MarÃa Rosa Gallo (December 20, 1925 – December 7, 2004) was an Argentine actress.
Career
Born of a
Calabria
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n father and
Spanish mother on 20 December 1925, Gallo studied at the ''Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Dramático'' (National Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts) under
Antonio Cunill Cabanellas. She graduated in 1943 with a gold medal and made her debut the same year in
Eva Franco's ''El Carnaval del Diablo'' ("The Carnival of the Devil"). She received rave reviews and compared favorably to
Margarita Xirgu.
In 1947, following the election of
Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and Statesman (politician), statesman who served as the History of Argentina (1946-1955), 29th president of Argentina from 1946 to Revolución Libertad ...
, Gallo left Argentina for Chile and, eventually, Italy. In Rome she studied at the
Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts with the director
Silvio D'Amico, director, and
Orazio Costa. After graduating in 1952, she appeared in ' at the Piccolo Teatro Della Città Di Roma and starred in the world premiere of
Diego Fabbri's ''Processo a Gesù'' ("The Trial of Jesus") at the
Piccolo Teatro di Milano.
Returning to Argentina in 1958, she performed in many successful plays including
The Dog in the Manger, with
Alfredo Alcón
Alfredo Félix Alcón (; 3 March 1930 – 11 April 2014) was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century.
He worked in more than 50 movies s ...
and Osvaldo Bonet, and
Les Troyens
''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts, running for about five hours, by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed be ...
, which received the Critics Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Television performances include ''Romeo y Julieta'', ''Perla Negra'' ("The Black Pearl") (for both of which she received two separate
Martin Fierro Awards for her performances), and, more recently, ''22 El Loco'' alongside
Adrián Suar, where she played the grandmother of the protagonist. Her film credits include
The Hand in the Trap, winner of the
FIPRESCI Prize at the
1961 Cannes Film Festival
The 14th Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 18 May 1961. French writer Jean Giono served as jury president for the main competition.
The ''Palme d'Or'' was jointly awarded to '' The Long Absence'' by Henri Colpi and '' Viridiana'' by Lu ...
.
She has been honored at the
Sea Star Awards (''Premios Estrella de Mar''), at the
Silver Condor Awards, received the Diamond
Konex Award in 1991, and was presented with the ACE Gold Award at the 1995
ACE Awards for her performance in the
Three Tall Women.
Personal life
Maria Rosa Gallo was married to actor Camilo Da Passano and had two children,
Alejandra Da Passano and Claudio Da Passano, both actors.
She was active in the labor and democratic movements, particularly during and after the military dictatorship of the
National Reorganization Process
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. In 2002 she participated in the cycle ''Teatro por la Identidad'' ("Theater for Identity"), organized by
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (''Asociación Civil Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo''), in support of children stolen and illegally adopted during the Argentine
Dirty War
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.
Teatro por la Identidad
official site (in Spanish).
She died at age 78 on December 7, 2004.
Credits
Theatre
* 1943: ''El carnaval del diablo'', by Juan Oscar Ponferrada.
* 1946: ''Fascinación'', by M. Winter. Premio de la CrÃtica and Revista TalÃa.
* 1946: ''Todos los hijos de Dios tienen alas'', by Eugene O'Neill
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. Teatro Odeón.
* 1946: '' El mercader de Venecia'', by W. Shakespeare. Teatro Nacional Cervantes
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Overview
Located on Córdoba Avenue and two blocks north of Buenos Aires' renowned opera house, the Colón Theatre, the Cervantes houses three pe ...
.
* 1949: ''La sonrisa de la Gioconda'', by A. Huxley. Dir. Orestes Caviglia
Orestes Caviglia (; November 9, 1893 in Buenos Aires – April 1, 1971 in Tucumán) was an Argentine film actor and film director of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
He appeared in films such as '' La cabalgata del circo'' 1945 and '' Albe ...
. Teatro Splendid.
* 1950: ''Prontuario'', Teatro Astral and Teatro Municipal de Chile
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.
* 1952: ', by Georges Bernanos. Dir. Orazio Costa. CompañÃa Piccolo Teatro Della Città Di Roma. Italy
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.
* 1954: ''Proceso a Gesù'', Dir. Orazio Costa. CompañÃa del Piccolo Teatro Di Milano. Tour around Italy.
* 1955: ''Il pianto della Madonna'', by Iacopone Da Todi. Adap. Silvio D´amico. Outdoor theater in Taormina and Firenze.
