Esteban Mellino(1945-2008)
- Actor
- Director
Esteban Mellino was an Argentine actor, creator of "Teacher Lambetain",
the intimate personage who made him famous on TV and theater. Mellino
was getting out of a jam himself as the director of the "Mellino
Group", an initiatory multimedia that was agglutinating radio,
publishing, TV and musical projects. The comedian won popularity during
years '80, in TV programs like "Badía and Cía.", with his personage
Lambetain. In cinema, he took part in films as "Los matamonstruos en la
mansión del terror" (1987) and "Tacos altos" (1985). On TV, he was for
last time in "You are my life" (Sos mi vida), in 2006. Beyond TV, his
career was signed by teaching and theatre. Since 1965 Mellino worked in
almost forty theater pieces, like "Salven a Sebastián" (Save
Sebastian), "La nube" (The cloud), "Cómo querés que te quiera" (How do
you want I love you), "Dalequevá", "Tarado se necesita", "Mellino a
cara limpia" (Mellino to clean face), "Fuerte y al medio", "Angeles"
(Angels) y "Loco" (Crazy),between other. He made radio and poetry; he
composed musical topics for "Alma y Vida", a musical group very known
in the '70s, where it was singing his brother Carlos; he was a teacher
of actors and founded and productor of several artistic initiatives.
Along his extensive career, Mellino obtained the prizes "Estrella de
mar" and "Neptune", "The Lennon of the Peace" (1986/87), "The Latin
American Prize to the Educational Excellence" (2005).
