Patrice Martinez

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Patrice Martinez (born June 12, 1963 in Albuquerque , New Mexico - † December 25, 2018 ) was an American actress who, through her appearances in ¡Three Amigos! and Zorro - The Black Avenger became known.

Life

Martinez was born in New Mexico in 1963; her father was a musician, her mother the actress Margarita Martinez. She had a brother and a sister.

In April 1987 she married the Mexican film producer Daniel Camhi (* 1960); the marriage was divorced in 1992.

Career

Having worked in amateur theater as a teenager, she moved to London after graduating from high school to become one of only three non- British students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to become a professional actress. Ralph Fiennes and Kenneth Branagh , among others, studied with her .

She later appeared in numerous well-known cinema productions, for example in ¡Three Amigos! alongside Steve Martin and Chevy Chase or in Tim Burton's Oscar-winning Beetlejuice alongside Alec Baldwin , Geena Davis and Winona Ryder .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary , accessed January 20, 2019