Luana Alcañiz (1906–1991) was a Spanish

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. She appeared in a number of films during the

Golden Age of Mexican Cinema The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (Spanish: la Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano), spanning the 1930s to 1950s, was a prolific era during which Mexico emerged as the leading film producer in Latin America. Filmmakers during this period tackled themes ...

. Her final uncredited, appearance was in the 1965 film '' Doctor Zhivago'' by

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...

. Castelli & Cleeland p.92

Selected filmography

* ''

Primavera en otoño Primavera en otoño is a 1933 Spanish-language American romantic comedy directed by Eugene Forde and stars Catalina Bárcena. Plot Agustina has been away at school when she returns home to Madrid to see the mother she hasn't seen in over eight ...

'' (1933) * ''

Nothing More Than a Woman ''Nothing More Than a Woman'' (Spanish: ''Nada más que una mujer'') is a 1934 American drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Berta Singerman, Alfredo del Diestro and Juan Torena. It is the Spanish-language version of Fox Film Corporati ...

'' (1934) * '' Frontiers of '49'' (1939) * '' Verbena Tragica'' (1939) * '' The Shack'' (1945) * '' María Magdalena'' (1946) * '' Chachita from Triana'' (1947) * '' You Have the Eyes of a Deadly Woman'' (1947) * '' Nobody's Wife'' (1950) * '' A Girl from Chicago'' (1960) * '' Doctor Zhivago'' (1965)

References

Bibliography

* Castelli, Louis P. & Cleeland, Caryn Lynn. ''David Lean: A Guide to References and Resources''. G.K. Hall, 1980. * Finkielman, Jorge. ''The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History''. McFarland, 2003. * Mora, Carl J. ''Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004''. McFarland, 2005. * Poppe, Nicolas. ''Alton's Paradox: Foreign Film Workers and the Emergence of Industrial Cinema in Latin America. State University of New York Press, 2021.

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* 1906 births 1991 deaths Spanish film actresses Actresses from Madrid {{Spain-film-bio-stub