Marga López

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Marga López (born Catalina Margarita López Ramos on June 21, 1924 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina – died on July 4, 2005, in Mexico City) was a Mexican actress. Born in Argentina, she later acquired Mexican nationality.

Her parents were Pedro López Sánchez and Dolores Ramos Nava. She had six siblings: Juan, Miguel, Dolores, Pedro, María and Manuel. She debuted in show business in her home country as a child, with her siblings in the group known as Los Hermanitos López. In 1936 they journeyed through Latin America including Mexico. There she met her future husband Carlos Amador, a cinema producer, whom she married twice, in 1941 and in 1961. They had two children, Carlos and Manuel. In 1964 she married actor Arturo de Córdoba, who died in 1973.

Her filmography is very extensive. She appeared in more than 80 movies in the Golden Age of the Cinema of Mexico, sharing credits with Pedro Infante, Ernesto Alonso, Tin Tán, Amparo Rivelles, and many telenovelas.

By 2005, she was an emphysema patient and had acute episodes of bronchitis. Reportedly, she was a chain smoker and did not give up tobacco until 2004. On Tuesday, 19 April 2005, she suffered a heart attack while undergoing a health check-up test at a hospital in Mexico City. She died on July 4, 2005, from cardiac arrhythmia.