María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾkaˈðeɾ]; Catalan: Maria de l'Assumpció Mercader i Forcada [məˈɾi.ə məɾkəˈðe]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. She moved to Italy in 1939, later becoming the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.[2]
María Mercader | |
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Mercader in 1941 | |
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 |
Parents |
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Relatives | Caridad del Río (aunt by marriage) Ramón Mercader (cousin) |
Mercader's paternal aunt by marriage was Caridad Mercader, whose son Ramón Mercader murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940.
Filmography
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | The Actor Who Disappeared | L'attrice ingenua | |
1941 | Due cuori sotto sequestro | La studentessa | |
1941 | Thrill | 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 | No Turning Back | 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) |
References
edit- ^ Maria Mercader i Fordada - Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan)
- ^ "Vittorio De Sica". tcm.com. Retrieved 7 September 2010.