Norma Giménez (June 11, 1930 – September 21, 1957) was an
Argentine
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stage
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Acting
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and
film actress
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.
[Insaurralde p.57]
By 1957, Giménez had appeared in 24 films. At the age of 27 she committed suicide by throwing herself under a train. The reasons for killing herself are unclear, although she was possibly distressed because her lover
Juan Carlos Barbieri had left her for another woman, the actress
Inés Moreno
Inés Moreno (1932 – 20 December 2020) was an Argentine film and television actress who often played vampish roles.Vega p.145 Moreno was married to the actor Juan Carlos Barbieri with whom she had a daughter Andrea Barbieri who is also an act ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
From Man to Man
''From Man to Man'' (Spanish:''De hombre a hombre'') is a 1949 Argentine film directed by Hugo Fregonese.Rist p.259 The film's art direction was by Germán Gelpi and Mario Vanarelli.
Cast
* Tito Alonso
* Jorge Arias
* Luis de Lucía ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Valentina'' (1950)
* ''
Don't Ever Open That Door
''Don't Ever Open That Door'' (Spanish:''No abras nunca esa puerta'') is a 1952 Argentine thriller film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Ángel Magana, Roberto Escalada and Norma Giménez. It is a film noir in two separate epis ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Spring of Life'' (1957)
References
Bibliography
* Insaurralde, Andrés. ''Manuel Romero''. Centro Editor de América Latina, 1994.
External links
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1930 births
1957 deaths
Argentine film actresses
20th-century Argentine actresses
1957 suicides
Suicides by train
Suicides in Argentina
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