* 1956: ''La vida de Cristo'', Dir. O. Costa. Teatro Verde of the Island of San Gregorio, Venezia. Italy.
* 1958: '' El perro del hortelano'', by Lope de Vega. Dir. Osvaldo Bonet.
* 1958: ''Recordando con ira'', by J. Osborne.
* 1959: ''El farsante más grande del mundo'', by J. M. Synge. Dir. Osvaldo Bonet.
* 1960: ''Orfeo desciende'', by Tennessee Williams. Dir. Osvaldo Bonet.
* 1960: ''Liliom'', de Molnar. Dir. Osvaldo Bonet.
* 1963: ''Tungasuka'', by Bernardo Canal Feijo. Dir. Francisco Petrone.
* 1963: '' Rashomon'', Teatro San Telmo. (American version of a Japanese legend).
* 1964: ''Amoretta'', by Osvaldo Dragún.
* 1965: ''Una mujer por encomienda'', by Osvaldo Dragún.
* 1968: ''El amasijo'', by Osvaldo Dragún.
* 1972/73 y 1977: '' Las troyanas'', by Euripides, Adap. Sartre. Dir. Osvaldo Bonet. Choirmaster: José Antonio Gallo. Teatro Municipal General San MartÃn.
* 1973/74/75: ''Amor y locura'', monologues of great works in literature. Tour around Argentina, Paraguay
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and Uruguay
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.
* 1976: ''La Gallo y yo'', by Carlos Gorostiza. Dir. José A. Gallo. Teatro de la Casa de Castagnino.
* 1976: ''Los rústicos'', by Carlos Goldoni. Dir. Rodolfo Graziano. Teatro Municipal Gral. San MartÃn.
* 1977 y 1982: ''La casa de Bernarda Alba'', by Federico GarcÃa Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús GarcÃa Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. GarcÃa Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...
. Dir. Alejandra Boero. Tour around URSS by the Teatro Municipal Gral. San MartÃn.
* 1978 y 1983: ''De nuevo aquÃ'', monologue. Tour in Argentina and Paraguay.
* 1978: ''El amor'', by Gregorich. Dir. Kive Staif. Teatro Municipal Gral. San MartÃn.
* 1978: ''La libertad'', by Gregorich. Dir. Osvaldo Bonnet. Teatro Municipal Gral. San MartÃn.
* 1979: '' El sombrero de paja de Italia'', by Nabiche and Michele. Dir. Rodolfo Graziano. Teatro Nacional Cervantes.
* 1980: '' Doña Rosita la soltera'', by Federico GarcÃa Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús GarcÃa Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. GarcÃa Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...
. Dir. Osvaldo Cattone. Teatro Marsano de Lima, Peru
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.
* 1980/81: '' El conventillo de la Paloma'', by Alberto Vaccarezza. Teatro Nacional Cervantes. Mar del Plata
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.
* 1982: '' Fedra'', by Racine, translated by Manuel Mujica Láinez. Teatro Nacional Cervantes.
* 1984: ''Adiós, mamá'', Teatro Ateneo.
* 1985: ''Sólo cuando me rÃo'', by Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He received three ...
. Teatro Regina.
* 1987: ''Sábato, doménica e lunedÃ'', by Eduardo De Filippo
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. Dir. Cecilio Madanes. Teatro Blanca Podestá.
* 1987: ''Jugando'', with several texts. Teatro Presidente Alvear.
* 1989: ''Duse'', Teatro Municipal Gral. San MartÃn.
* 1990: ''Querido Tennessee'', Dir. Oscar Barney Finn. Teatro Regina.
* 1991: ''Confesiones de una sirvienta'', Teatro San MartÃn. Dir. Emilio Alfaro.
* 1994/95: ''Tres mujeres altas'', Dir. Inda Ledesma.
* 1996: ''El comedor''.
* 1998: ''El jardÃn de los cerezos'', Dir. AgustÃn Alezzo.
* 1999: ''Diciendo a Homero''.
* 2001: ''Supongamos'' by Alicia Muñoz. Dir. AgustÃn Alezzo.
* 2001: '' El cerco de Leningrado'', by Sanchis Sinisterra. Dir. Osvaldo Bonet.
* 2002: ''Las extras'', by Pepe Cibrián Campoy. Dir. Pepe Cibrián Campoy.
* 2003: ''Guernica, un llamado a la memoria'', voice-over. Dir. MarÃa Marta Jiménez, Alejandra CondomÃ, Germán Suárez.
