---
name: "Chunchuna Villafañe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chunchuna-villafane"
fi1m_id: "chunchuna-villafane"
imdb_id: "nm0897693"
tmdb_id: 543805
wikidata_id: "Q5116252"
roles: []
born: "9 April 1934"
died: "4 June 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:18:56.565799+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chunchuna Villafañe

## Identity

Chunchuna Villafañe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chunchuna-villafane
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chunchuna-villafane
- **IMDb ID:** nm0897693
- **TMDB ID:** 543805
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5116252
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunchuna_Villafa%C3%B1e, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5116252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/543805

Actor. Born 9 April 1934 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Died 4 June 2026.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 April 1934, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Died:** 4 June 2026
- **Also known as:** Elba Villafañe
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunchuna_Villafa%C3%B1e, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5116252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897693/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/543805

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Official Story*](https://film.one/film/the-official-story.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chunchuna Villafañe, also credited as Elba Villafañe, was an Argentine actress, model and architect. She was born in Buenos Aires on 9 April 1934 and died there on 4 June 2026.

She began appearing in film and television in the early 1970s. After studying acting with Agustín Alezzo, she returned to Argentina following the end of the military dictatorship and took the role of Ana in *The Official Story* (1985), directed by Luis Puenzo. For this performance she received the Best Supporting Actress award at the Chicago International Film Festival and a Silver Condor nomination.

Villafañe appeared in earlier films including *Un guapo del 900* (1971) and *No toquen a la nena* (1976), and later works such as *Nunca estuve en Viena* (1989) and *Vidas privadas* (2001). She also worked in television and maintained a career in architecture and design. She was married to musician Horacio Molina and had two daughters, actresses and musicians Juana Molina and Inés Molina.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, infobae.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Official Story* (1985), Fi1m 81, as Ana — [page](https://film.one/film/the-official-story.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Madraza* (2017), as Teresita
- *En viaje* (2017), series, as Dora
- *Portraits* (2009), as Chunchuna
- *Luego* (2008), Actor
- *Durch Himmel und Hölle* (2007), as Valerie
- *Killer Women* (2005), series, Actor
- *Strange* (2003), as Madre de Ana
- *Micaela, una película mágica* (2002), as Abuela de Micaela
- *Private Lives* (2001), as Sofía Uranga
- *El beso del olvido* (1991), Actor
- *Atreverse* (1990), series, as Perla, Águeda
- *Nunca estuve en Viena* (1989), as Carolina
- *The Messes of Susana* (1986), Actor
- *The Official Story* (1985), as Ana — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-official-story.md)
- *The Children of Fierro* (1978), Producer's Assistant, Assistant Director
- *No toquen a la nena* (1976), Actor
- *Un guapo del 900* (1971), Actor
- *El galleguito de la cara sucia* (1966), Actor

## Gallery

- ![the actress (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/3924825/gallery-5181d7eae005.jpg) the actress (1960) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Chunchuna_villafane_1960s.jpg/1280px-Chunchuna_villafane_1960s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chunchuna Villafañe](https://film.one/media/person/3924825/gallery-08425b82f5c2.jpg) Chunchuna Villafañe — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Chunchuna_1970_%28crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Chunchuna Villafañe en 1972.](https://film.one/media/person/3924825/gallery-a9ccb942eef5.jpg) Chunchuna Villafañe en 1972. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Chunchuna_Villafa%C3%B1e_-_1972.jpg/1280px-Chunchuna_Villafa%C3%B1e_-_1972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Las modelos argentinas Chunchuna Villafañe y Vilma Berlin.](https://film.one/media/person/3924825/gallery-faa01cd76e70.jpg) Las modelos argentinas Chunchuna Villafañe y Vilma Berlin. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Publicidad_Rhodiane_1965.jpg/1280px-Publicidad_Rhodiane_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chunchuna Villafañe](https://film.one/media/person/3924825/gallery-19f04c5abbd1.jpg) Chunchuna Villafañe — Image via TMDB

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