Nelly Beatriz Bonnet (born Nelly Beatris Auchter Bonnet; 11 December 1930 – 19 February 2020) was an Argentine film and television actress and comedian.
Biography Beatriz Bonnet was born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos on 11 December 1930 to Mariana Amelia Bonnet, a single mother. Mariana's father was Ernest Bonnet, an English immigrant man.Lamazares, Silvina: «Beatriz Bonnet: “Nunca pierdo el humor”», en el diario Clarín, del 26 de noviembre de 2011.
At 15, Bonnet married a man named López Verde, but the couple split a year later. She moved to Buenos Aires, where she studied dance, singing, and acting. While working at a candy shop, Bonnet was recruited by Pedro R. Bravo to act in Mansedumbre, the first film to be shot in Tucumán Province. In mid-1951, she joined the staff of the Cinematographic Institute of the National University of Tucumán, at that time being funded by the Argentine government.
Bonnet entered the Institute of Modern Art in Buenos Aires and was hired by theatre director to perform in comedies in the Astral Theater. She took classes with .
On television, Bonnet made her debut performing in operettas on Televisión Pública Argentina's Channel 7. She was the replacement actress for Rosita Quintana in a production My Fair Lady, performing so well in one day that the audience cheered for her and indefinitely replaced Quintana. Bonnet would also play in TV musical comedies such as La dama del Maxim's, Descalzos en el parque, and Mame.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1953 Mansedumbre 1953 El pecado más lindo del mundo 1955 Canario rojo 1956 Novia para dos 1962 Operación G 1963 Los que verán a Dios 1964 El club del clan 1965 La pérgola de las flores 1966 Con el más puro amor 1966 Villa Delicia: playa de estacionamiento, música ambiental 1966 Necesito una madre 1968 Un muchacho como yo Mercedes Ramos 1969 El bulín M.D. Livingstone 1970 Pasión dominguera 1973 Um Caipira em Bariloche Nora 1976 El profesor erótico 1984 Sálvese quien pueda Luisa 1998 Mar de amores Adela
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