Santiago Arrieta

Santiago Arrieta , actually Santiago Donadío , (born July 21, 1897 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † April 8, 1975 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) was a Uruguayan actor .

The career of the son Santiago Luis Donadios and Inés Arrietas , who came from a family of artists , began in Uruguay in the 1910s. In the following decade he played on the Argentine stages Teatro Nacional (member of the ensemble 1922–1928) and Teatro Cervantes , before 1935 his film career began. In his first film, El alma del bandoneón he played under the direction Mario Sofficis on the side of Libertad Lamarque . He also played the leading role in Manuel Romero's classic from the Argentine film Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina . He played in a total of 26 films, often impersonating the adolescent lover, and in this role was considered one of the best in the Argentinian sound film. With the film Historia del 900 from 1948 a time began in which he attracted attention as a character actor. For his role in He nacido en Buenos Aires he received an award for best supporting actor. He made his last film in 1962. The artist, who was married to the actress Isabel Figlioli , died in 1975 at the age of 78 in the Argentine capital.

Filmography

1935: El alma del bandoneón 1936: La muchachada de a bordo 1936: Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina 1937: La fuga 1937: La ley que olvidaron 1937: Una porteña optimista 1939:… Y los sueños pasan 1939: Hermanos 1939: Nativa 1940: La carga de los valientes 1941: Historia de una noche 1941: Joven viuda y estanciera 1942: Ceniza al viento

1942: ¡Gaucho! 1943: Luisito 1943: Punto negro 1943: Su hermana menor 1948: Pelota de trapo 1948: Historia del 900 1949: Su última pelea 1951: La vida color de rosa 1951: Paraíso robado 1953: Stella Maris 1959: Angustias de un secreto 1959: He nacido en Buenos Aires 1962: El último piso

Web links

• Santiago Arrieta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Profile on www.cinenacional.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ El Rosario de Satanás: historia triste de la mala vida , p. 344 by Héctor Nicolás Zinni
2. ↑ Se dice de mí--: la vida de Tita Merello , p. 27 by Néstor Romano
3. ↑ Anuario del tango , p. 132 by Roberto Cassinelli and Raúl Outeda
4. ↑ El Rosario de Satanás: historia triste de la mala vida , p. 344 by Héctor Nicolás Zinni
5. ^ The film industry in Argentina: an illustrated cultural history , pp. 215ff by Jorge Finkielman
6. ↑ Visión, Volume 44