Lupe Sino (March 6, 1917 – September 13, 1959, born Antonia Bronchalo Lopesino) was a Spanish actress.

Biography

Antonia Bronchalo Lopesino was born on March 6, 1917 in Sayatón, a village in

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, Spain. She was the second of nine children (Benita, Basilia, Antonia, Claudia, Anunciación, Mari Pili, Emilio and Félix) born to Eugenia and Nicomedes,

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s. When she was fourteen, the family moved to

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and she began working as a

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, but ended up working in the world of Italian cinema with director

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. She died in Madrid from a

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on September 13, 1959.

Career

Sino worked as a movie actress, and starred in several films, notably ''La dama torera'' (1950), ''El marqués de Salamanca'' (1948), ''El testamento del virrey'' (1944), and ''La famosa Luz María'' (1942).

Personal life

She met

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, the matador, in the Chicote bar in Madrid, and was his girlfriend until his death by a fatal goring in the ring in 1947. She was not liked by his manager and family and was not allowed to see him before he bled to death on 29 August 1947. She was photographed by

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at his side afterwards, as he lay enshrouded. When Manolete died, she moved to

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and she married the

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Manuel Rodríguez. She came back to Madrid after eight years, and died two years later.

Popular culture

Sino was portrayed by

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in the 2007 movie, ''

''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sino, Lupe 1917 births 1959 deaths Spanish film actresses 20th-century Spanish actresses