Isabelita Blanch (1906–1985) was a Spanish-born Mexican actress, who specialized in vaudeville and comedy during the

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. She and her sister opened several theater companies and performed throughout Mexico and in the US. She also acted in movies and performed in one television series.

Biography

Isabelita Blanch Ruiz was born 13 November 1906 in

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, Spain. She and her sister Ana, who went by the name of Anita Blanch, both had interest in the theater and arrived in Mexico in the 1920s. Primarily a

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

entertainer, Blanch specialized in comedy and melodrama. She and her sister formed the Compañía de Teatro Anita Blanch (Anita Blanch Theater Company), hiring artists like Angel Garasa,

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, and Jose Cibrian, among others. In the 1940s, they produced plays like “No hables mal de os gitanos” by Enrique Bohorques; “La mujer legitima” by

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; “Doña hormiga” by Alvarez Quintero; “El amor las vuelve locas” by Enrique Suarez, and many other productions. Isabelita also had her own touring company, Compañía de Isabelita Blanch, which in 1940 made the inaugural performance in the restored Teatro Principal de Puebla, oldest theater in Mexico, with the presentation of the work "Quién te quiere a ti". In 1943, she toured in the United States, playing venues in Tucson, Arizona. Blanch also performed in several movies including “

Luponini de Chicago ''Luponini from Chicago'' (Spanish:''Luponini de Chicago'') is a 1935 Mexican comedy crime film directed by and starring José Bohr.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.196 It also features Anita Blanch, Carlos Villatoro and Isabelita Blanch. Cast * J ...

” (1935) by Jose Bohr, “ Casa de mujeres” and "

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" (1942) by Gabriel Soria and “ Con la música por dentro" (1946) by Gómez Landero, and " Los secretos del sexo débil" (1960). She was also the star of a television program called "El profesor particular". She died in Mexico City on 14 May 1985.

Selected filmography

* '' Luponini from Chicago'' (1935) * '' The Gay Senorita'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1947)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanch, Isabelita 1906 births 1985 deaths People from Valencia Spanish emigrants to Mexico Mexican stage actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican television actresses 20th-century Mexican actresses Mexican expatriates in the United States