CIANGHEROTTI, ALEJANDRO

(1903-1975)

(last name sometimes spelled "Chiangherotti")

   Argentine character actor, active in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s, often in unsympathetic roles. Nominated for a Supporting Actor Ariel for his work in Canaima (1945). He married actress Mercedes Soler (sister of the 4 famous Soler brothers); their sons Alejandro Jr. and Fernando (Luján) worked steadily as actors from childhood onwards, and another generation of Chiangherottis (TV actor and singer Fernando Ciangherotti, son of Fernando Luján) is currently active as well.