María Aurelia Bisutti (June 20, 1930 – April 12, 2010) was an

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and TV

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. ...

, with over 50

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and

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

credits between 1948 and 1993, as well as numerous roles in the

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

Biography

Born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, she received her first film roles in 1948 through a radio audition hosted by a popular variety show of the time, ''Diario del cine'', and first worked with directors

Benito Perojo Benito Perojo González (Madrid, 14 June 1894 – Madrid, 11 November 1974) was a Spanish film director and film producer. Biography Son of José Perojo Figueras (1850–1908), a journalist and politician of Cuban origin, by his wife, Ana ...

and

Carlos Schlieper Carlos Schlieper (23 September 1902 – 11 April 1957 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema. His father, Hermann Heinrich Schlieper Feldmann (1842– ...

. Bisutti earned her first television role in a 1960 documentary on the lives of

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...

and

Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints, and drawings. Degas is e ...

. She was given the lead role in Pedro Escudero's '' A puerta cerrada'' (1962), and starred in

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filmmaker

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 – 8 September 1978), also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an cinema of Argentina, Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter. Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal s ...

's ''

Martín Fierro ''Martín Fierro'', also known as ''El Gaucho Martín Fierro'', is a 2,316-line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, ''El Gaucho Martín Fierro'' (1872) and ''La Vuelta de Martín F ...

'' (1968). Bisutti also became well known on the

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, starring in a number of

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s. She received a Martín Fierro Award for lifetime achievement in 1999. She continued to work on the airwaves, starring in the

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series, '' Las dos carátulas'', from 2002.

Filmography

* 1997: ''De cara al cielo'' ( Enrique Dawi) * 1981: ''Seis pasajes al infierno'' (

Fernando Siro Fernando Siro (October 5, 1931 – September 4, 2006) was an Argentina, Argentine radio, theatre and film actor, film director, director and screenwriter. Life and work Born Francisco Ángel Luksich in Villa Ballester, he developed an early inte ...

) * 1980: ''El diablo metió la pata'' ( Carlos Rinaldi) * 1975: '' El inquisidor'' (Bernardo Arias) * 1976: ''Allá donde muere el viento'' (

) * 1977: '' La nueva cigarra'' (

) * 1972: ''Nino'' (Federico Curiel) * 1970: ''Con alma y vida'' (

David José Kohon David José Kohon (18 October 1929; Buenos Aires – 30 October 2004; ''ibid.'') was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote for Argentine films between 1958 and 1982 directing films such as ''Así o de otra ...

) * 1969: ''Kuma Ching'' (dir.

Daniel Tinayre Daniel Tinayre (14 September 1910 – 24 October 1994) was a French-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical era of Argentine cinema (1930s–1950s) a ...

) * 1968: ''Martín Fierro'' (

) * 1968: ''El derecho a la felicidad'' ( Carlos Rinaldi) * 1968: ''Lo prohibido está de moda'' (

) * 1966: ''

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'' (

Fernando Ayala Fernando Ayala (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. He is widely considered one of the most important Argentine film directors and producers in the hi ...

) * 1965: ''Canuto Cañete, detective privado'' ( Leo Fleider) * 1963: ''La calesita'' ( Hugo del Carril) * 1962: ''A puerta cerrada'' (Pedro Escudero) * 1961: '' Amorina'' ( Hugo del Carril) * 1961: ''Libertad bajo palabra'' (Alfredo Bettamín) * 1960: ''Los de la mesa 10'' (Simón Feldman) * 1960: ''Culpable'' ( Hugo del Carril) * 1960: ''Plaza Huincul (Pozo Uno)'' (

Lucas Demare Lucas Demare (July 14, 1910 – September 6, 1981) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter, and film producer notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical era of Argentine cinema and beyond. Biogr ...

) * 1958: ''

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'' (

Catrano Catrani Catrano M. Catrani (October 31, 1910 — December 19, 1974) was an Italian-Argentine film director and producer. Catrani was born in 1910 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. He studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome ...

) * 1957: ''Historia de una carta'' ( Julio Porter) * 1956: ''Sangre y acero'' (

) * 1954: '' Los ojos llenos de amor'' (

) * 1948: '' White Horse Inn'' (

) * 1948: '' La serpiente de cascabel'' (

)

References

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