeared as a guest actor on the Spanish TV series Farmacia de guardia and Los ladrones van a la oficina.
Alongside with his wife Vivares and other actors from the series (such as José Riesgo), Sánchez appeared in a stage version of Barrio Sésamo during the late 1980s, touring through Spain.
More recently, Sánchez performed on stage and met with some success as a painter. He nevertheless admitted that people still called him "Chema".
His last television performance was on Gala Infantil 2006, in a "¿Como están ustedes?" ("How are you?") segment. With Espinete, Don Pimpón, and Ana, he sang the Barrio Sésamo theme "Todos los del barrio" for the last time.
Personal life[edit]
Sánchez was married to Chelo Vivares, the actress who performed the full-bodied Muppet Espinete on Barrio Sésamo. They married before the beginning of their work together in 1983.
Death[edit]
Sánchez died as a result of lung cancer in Madrid on April 10, 2008. He was 51 years old.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Muere "Chema el panadero", "Espinete" se queda viuda (in Spanish)
- ^ "Fallece Juan Ramón Sánchez Guinot, el panadero de 'Barrio Sésamo'" (in Spanish). diariodesevilla.es. April 14, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
External links[edit]
- Juan Ramón Sánchez at IMDb
- Juan Ramón Sánchez discography at Discogs
- 1957 births
- 2008 deaths
- People from the Province of Guadalajara
- Spanish male television actors
- Spanish male stage actors
- Spanish male film actors
- Spanish male painters
- Spanish male sculptors
- 20th-century Spanish male actors
- 20th-century Spanish male singers
- 20th-century Spanish singers
- 20th-century Spanish male artists
- 21st-century Spanish male actors
- 21st-century Spanish male singers
- 21st-century Spanish singers
- 21st-century Spanish male artists
- Deaths from lung cancer in Spain