Rosario Bléfari (; 24 December, 1965 – 6 July, 2020) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, actress, and poet, widely considered an emblematic figure of Argentine independent music and cinema.

Life and work

She was born in

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. From 1989 to 2001 she led the

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band ''Suárez''. By their fourth and final album ''Excursiones'' they moved towards a more

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sound and even achieved a mainstream hit with ''Río Parana''. After the dissolution of Suárez Rosario embarked on her solo career, which was generally characterized by a more acoustic and melodic sound than her work with Suárez, while still conserving punk and noise elements, and staying faithful to her

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. In the 2010s she formed the band ''Sue Mon Mont'' and the duo ''Los Mundos Posibles'', with younger collaborators from indie bands like Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Los Reyes del Falsete, and Mi Pequeña Muerte. As an actress, she is most identified with her roles in Martín Rejtman's early films: the short ''Doli vuelve a casa'' (1986), and the features ''

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'' (1992), and especially '' Silvia Prieto'' (1999). She also appeared in ''

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'' (1986), ''

I, the Worst of All ''I, the Worst of All'' ( es, Yo, la peor de todas) is an Argentinian film directed by María Luisa Bemberg. The film was released in 1990 and is a biopic on the life of Juana Inés de la Cruz. It was based on Octavio Paz's ''Sor Juana: Or, the ...

'' (1990), ''Los dueños'' (2013) and ''The Idea of a Lake'' (2016). Bléfari died on 6 July 2020 from

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-related problems at a hospital in

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, Argentina at the age of 54.Murió Rosario Bléfari: La música, actriz y escritora que representó a toda una generación

Discography

Suárez

Solo

Sue Mon Mont

Los mundos posibles

Splits

Filmography

Movies

* ''

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'' (1986) * ''Doli vuelve a casa'' (1986) * '' Color escondido'' (1988) * '' Lo que vendrá'' (1988) * ''

Yo, la peor de todas ''I, the Worst of All'' ( es, Yo, la peor de todas) is an Argentinian film directed by María Luisa Bemberg. The film was released in 1990 and is a biopic on the life of Juana Inés de la Cruz. It was based on Octavio Paz's ''Sor Juana: Or, the T ...

'' (1990) * ''Urgente'' (1990) * ''Vértigos'' (1993) * '' 1000 boomerangs'' (1995) * ''

'' (1996) * '' Silvia Prieto'' (1998) * ''Hotel, hotel'' (2002) * '' Urgente'' (2006) * '' La señal'' (2007) * ''Un mundo misterioso'' (2011) * ''Verano'' (2011) * ''Los dueños'' (2013) * ''The Idea of a Lake'' (2016) * '' Adiós, entusiasmo'' (2017) * ''Planta permanente'' (2019)

Documentaries

* ''Cenando con Suárez'' (1999) * ''Historias de Argentina en vivo'' (2001) * ''Entre dos luces: Suárez. Primera parte'' (2015) * ''Cien caminos: Suárez. Segunda parte'' (2018) * ''El arte musical , Rosario Bléfari y banda'' (2020)

Literary works

Stories

*''Mis ejemplos'' (2016) *''Las reuniones'' (2018)

Poems

* ''Poemas en prosa'' (2001) * ''La música equivocada'' (2009) * ''Antes del río'' (2016) * ''Poemas de los 20 en los 80'' (2019) * ''Diario de dinero'' (2020)

Theater

* ''Somos nuestro cerebro'' (2003) * ''Somos nuestros genes'' (2005)

References

External links

* * * * * * 1965 births 2020 deaths People from Mar del Plata Argentine film actresses Alternative rock singers Women rock singers Noise rock musicians 20th-century Argentine women singers Argentine women singer-songwriters Argentine singer-songwriters 21st-century Argentine women singers 21st-century Argentine women writers 21st-century Argentine writers Deaths from leukemia in Argentina {{Argentina-actor-stub