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Lolita Torres | |
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Un novio para Laura (1955) | |
Born | Beatriz Mariana Torres 26 March 1930
Avellaneda, Argentina |
Died | 14 September 2002
Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 72)
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
Years active | 1944 – 1993 (film) |
Lolita Torres (born Beatriz Mariana Torres; 26 March 1930 – 14 September 2002) was an Argentine film actress and singer ( soprano). [1]
She began her career at age 11, performing folk songs in a theater in Buenos Aires. In 1944 she began acting in films, eventually appearing in seventeen films during "Argentine cinema's 'golden years.'" [2]
She was so popular in the Soviet Union, that many newborn girls were named 'Lolita' after her tour there in 1963. [3] In 2002 she was honored as "Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" ("Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires"). [4]
The Plaza Lolita Torres in her birthplace of Avellaneda is named for her. [5]
Torres was married twice. From her first marriage she had a son, from her second marriage she had four children, one of whom, Diego, is a world-famous singer.