Actress Lupe Ontiveros dies at 69

A former resident of Fulton, died Thursday of liver cancer in a hospital in Whittier, said his agent, Michael Greenwald. He was 69.

The veteran actress Lupe Ontiveros, Step daughter, born of Mexican immigrants, once estimated that he had acted as a servant more than 150 times during his career.

That is why the actress 4-foot-11 was so happy a decade ago, when director Miguel Arteta approached backstage after a theater show, and said he had a script for consideration.

"He said, 'Look at the Beverly'," Ontiveros recalled in an interview on National Public Radio in 2009. "I said, 'Beverly? You said Beverly? Her name is Beverly? And I said:' I would not care what the script is ready, because his name is Beverly.. Mary Guadalupe Conchita Esperanza was not the stereotype of America. "

Ontiveros role as employer mince words home theater in the 2000 movie "Chuck & Buck," said a part was written for a white actress, was a turning point moment.

His best known roles are former fan club that kills pop star Selena and her mother joined in the tradition of the 2002 film "Real Women Have Curves."

"Lupe Ontiveros was a gift," said actor Edward James Olmos, The Times on Friday. "He was part of the evolutionary process of Latin American art form of narrative in the last 30 years or more. It was one of the true pioneers of the art movement in Latin American theater, film and television."

Ontiveros Olmos has appeared with the original Los Angeles production in 1978 by Luis Valdez, "Zoot Suit", which played the mother. He has participated on Broadway in 1979 and played in the 1981 version of the film.

"Selena," starring Jennifer Lopez in the lead role, also featured Olmos.

"His performance was really exciting, because the truth that she was portrayed," he said. As Selena killer, "was so compelling and did an amazing job that the people were angry with her when she walked the streets."

For her role as Carmen Garcia, criticism of the East Los Angeles mother, who prefers to give his daughter to a young and ambitious university to meet with his work in a garment factory in "Real Women Have Curves" , Ontiveros shared a Special Jury Prize for dramatic performance at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival with co-star America Ferrera.

The film also won the audience award at the festival, "spoke to people because of their honesty," Ontiveros said the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2002. "No matter that it was the Romans because it was really all."

In his review of "Real Women Have Curves," Kevin wrote The Times' Thomas: "This is a wonderful role for an actress of ability and stature of Ontiveros, the heat is crucial in maintaining the Carmen innate humanity.