María Mercader
María Mercader (born March 6, 1918 in Barcelona , † January 26, 2011 in Rome ) was a Spanish actress .
Life
Marcader's film career began in 1939 in the operetta film Molinos de viento . She played mainly in Spanish and Italian productions from 1939 to 1952. After that, she was rarely seen in films and television games. The films were seldom released in German-speaking countries. Mercader was a second cousin or sister of Ramón Mercader , the murderer of Leon Trotsky .
While filming Un garibaldino al convento in 1942, she met Vittorio De Sica . He was the director of the film and married to actress Giuditta Rissone . Mercader and De Sica were married in Mexico in 1959, but this marriage was officially illegal. It was not until her marriage in Paris in 1968 - De Sica had taken French citizenship to divorce Rissone - was recognized. The composer Manuel De Sica (1949–2014) and the actor Christian De Sica (* 1951) are their sons together.
In 1978 she published the book La mia vita con Vittorio De Sica , which was also published in Spanish (1980) and French (1981).
Filmography (selection)
- 1939: Il segreto involabile
- 1941: Il re si diverte
- 1948: The mysterious Chevaliere (Il cavaliere misterioso)
- 1952: Hello, Mr. Elefant (Buongiorno, elefante!)
- 1988: The House of Delights (La casa del sorriso)
Web links
- María Mercader in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.positanonews.it/stampa.php?id=50806 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Maurizio Porro: Addio alla Mercader, la vedova di De Sica , Corriere della Sera , January 27, 2011, p. 26.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mercader, María |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 2011 |
| Place of death | Rome |