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actress (1900-1987)

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, better known as Mecha Ortiz (1900-1987), was an Argentine theater and film actress. She was one of the most relevant figures of the golden age of Argentine cinema. She was consecrated in the 1940s and 1950s.

Known for

  • Safo — Material de archivo2003
  • Aquel cine argentino — Ella misma1984
  • House of Shadows — Mrs. Randall1976
  • Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic — Mara Ordaz1976
  • Piedra libre — Amalia Pradere - Amalia Grande1976
  • Painted Lips — Tarotista1974
  • Rolando Rivas, taxista — Malú1972
  • Las locas del conventillo — Tía Remedios1966
  • Bajo un mismo rostro — Madre Superiora1962
  • The Furies — La madre1960

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Ortiz
Gender
female
Citizenship
Argentina
Place of birth
Buenos Aires
Place of death
Buenos Aires
Occupation
film critic
Languages spoken
Spanish
Image
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date of birth
1900-09-24
date of death
1987-10-20
Commons category
Mecha Ortiz
place of burial
Recoleta Cemetery
birth name
María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro
pseudonym
Mecha Ortiz
cause of death
hemiplegia
start of work period
1936-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
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