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.