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Graciela (1956 Film)
''Graciela'' is a 1956 Argentine film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, which earned its Chilean star, Lautaro Murúa, the 1957 Silver Condor Award for Best Actor. It was Murúa' debut film in Argentina and his first principal role, which he played opposite, Elsa Daniel. Cast * Elsa Daniel * Lautaro Murúa * Ilde Pirovano * Alba Múgica * Ernesto Bianco * Alita Román * Susana Campos * Diana Ingro Susana Unía (26 October 1917 – 23 March 2017), known professionally as Diana Ingro, was an Argentine actress known for starring in '' By the Sweat of Your Brow'' (1949), ''Muerte civil'' (1954), '' The Cicada Is Not a Bug'' (1963), and '' Extr ... * Frank Nelson * Alejandro Rey References External links * 1956 films Films directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson 1950s Spanish-language films 1950s Argentine films Argentine drama films 1956 drama films Argentine black-and-white films {{1950s-Argentina-film-stub ...
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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 – 8 September 1978), also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter. Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal surname from Torres to Torre) was the son of Argentine pioneer film director Leopoldo Torres Ríos, with whom he collaborated between 1939 and 1949. He debuted in 1947 with the short ''El muro''. His mother was an Argentinian citizen of Swedish descent. His uncle was cinematographer Carlos Torres Ríos (1898–1956). Torre Nilsson's first full-length film, ''El crimen de Oribe'' (1950), was an adaptation of Adolfo Bioy Casares's novel ''El perjurio de la nieve''. In 1954 he directed ''Días de odio'', based on Jorge Luis Borges's short story ''Emma Zunz''. In 1956 he directed ''Graciela'', based on Carmen Laforet's novel ''Nada'', winner of Nadal Literary Prize 1944. He also directed films about icons of Argentine history and culture: ''Martín Fierro'' (1968 ...
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Susana Campos
Susana Campos (August 31, 1934 – October 16, 2004) was an Argentine actress. She starred in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'' under director Carlos Schlieper. Selected filmography * '' The Beautiful Brummel'' (1951) * ''Behind a Long Wall'' (1958) * '' Police Calling 091'' (1960) * ''Como dos gotas de agua'' (1963) * ''Romanza final (Gayarre) ''Romanza final'' is a 1986 biographic film about opera singer Julián Gayarre. It was directed by José María Forqué. Cast * José Carreras – Julián Gayarre *Sydne Rome – Alicia *Antonio Ferrandis * Susana Campos *Montserrat Caballé *Aita ...'' (1986) References External links * * Argentine film actresses 1934 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Argentine actresses Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery {{Argentina-actor-stub ...
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Argentine Drama Films
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Argentine''. Argentina is a multiethnic society, multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various Ethnicity, ethnic, Religion, religious, and Nationality, national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to t ...
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1950s Argentine Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ...
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1950s Spanish-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his h ...
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Films Directed By Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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1956 Films
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – ...
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Alejandro Rey
Alejandro Rey (February 8, 1930 – May 21, 1987) was an Argentine-American actor and television director. Career Early work Rey was born in Buenos Aires and studied acting under Hedwig Schlichter and Milagros de la Vega. He became known as an actor in Argentine movies. In 1957, he participated in the film ''El Diablo de vacaciones'', directed by Ferruccio Cerio, with Nelly Panizza and Ana María Cassan, embarking on the ship ''Yapeyu'' to travel around the world, but filming did not conclude. In 1960, he began working with Ana Casares forming the main couple of the television program ''María Trastorno y yo'', but within three months, production had to be interrupted, after he was hired in the United States for a small role in ''Battle at Bloody Beach''. 1960 to 1986 Rey was most famous for his roles in movies such as ''Fun in Acapulco'' with Elvis Presley (1963), where his time on screen corresponds to that of a starring role. On television, he had memorable supporting a ...
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Frank Nelson (Argentinian Actor)
Frank Nelson may refer to: *Sir Frank Nelson (British politician) (1883–1966), British civil servant and politician * Frank Nelson (athlete) (1887–1970), American athlete and baseball player * Frank Nelson (actor) (1911–1986), American radio and television actor *Frank Nelson (Western Samoan politician) Frank Clemens Frederick Nelson (4 August 1917 – 5 January 1967) was a Samoa, Western Samoan politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa, Legislative Assembly and as Minister of Works, Transport, Marine and Civil Aviat ... (1917–1967), Western Samoan politician * Frank Nelson (priest), Anglican Dean of Adelaide * Frank Nelson (Argentinian actor) (born 1930), German-born Argentinian actor featured in '' Closed Door'', ''Enigma de mujer'' or ''Graciela'' See also * Francis Nelson (other) {{hndis, Nelson, Frank ...
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Diana Ingro
Susana Unía (26 October 1917 – 23 March 2017), known professionally as Diana Ingro, was an Argentine actress known for starring in '' By the Sweat of Your Brow'' (1949), ''Muerte civil'' (1954), '' The Cicada Is Not a Bug'' (1963), and '' Extraña ternura'' (1964). Biography Diana Ingro was born on 26 October 1917 in Ramos Mejía, a town in Buenos Aires Province. She had two older sisters, as well as a twin sister. Although she spent some time employed as a teacher, she became interested in an acting career during her youth, and she was educated at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art. After starting her career in theater, she starred as an extra in the 1944 film ''Our Natacha''. She starred in '' Corazón'' (1947) and in '' By the Sweat of Your Brow'' (1949) and in 1950, won the Argentine Film Critics Association's revelation award for her work in the latter. The 1954 Alberto D'Aversa film ''Muerte civil'' marked the first time she had a leading role in a film, starring alongside ...
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Alita Román
Alita Blanca Barchigia (24 August 1912 – 15 April 1989), better known as Alita Román, was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She appeared in nearly 50 films between 1934 and 1982 and was a sought-after supporting actress, winning the Best Supporting Actress from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences for her work in '' Concierto de almas'' and playing in many box-office hits. She also performed in live theater and on television and radio. Biography Román began her career in theater in the early 1930s, debuting with Narciso Ibáñez Menta and later joining the company of Lola Membrives. Her film debut was in a 1934 Sono Film production, '' Riachuelo'', directed by Luis Moglia Barth starring Luis Sandrini and Héctor Calcaño. Her next film '' La Barra Mendocina'' (1935), written and directed by Mario Soffici, was followed by ''El alma del bandoneón'' (1935) with Libertad Lamarque and Alicia Barrié. In 1937, sh ...
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Arturo Cerretani
Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer *Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), Brazilian football (soccer) player * Arturo Brachetti (born 1957), Italian quick-change artist * Arturo Bragaglia (1893–1962), Italian actor *Arturo Bravo (born 1958), Mexican racewalker *Arturo Casadevall (born 1957), American physician * Arturo Castro (Mexican actor) (1918–1975), Mexican actor * Arturo Castro (Guatemalan actor), Guatemalan actor *Arturo Corvalán (born 1978), Chilean road cyclist *Arturo De Vecchi (1898–1988), Italian fencer * Arturo Di Modica (1941–2021), Italian-born American artist *Arturo Di Napoli (born 1974), Italian soccer (UK: football) coach * Arturo Dominici (1918–1992), Italian actor and dubbing artist *Arturo Freeman, American football player * Arturo Frondizi (1908–1995), 35th President of Argenti ...
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