María Mercader
Appearance
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Born | María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada[1] 6 March 1918 Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 26 January 2011 Rome, Italy | (aged 92)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1923–1992 |
Spouses |
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Children | Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica |
Parent(s) | Luís Mercader Marina (father) María Salses (mother) |
Relatives | Ramón Mercader (cousin) |
María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾkaˈðeɾ]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in 40 films between 1923 and 1992. She was the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.[2] Her cousin Ramón Mercader murdered Leon Trotsky in 1940 in Mexico.[3][4]
Selected filmography
- The King's Jester (1941)
- The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941)
- L'attore scomparso (1941)
- Forbidden Music (1942)
- A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
- The Gates of Heaven (1945)
- The Song of Life (1945)
- Heart (1948)
- Giovannino (1976)
- Lights and Shadows (1988)
- Count Max (1991)
References
- ^ Maria Mercader i Fordada - Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan)
- ^ "Vittorio De Sica". tcm.com. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ María Mercader, la actriz catalana que amó a De Sica. El Pais, 30 Jan. 2011
- ^ Essere Liberi Archived 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 2004 (in Italian)