Imperio Argentina

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Imperio Argentina

Imperio Argentina actually Magdalena Nile del Río (born December 26, 1906 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † August 22, 2003 in Benalmádena near Málaga , Spain ) was an Argentine-Spanish singer and film actress .

The Queen of the Song was one of the most famous Spanish-speaking singers. Magdalena was born in the tango district of San Telmo in Buenos Aires. She was the daughter of a guitarist from Gibraltar and a Spanish actress. Her career as a singer began at the age of six .

Her husband was the director Florián Rey . She made many Spanish films with him in the 1930s, some of them in Berlin . Adolf Hitler , one of her supporters, offered her to settle in Germany . She refused because she did not want to be used for the propaganda purposes of National Socialism . She also experienced the change from black and white to color film. In 1992 she sang alongside Rocio Jurado in the musical Azabache , which was organized for Expo 92 .

Imperio Argentina died of a heart condition in southern Spain.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1927: La hermana San Sulpicio (silent film, Spain)
  • 1932: Melodia de Arrabal (France) with Carlos Gardel
  • 1938: Andalusian Nights (Germany / Spain)
  • 1940: Behind harem bars (Germany / Spain)
  • 1942: Tosca (Italy)
  • 1986: Tata mía (Spain)

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