Adela Carboné (1890 – 9 August 1960) was an
Italian
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-born actress who lived in
Spain
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Biography
Adela Carboné was born in
Genoa
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and moved to Spain when she was 10 years old. Dedicated to the
theater
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at a young age, and after training with
María Tubau, she debuted in the play ''Amor que pasa'' by the
Quintero brothers
Serafín Álvarez Quintero (March 26, 1871 – April 12, 1938) and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero (January 20, 1873 – June 14, 1944) were Spanish dramatists.
Biography
Quintero brothers, photograph by Kaulak
Born in Utrera, Seville Province in 18 ...
at the
Teatre Principal in
Barcelona
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.
She joined the , where she remained for 18 years. There she was featured in the plays ' (1909) and ' (1915) by
Jacinto Benavente
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922 "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious ...
, ' (1910) by
Carlos Arniches
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, and ' (1916) and ' by
Pedro Muñoz Seca
Pedro Muñoz Seca (20 February 1879 – 28 November 1936 ) was a Spanish comic playwright. He was one of the most successful playwrights of his era. He wrote approximately 300 dramatic works, both '' sainetes'' (short vignettes) and longer plays ...
. Later she worked in the companies of and .
She acted in plays such as ', ', and '.
After the
Spanish Civil War
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, Carboné continued her career until her retirement from the stage in 1959. During this time she appeared in plays such as ' (1949), ' (1950), ' (1950), ' (1951), ''
Ruy Blas
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'' (1952), ''
The Italian Straw Hat'' (1952), ' (1953), ''
The Taming of the Shrew
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'' (1953), ''
The Crucible
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'' (1957), ''
The Rose Tattoo
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'' (1958), ' (1959), and ' (1959).
Carboné acted in 20 films, including ''
Jeromín'' (1953) and ''
The Little Nightingale'' (1958).
She translated the
Pirandello play ''Il carnevale dei morti'' into
Spanish
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as ''Carnaval de los muertos''. Her portrait was painted by
José Ramón Zaragoza and exhibited at the
Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias
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She died after a long and painful illness.
Awards
* Gold Medal of the
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National Theater Prize
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(1955)
References
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1890 births
1960 deaths
Italian–Spanish translators
Actresses from Madrid
Spanish film actresses
Spanish stage actresses
20th-century translators
Italian emigrants to Spain