Rosita Fornés
| Rosita Fornés | |
|---|---|
 in 2011 | |
| Born |
Rosalía Lourdes Elisa Palet Bonavia February 11, 1923 New York, United States |
| Other names | Rosalia Palet Bonavia |
| Citizenship | United States, Cuba |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer |
| Years active | 1938- |
Rosita Fornés (born February 11, 1923) is a Cuban singer and film actress.
Early life
She was born February 11, 1923 in Women's Hospital (110th Street and Amsterdam Avenue), New York, United States, but moved to Cuba as a small child. Her parents were Spanish, a Catalan father and a mother from Madrid. Her parents divorced soon after with her mother remarrying when she was around 4 to 5 years old taking the surname Fornés from her step-father. When she was 10 years old the family went to Spain and stayed for three years before returning to Cuba.[1]
She made her stage debut in a musical comedy in 1938, and then appeared in two Cuban films before moving to Mexico where she starred in several films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.[2]
Career
In the 1950s her multi-talents made her a leading exponent of the American-Hispanic term of Vedette.[3]
Selected filmography
- A Dangerous Adventure (1939)
- Musical Romance (1941)
- The Flesh Commands (1948)
- The Desire (1948)
- Women of the Theatre (1951)
- The Unknown Mariachi (1953)
References
- ↑ Interview with Rosita Fornés. (in Spanish)
- ↑ García Osuna p.139
- ↑ Ninon Sevilla , Rosa Carmina Amalia Aguilar y Ma. Antonieta Pons Artículo en el que se menciona a Rosita Fornés como "La primera vedette de América"
Bibliography
- Alfonso J. García Osuna. The Cuban Filmography: 1897 through 2001. McFarland, 2003.
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