Diosdado, Ana 1938-

PERSONAL:

Born May 21, 1938, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; daughter of Enrique Diosdado.

CAREER:

Playwright and actress. Appeared in television series, including roles of Manuela in Juan y Manuela, 1974; Lola in Anillos de oro, 1983; and Pilar Beltrán in Segunda Enseñanza, 1986; also appeared in Spanish-language television specials and awards presentations, and as guest on Spanish-language television talk shows.

MEMBER:

Sociedad General de Autores (president of board of directors).

WRITINGS:

Olvida los tambores (two-act play), Escélicer (Madrid, Spain), 1972.

El okapi (two-act play), Escélicer (Madrid, Spain), 1972.

Los comuneros, Ediciones MK (Madrid, Spain), 1974.

Juan y Manuela (television series), 1974.

Usted también podrá disfrutar de ella, Ediciones MK (Madrid, Spain), 1975, translation by Patricia W. O'Connor published as Yours for the Asking, Estreno (University Park, PA), 1995.

Olvida los tambores (screenplay; based on her stage play), 1975.

—Y de Cachemira Chales, Preyson (Madrid, Spain), 1983.

Anillos de oro (television series), 1983.

Anillos de oro, two volumes, Espasa-Calpe (Madrid, Spain), 1985.

Segunda Enseñanza (television series), 1986.

Cuplé, Ediciones Antonio Machado (Madrid, Spain), 1988.

Los ochenta son nuestros (play), Ediciones MK (Madrid, Spain), 1988.

Camino de plata, Ediciones Antonio Machado (Madrid, Spain), 1990.

La importancia de llamarse Wilde, Ediciones MK (Madrid, Spain), 1992.

Trescientos veintiuno, trescientos veintidós, Sociedad General de Autores de España (Madrid, Spain), 1993.

Igual que aquel príncipe, Ediciones Temas de Hoy (Madrid, Spain), 1994.

Cristal de Bohemia, Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (Madrid, Spain), 1996.

Las llaves de la independencia (screenplay; based on her novel), 2005.

(With Paloma Pedrero and Yolanda Dorado) Staging Terror: Madrid 3/11, edited by Iride Lamartina-Lens and Susan Berardini, Estreno Plays (New York, NY), 2007.

Other writings include the novel Las llaves de la independencia.

ADAPTATIONS:

The television special "El okapi," broadcast as an episode of Estudio 1 in 1975, was based on Diosdado's stage play of the same title. The 1989 television play Los ochenta son nuestros was based on her stage play of the same title.