One can imagine Susana Alexander’s ancestors fleeing World War II with a letter from Albert Einstein in order to enter Mexico.
Also, years later, to little Suzanne Ellen Rose, her full name, suffering from the absence of her deceased father when she was eight years old, eagerly seeking to repeat that love in her adolescence, without luck with the boys.
And, of course, seeing her in her adulthood, struggling to carry out theatrical projects that she financed with what she earned from soap operas. Her snapping her fingers to pay the bills.
This rereading of Mrs. Alexander’s life, in such a dramatic tone but which always ends with a smile, is almost organic, coming from a woman who has dedicated almost all of her 80 years of life to acting, who turns tomorrow.
I’m tired because I’ve worked a lot, thank God, but I’ve done everything I wanted. I can say that I’m not missing anything because I’ve done anything from radio, television, dubbing, theater, cinema, I’ve done everything: I’ve directed, I’ve done creativity courses for education, in short…
Yes, I am very ready, very proud to have been able to arrive because I am the only one of the first generation that arrived in Mexico and was trained here. That is, my mother, my father and my older brother, who are the first to arrive in 1942 and then we who were born, my twin and I, in 1943, that was the family that was here, we did not have anyone.
In 1942, in the middle of the war in Europe, they managed to get a letter from Einstein, who was related to my mother, to the Secretary of Public Education, recommending the Alexander family, my father, particularly because he was an electronic engineer.
My best moment is this, today, not even tomorrow, right now. Look how delicious I had breakfast! My daughter was there, she just left, she’s here to visit, she was building a boutique hotel at my house, I’m very happy that my daughter is here.
The death of my father, with my mother there were no pending issues, thank God, everything was wonderful, we fought a lot, but there were no pending issues, everything we had to say to each other and experience, we lived and told each other.
Many, my career has not been easy, I really made it, I sponsored it with work, with what I earned in soap operas I put on my plays; The theater supported me at that time and then they would call me again from a soap opera and I would win and from there I would take and save for my children, vacations and everything else; and besides being able to produce all my plays for more than 40 years, I am my own production company, I have sponsored everything.
Hunger, I get up in the morning to see how I solve my economic problems, so I have to work, because here if you don’t work there is no money and if there is no money, we don’t eat, I have 15 dogs, people who help me, etc. . See what a good counselor hunger is, what a good companion it is to motivate one to continue living!
My purpose is to rest a little, I have three projects, one that I start in August, for the revival of the play, we are going to spend only eight weeks in If you die… I’ll kill you with Azela Robinson, because we’re already going to be a year old, We are going for only eight weeks. There’s no way I’m going to make another day, that’s it. August, September and it’s over, in October I’m going to travel because I’m going to visit my son
I even had to work with Jodorowsky, I had to work with Julio Castillo, whom I loved very much but with his buts, poor thing, he drank a lot and then he arrived in an inconvenient state. I, who look like a Discalced Carmelite, who respect my work very much, cannot arrive to work in an inconvenient state. Jodorowsky, a very special being, very twisted in his time and still today.
Many directors with Pepe Solé, that was calmer… I also worked with Don Manolo Fábregas, with two plays that he directed for me, but in general I was always directing myself, later I went to learn directing.
No, I don’t regret anything, I leave without guilt, guilt doesn’t exist, I’m very happy, everything is a long apprenticeship and one learns faster and faster, that’s the best of all.
With great joy, I would like people to remember me with great joy, as a good person, which I hope I have been, because I try every day to be a better human being.
For nearly seven decades, Alexander has excelled in dozens of projects.
Susana was 13 years old when, in 1955, she participated in the Antonio Passi program.
Susana was 13 years old when, in 1955, she participated in the Antonio Passi program.
In 1962 he acted in the telenovela La misma Fanny, with Miguel Manzano.
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In 1969, he presented Suspicious Truth, the capital work of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón.
In 1969, he presented Suspicious Truth, the capital work of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón. Photo: Courtesy
Under the direction of José Solé, in 1976 Susana performed with Héctor Bonilla in the Xola.
Under the direction of José Solé, in 1976 Susana performed with Héctor Bonilla in the Xola. Photo: Courtesy
In 1988, he starred in this musical show at Chapultepec Castle.
In 1988, he starred in this musical show at Chapultepec Castle.
A recent version of this performance that began in 1991, together with Horacio Villalobos.
A recent version of this performance that began in 1991, together with Horacio Villalobos. Photo: Courtesy Susana Alexander
In 2001, Susana was part of this feminist monologue, written by Eve Ensler.
In 2001, Susana was part of this feminist monologue, written by Eve Ensler.
One of Alexander’s great works in a 2010 show, at the Rafael Solana.
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2023-07-02 12:46:04
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