Lillian Hurst

Lillian Hurst

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Birthday: 
13 August 1949, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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 ed... Show more »
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. Show less «

Lillian Hurst's FILMOGRAPHY

Sesame Street - Season 54

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Sesame Street - Season 53

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Sesame Street - Season 52

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Sesame Street - Season 51

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Sesame Street - Season 50

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Mad About You - Season 8

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The X-Files - Season 11

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Sesame Street - Season 49

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Sesame Street - Season 47

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Sesame Street - Season 48

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The X-Files - Season 10

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The Comeback - Season 2

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True Blood - Season 7

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True Blood - Season 6

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True Blood - Season 5

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True Blood - Season 4

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Lost - Season 6

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True Blood - Season 3

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True Blood - Season 2

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Reaper - Season 2

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Nip Tuck - Season 6

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Cold Case - Season 7

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Ugly Betty - Season 4

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Lillian Hurst'S roles

Lupe
Lupe
Hotel Manager
Hotel Manager
Carmen Reyes
Carmen Reyes
Ben's Grandmother
Ben's Grandmother
Luz
Luz
Bonita Rafael
Bonita Rafael