Isabel Sarli

Isabel Sarli
Born	Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli Tito July 9, 1935 (1935-07-09) Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Occupation	Actress/Ex-model
Years active	1954—present
Spouse	Armando Bó (1956-1981)

Isabel Sarli (born July 9, 1935) is a retired Argentine actress, and model. She was a national sex-symbol of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Born Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo Tito in Concordia, Entre Ríos Province, Sarli was nicknamed "Coca Sarli", which comes from either her Coke-bottle-shaped figure, or from her addiction to the soft drink.

She was discovered by filmmaker Armando Bó after she became Miss Argentina in 1955. She never married him as he remained married to his first wife. She was his mistress for life and became the star of his films, starting with El Trueno entre las hojas in 1956. The film has since become a cult classic as the first Argentine feature-length with full frontal nudity in it. She went on to become an international Latin American star, filming in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela, and films like Fuego (1969) and Fiebre (1970) reached the American and European markets.

Bó later insisted in casting her in naturalistic melodramas. After his death in 1981, Isabel Sarli retired from the cinema industry altogether but came back in the mid-nineties for Jorge Polaco's picaresque film, La Dama Regresa (1996). The film was inspired largely on her life and public image, serving as an homage of sorts. In 2009 she teamed once more with Polaco in Arroz con leche for a bit part.

Filmography

• Arroz con leche (dir. Jorge Polaco, 2009)
• La dama regresa (dir. Jorge Polaco, 1996)
• Una viuda descocada (1980)
• Insaciable (1979)
• Último amor en Tierra del Fuego (1979)
• Una mariposa en la noche (1977)
• La diosa virgen (Sudáfrica/ Argentina, 1975)
• El sexo y el amor (1974)
• Intimidades de una cualquiera (1974)
• Furia infernal (1973)
• Fiebre (1972)
• Éxtasis tropical (1969)
• Embrujada (1969)
• Desnuda en la arena (1969) Alicia
• Fuego (1968) Laura
• Carne (1968) Delicia
• La mujer de mi padre (1968)
• La señora del Intendente (1967) Flor Tetis
• La tentación desnuda (1966) Sandra Quesada
• Días calientes (1966)
• La mujer del zapatero (1965)
• La diosa impura (1964) Laura
• La leona (1964)
• Lujuria tropical (1964)
• Setenta veces siete (1962)
• La Burrerita de Ypacaraí (1962)
• Favela (1961)
• Setenta veces siete (Argentina, sin dir. de Armando Bó (de Torre Nilsson) 1961)
• ...Y el demonio creó a los hombres (1960)
• India (1960) Ansisé
• Sabaleros (1959)
• El trueno entre las hojas (1956)

External links

• Isabel Sarli at the Internet Movie Database