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Lillian Hurst(I)

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Lillian Hurst in Lost : Les Disparus (2004)
Hurst was born in the Villa Palmera section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the middle class families live. Her father was the owner of the "Farmacia Imperial" (Imperial Pharmacy) located in the neighborhood of Barrio Obrero. Hurst is also a cousin of Puerto Rican television producer Tommy Muñiz. She received her primary and secondary education in the capital.

At a young age, Hurst told her parents that she wanted to be an actress. They enrolled her in the modeling academy of Ana Santisteban. In 1960, when she was 17 years old, she was clowning around with her friends while waiting for her turn at the academy. Producer Gaspar Pumarejo happened to encounter Hurst when he entered the academy looking for "fresh" talent for a new show that he was producing.

That year Hurst was contracted and she starred in the television comedy Pompilia y su Familia (Pompilia and her Family), which was broadcast on WAPA-TV. Later, she hosted La Hora del Niño(The Children's Hour) on Channel 6. Some of the other comedies in which she participated in the 1960s were Casos y Cosas de la Casa (Cases and Things of the House) with actor Braulio Castillo and Matrimonio y Algo Mas (Marriage and Something More). In 1969, Hurst was contracted by Panamericana de Television of Lima, Peru to work in the program El Hit del Momento (The Hit of the Moment), for one year.

When Hurst returned to Puerto Rico, she went to work in some of the programs produced by her cousin, Tommy Muñiz. She also participated in various theater productions for the first time. Among them were La Casa de las Hojas Azules (The House with the Blue Leaves) and La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja (The True Story of Pedro Navaja). In 1980, Hurst wrote and produced a stage show which she presented at the Condado Beach Hotel in San Juan.

Hurst went to New York were she worked for a short time on some Off-Broadway productions. Then in 1989, she moved to Los Angeles, California where she enrolled in Santa Monica College and majored in psychology. Hurst was able to work in both Spanish and English language productions. She landed a role as "Mrs. Maris" in Windows (1991), which was presented at the Taper Forum Theater and as "Lola" in La Balada de Tina Jaurez (The Ballad of Tina Juarez) (1992). She was also the founder of an acting school for Hispanic children.

Hurst has participated in twenty movies, including the 2005 film English as a Second Language. She has also made over thirty television guest appearances in programs such as JAG, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, ER, Lost, and a recurring role in Dharma and Greg, where she played the role of "Celia" in sixteen episodes. She also appeared in the Ugly Betty episode "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara" as Yolanda Salazar, the grandmother of Betty Suarez. As of 2007, Lillian Hurst was residing in Los Angeles, California, continuing her work as an actress.
BornAugust 13, 1943
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    Known for

    Colin Hanks and Jack Black in Orange County (2002)
    Orange County
    6.2
    • Lupe
    • 2002
    Naveen Andrews, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn, Harold Perrineau, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros, Maggie Grace, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost : Les Disparus (2004)
    Lost : Les Disparus
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Carmen Reyes
    Cold Case : Affaires classées (2003)
    Cold Case : Affaires classées
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Bonita Rafael
    Not Forgotten (2009)
    Not Forgotten
    4.7
    • Hotel Manager
    • 2009

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    Actress



    • La verdadera Eva
      • Carla Machado
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 1983
    • New Americans
      • Pre-production



    • Los Santos (2024)
      Los Santos
      Short
      • Hortensia
      • 2024
    • Yo Soy Un Político (2016)
      Yo Soy Un Político
      6.5
      • Eneida
      • 2016
    • Lisa Kudrow in Mon comeback (2005)
      Mon comeback
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Esperanza
      • 2005–2014
    • Carlos Rivera Marchand in I Am a Director (2012)
      I Am a Director
      6.9
      • Lillian
      • 2012
    • Es mejor escucharlo (2010)
      Es mejor escucharlo
      8.0
      Short
      • 2010
    • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
      True Blood
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Great Aunt Cecilia
      • 2010
    • Naveen Andrews, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn, Harold Perrineau, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros, Maggie Grace, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost : Les Disparus (2004)
      Lost : Les Disparus
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Carmen Reyes
      • 2005–2010
    • Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh in Nip/Tuck (2003)
      Nip/Tuck
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Mariela Cruz
      • 2009
    • Not Forgotten (2009)
      Not Forgotten
      4.7
      • Hotel Manager
      • 2009
    • Azucar Morena
      TV Movie
      • Mima
      • 2008
    • Le diable et moi (2007)
      Le diable et moi
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Ben's Grandmother
      • 2007
    • Marisa Coughlan in Side Order of Life (2007)
      Side Order of Life
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Mathilda
      • 2007
    • Tim Daly in The Nine, 52 heures en enfer (2006)
      The Nine, 52 heures en enfer
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Consuela Hernandez
      • 2006–2007
    • America Ferrera in Ugly Betty (2006)
      Ugly Betty
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Yolanda Salazar
      • 2007
    • Robert Patrick, Scott Foley, Max Martini, and Dennis Haysbert in The unit - Commando d'élite (2006)
      The unit - Commando d'élite
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Senora Berenguer
      • 2006

    Director



    • Papamundi and the 9/11 Mechanism (2014)
      Papamundi and the 9/11 Mechanism
      • Director
      • 2014

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    • Alternative name
      • Lilian Hurst
    • Born
      • August 13, 1943
      • San Juan, Puerto Rico

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