María Antinea
María Antinea (June 17, 1915 – July 29, 1991) was a Spanish actress, vedette, dancer, cupletista and tonadillera.
Career[edit]
Antinea was born in Jaén in Andalusia in 1915. In the 1930s, Antinea joined the "Compañía campúa" of the Teatro Chueca in Madrid and began a career as a stage actress alongside the likes of Sarita Montiel, Pedrito Rico and Carmen Amaya.[1] Antinea moved to Argentina in 1939, where she continued her theatre career, working alongside the likes of Tato Bores, Elina Colomer, Fernando Ochoa and Virginia Luque, among others.[2]
In Argentina, Antinea appeared in a few films. She was cast by Leopoldo Torres Ríos to make her film debut in Los pagares de Mendieta (1939).[3] In 1940, Antinea appeared in Explosivo 008, followed by a starring role on in 1945's Las aventuras de Frijolito y Robustiana.[4] After appearing in the 1950 film La Doctora Castañuelas, she made her final film appearance in The Games Men Play in 1963.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Antinea was married to Felix Rodriguez, a bullfighter from Santander, Spain.[6] They had a son, Felix Rodriguez Hueso. After they divorced, she moved to Argentina with her son; her mother, Pilar Hueso; and her brother, Manolo Martinez Hueso. In Argentina she met Enrique D. Kotliarenco, who became her manager.[7] They later married and had a daughter, Maria Cristina Kotliarenco, who was born in 1955. Her husband died in 1978. She later moved to Texas in the United States, where she died on July 29, 1991.
Filmography[edit]
- Los pagares de Mendieta (1939)
- Explosivo 008 (1940)
- Las aventuras de Frijolito y Robustiana (1945)
- La Doctora Castañuelas (1950)
- The Games Men Play (1963)
References[edit]
- ^ Sebreli, Juan Jose (31 March 2011). El tiempo de una vida (in Spanish). Random House Mondadori. p. 4. ISBN 978-950-07-3477-6.
- ^ Pellettieri, Osvaldo (1 January 2005). Historia del teatro argentino en las provincias (in Spanish). Editorial Galerna. p. 473. ISBN 978-950-556-474-3.
- ^ Couselo, Jorge Miguel (1974). Leopoldo Torres Ríos, el cine del sentimiento (in Spanish). Corregidor. p. 125.
- ^ Encuadre (in Spanish). La Coordinación. 1993. p. 44.
- ^ Willis, John (1 June 1969). Screen World: 1969. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-8196-0310-4.
- ^ Burgos, Antonio (1 January 2002). Juanito Valderrama: Mi España querida (in Spanish). La Esfera de los Libros. p. 412. ISBN 978-84-9734-036-6.
- ^ "Oscar Uriondo : REVISION DEL CASO AMAYA (28 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1954)" (in Spanish). Vision OVNI. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.