Cinema
* 1945: '' Éramos seis''.
* 1946: '' Albergue de mujeres''.
* 1949: '' Diez segundos'', as Elisa.
* 1950: '' La barca sin pescador''.
* 1950: '' La muerte está mintiendo'', as Marta Ferrari.
* 1956: '' Después del silencio'', as Laura.
* 1960: '' Tire dié'' (medium length film).
* 1961: '' La mano en la trampa''.
* 1962: '' El terrorista''.
* 1962: '' La cifra impar''.
* 1962: '' El perseguidor''.
* 1964: '' Canuto Cañete y los 40 ladrones'', as «la espiritista».
* 1968: '' Turismo de carretera''.
* 1972: '' Nino''.
* 1973: '' La malavida'', as Taiva.
* 1974: '' La Mary'', as doña Consuelo.
* 1974: '' Los gauchos judÃos'', as Brane.
* 1975: '' Más allá del sol''.
* 1975: '' Una mujer''.
* 1975: '' El grito de Celina'', as Juliana.
* 1982: '' La casa de las siete tumbas'', as Azucena.
* 1982: '' Volver'', as Laura.
* 1986: '' Juegos diabólicos''.
* 1987: ''Con la misma bronca
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* ...
'' (unfinished).
* 1988: '' El acompañamiento''.
* 1996: '' El mundo contra mÃ''.
* 2001: '' La rosa azul'' (unpublished).
Television
* 1957: ''La fierecilla domada'', by William Shakespeare
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. Dir. Raúl Rossi, in Canal 7.
* 1957: ''Juan del Sur'' (television theatre).
* 1958: ''El vals'', de Neville. Dir. Raúl Rossi. Canal 7.
* 1959: ''Historia de jóvenes'' (television theatre).
* 1960: ''Dos en la ciudad'' (television theatre).
* 1962: ''MarÃa, yo, ustedes...'' (television theatre).
* 1966: ''Mi querido Luis'' (television theatre).
* 1966: ''Romeo y Julieta'' (television film).
* 1971: '' Alta comedia'', Canal 9.
* 1971: '' Nino, las cosas simples de la vida''
* 1977: ''El Grupo de los Seis'' (''unitario'').
* 1977: ''Teatro Argentino'' (''unitario'').
* 1978: ''Pueblo Pueblo'', de Carlos Lozano Dana. Canal 11.
* 1979: ''Profesión: ama de casa'', by Delia González Márquez. Canal 9.
* 1980: ''El solitario'', miniserie with texts by Guy de Maupassant. Dir. Fernando Heredia. Canal 7.
* 1980: ''Living room'', with Graham Greene. Canal 9.
* 1982: ''Las brujas'' (''unitario'').
* 1982: ''Mujeres'' (''unitario'').
* 1983: ''Usted y nosotros'' (''unitario'').
* 1984/85: ''Situación lÃmite'', Dir. Alejandro Doria.
* 1984/85: ''De madres e hijas'', cycle ''unitarios'' with her daughter, the actress Alejandra Da Passano.
* 1985: '' Libertad condicionada'', television theatre.
* 1986: ''Soñar sin lÃmites'', ''unitarios''.
* 1986: ''Muchacho de Luna'', tribute to Federico GarcÃa Lorca. Dir. Oscar Barney Finn. Awarded in Biarritz
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.
* 1987: ''Homenaje a Tennessee Williams'', Dir. Oscar Barney Finn.
* 1988: '' Mi nombre es Coraje'', telenovela.
* 1989: '' La extraña dama'', telenovela, Canal 9.
* 1991: '' Manuela'', telenovela, in Canal 13.
* 1992: '' Soy Gina'', telenovela.
* 1995: '' Perla negra'', Telefé.
* 1995: '' Alta comedia'', Canal 9.
* 1995: '' ZÃngara'', Telefé.
* 1996: ''Teatro argentino'', «Segundo tiempo».
* 1998: ''Casa natal'', Canal 2.
* 1999: ''Teatro argentino'', « Las de Barranco», ATC.
* 1999/2000: '' Cabecita'', Telefé.
* 2001: '' 22 (el loco)'', Canal 13.
* 2002: '' Kachorra'', Telefé.
* 2004: '' La niñera'', Telefé.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallo, Maria
Argentine film actresses
1921 births
2004 deaths
Argentine stage actresses
Argentine television actresses
Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery