María Mercader

This article is about the Spanish actress. For the American journalist, see Maria Mercader.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mercader and the second or maternal family name is Forcada.

María Mercader
Born	María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (1918-03-06)6 March 1918 Barcelona, Spain
Died	26 January 2011(2011-01-26) (aged 92) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1923–1992
Spouses	Giuliano Scicolone ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1955)​ Vittorio De Sica ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 1974)​
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 some forty films between 1923 and 1992. Julián Gorkin wrote that her cousin was born Montserrat in the family of Caridad Mercader, mother of Ramón Mercader who murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940, and during and after the WWII Montserrat who was very similar to Maria used her documents.

She moved to Italy in 1939. She was the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1923	La bruja
1939	Molinos de viento	Margarita
1939	L'étrange nuit de Noël	Conchita
1939	Il segreto inviolabile	Virginia
1940	La gerla di papà Martin	Giorgina
1940	Marianela	Florentina
1940	Su mayor aventura
1940	Then We'll Get a Divorce	Grace Peterson
1940	Una famiglia impossibile	Edvige Bartolla
1941	La forza bruta	Nell
1941	The Prisoner of Santa Cruz	Carmela
1941	L'attore scomparso	L'attrice ingenua
1941	Due cuori sotto sequestro	La studentessa
1941	Brivido	Cristina Palffy
1941	The King's Jester	Gilda
1942	L'uomo venuto dal mare	La fidanzata del marinaio
1942	Se io fossi onesto	Clara
1942	A Garibaldian in the Convent	Mariella Dominiani
1942	Finalmente soli	Angela
1942	Forbidden Music	Claretta Melzi
1942	Madrid de mis sueños	Consuelo Aguilera
1942	La fanciulla dell'altra riva	Manuela Vega
1943	Il treno crociato	Clara
1943	La vita è bella	Nadina
1943	Non sono superstizioso... ma!	Rosetta De Rosa
1943	I nostri sogni	Matilde Moscapelli detta 'Titi'
1943	La primadonna	Costanza Salvotti
1945	Nessuno torna indietro	Vinca
1945	The Gates of Heaven	Maria
1945	L'ippocampo	Donata Sandi
1945	The Song of Life	Maria
1947	Christmas at Camp 119	Fiammetta
1948	Heart	Clotilde Serra, la maestrina della Penna Rossa
1948	The Mysterious Rider	Elisabetta
1952	Hello Elephant	Maria Caretti
1976	Giovannino	Giovannino's mother
1984	Claretta	Princess of Montenevoso
1988	Lights and Shadows	La Mare
1991	The House of Smiles	Elvira
1991	Count Max	Madre di Pierre
1992	Al lupo al lupo	Presentatrice Premiazione	(final film role)

External links

• María Mercader at IMDb