Miguel Ligero

Miguel Ligero (1911–1989) was a film, television and theater actor from Argentina. Ligero was born in 1911 in Rosario, Santa Fe.

In 1938 he made his film debut with The Caranchos of Florida and went on to appear in some twenty films.

For his work in Castigo al traidor (Punishment to the Traitor) and El ojo que espía (the spying eye), both from 1966, he was awarded the Silver Condor award for best supporting actor.

In 1965 he received the Martin Fierro Award for Best Actor in a novel.

Other works were Palo y hueso (1967), La guerra del cerdo (1975), El soltero (1977) and El hombre del subsuelo (1981).In theater he worked with Luis Arata, Enrique de Rosas and Olinda Bozán and acted for several seasons at the Teatro General San Martín.

Among other works, he appeared in Waiting for Godot and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

After the beginning of television soap operas he worked on Señorita Medianoche (Miss Midnight - 1963), Mariana and other programs.

He was received the Konex Award in 1981 in the category of Actor in a Comedy Film and Theater.

He died on 1 February 1989 (aged 77) in Buenos Aires, Argentina after a heart attack.