María Mercader
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| Born | María de la Asunción Mercader Fordada[1] 6 March 1918 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 26 January 2011 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1923–1992 |
| Spouse(s) | Giuliano Scicolone (m. 1949-55) Vittorio De Sica (m. 1968-74) |
| Children | Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica |
| Parent | Pau Mercader i Marina (father) |
| Relatives | Ramón Mercader (half-brother) |
María de la Asunción Mercader Fordada (6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1923 and 1992. She was the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.[2] Her half-brother was Ramón Mercader, the murderer of Leon Trotsky in 1940, in Mexico.[3][4]
Selected filmography
- The King's Jester (1941)
- L'attore scomparso (1941)
- Forbidden Music (1942)
- Un garibaldino al convento (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)
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