Aída Olivier Aída Olivier (1911,

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- 2 August 1998, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine dancer, vedette and actress of cinema and theatre.

Biography

Olivier was of French ancestry. She was notable for her dance interpretations, especially in the

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during the 1920s and 1930s. She made her cinema debut in 1935 in the film ''

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'', directed by Manuel Romero and two years later appeared in ''Busco un marido para mi mujer'' under director Arturo S. Mom. In the 1930s, she was in a relationship with

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, appearing with him in ''

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'' (1938). After

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ended a romance with

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, Olivier and Buhr become a couple in 1950. Pursued by the government of

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as a result of her political convictions, they escaped to Chile in 1951 and settled in

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before returning to Argentina in 1955 after the fall of the government. Their relationship ended with Buhr's suicide on 4 October 1995. Olivier died by natural causes in Buenos Aires in 1998. She was buried in the pantheon of SADAIC for Argentinian Association of Actors at the Cemetery of the Chacarita.

Theatre

* ''The coral'' (1933) * ''Varied magazines'' (1935) * ''The crazy hour'' (1938) and ''New Broom sweeps'' (1938), with

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, Lely Morel, Ángela Cuenca and

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. * ''Confession'', with

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, María Esther Ranges,

and Alejandro Farías * ''Playing happens the life'' (1939), with Carlos Ramírez, Severo Fernández, and the company of

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* ''Decimelo With music''! (1940) * ''Three things there is in the life''! (1940) * ''Quo vadis Argentinus'' (1944) * ''My beloved daughters'' (1944) * ''The invasion of the good humour'' (1944) * ''There are “dreams" that are mules!'' (1946) with Thelma Carló,

, Sofia Bozán, Dringue Farías, Gloria Ramírez and

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* ''That fry to walk if helmet''! (1946). * ''The Petite Hutte'' (1951) * ''With water in the hands'' (1951) * ''The small cabana'' (1951) * ''Rigoberto'' (1951) * ''The man of the umbrella'' (1957), with

, Helena Cortesina and Juan Serrador. * ''My woman, the Swede and I'' (1967) * ''We two'' (1994)

Filmography

* ''My woman, the Swedish and I'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1944) * ''I look for a husband for my woman'' (1938) * ''Master Levita'' (1938) * ''

'' (1935)

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olivier, Aida Argentine film actresses Argentine stage actresses Argentine people of French descent Argentine female dancers Argentine dancers Argentine vedettes 1998 deaths 1911 births Actresses from Buenos Aires