Carmen Sevilla dies at the age of 92: goodbye to the great myth consumed by Alzheimer’s
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Sad day for the world of cinema, culture and entertainment in Spain. carmen sevilla has died at the age of 92 after eight years in a nursing home, suffering from the terrible Alzheimer’s disease. Last Sunday, June 25, she was transferred to the Jiménez Díaz Foundation (Madrid) due to a worsening in her health. The light of one of the most beloved women in our country has gone out to make way for the legend.
The one who was a presenter of neighborhood cinema It is a benchmark of Spanish culture. In addition to being a great actress, she belongs to that breed of essential classics of our folklore, one of her greats like her friends Lola Flores, Rocio Jurado o Shell Piquer. Since 2009 she suffered from the disease that made her forget about her loved ones and about herself.
In addition to being a singer and actress, she was a much-loved presenter with her little sheep, her “little coupon” and her distractions. María del Carmen García Galisteo, known as Carmen Sevilla, was born on October 16, 1930 and soon became one of the most important figures in our country. she daughter of Antonio Garcia Padilla, who worked composing lyrics for great artists such as Concha Piquer, Imperio Argentina and Estrellita Castro and died on February 17, 1987; and Florentina Galisteo Ramírez, who lived almost 100 years.
Carmen demonstrated from almost as a child that she had great showmanship. At just 17 years old, she made her film debut sponsored by no less than little star castro. He was so young that in his beginnings, he had to deceive about his age, because he was a minor.
That early white lie led to the misrepresentation of his true date of birth in many biographies. Her impressiveness, her Sevillian sympathy and her characteristic smile made her “the sweetheart of Spain” for decades and in her long professional career she had numerous suitors.
gave gourds to the bullfighter Carlos Arruzato the king of the operetta, Louis Mariano and the comic actor Mario Moreno ‘Cantinflas’. All of them, except Luis Mariano, accompanied their processions with valuable jewels, which Carmen returned to them.
She lived her last years apart from everything and everyone, lost in that impenetrable and cruel world of memory loss. Very few people knew everything about her: her son Augusto J. Algueró and his soulmate, Moncho Ferrer, veteran PR of the music world. The two have accompanied her to her deathbed. She had been practically isolated for some time in her residence without receiving visitors, as she requested her only son.
She began her career in the 1940s and became one of the most popular and highest paid stars of Spanish cinema until the 1970s. In 1991, at the age of sixty, she began her career as a television presenter, working for the three major Spanish networks until her retirement in 2010.
As an actress, she had leading roles in numerous films, including Imperial Violets (1952), Academy Award nominee Vengeance (1958), Don Juan (1956) and Searching for Monica (1962). She also had supporting roles in English-language epic films including King of Kings (1961) and Antony and Cleopatra (1972).
She began her career in 1942 as a dancer thanks to Estrellita Castro. In the 1950s, she began to establish herself as a singer thanks to the songs she performed in her films. She released numerous albums, with many songs composed by her then husband Augusto Algueró, including coplas, boleros and tangos, and performed them on stage and television.
Selected filmography
Jalisco Sings in Seville (1949)[4]
The Guitar of Gardel (1949) as Carmelilla[19]
Tales of the Alhambra (1950) as Mariquilla[19]
The Troublemaker (1950) as Mari Pepa[5]
The Dream of Andalusia (1951) as Dolores[19]
Love and Desire (1951) as Lola[20]
Imperial Violets (1952) as Violeta[19]
Sister San Sulpicio (1952) as Gloria Alvargonzález / Sister San Sulpicio[19]
The Beauty of Cadiz (1953) as Maria-Luisa[19]
You Had To Be a Gypsy (1953) as Pastora de los Reyes[21]
An Andalusian Gentleman (1954) as Esperanza 'Colorín'[19]
Congress in Seville (1955) as Carmen Fuentes[22]
Requiebro (1955)[23]
Don Juan (1956) as Serranilla[19]
Desert Warrior (1957) as Princess Amina[19]
Spanish Affair (1957) as Mari Zarubia[19]
Vengeance (1958) as Andrea Díaz[19]
Bread, Love and Andalusia (1958) as Carmen García[19]
King of Kings (1961) as Mary Magdalene[19]
The Balcony of the Moon (1962) as Charo[24]
Searching for Monica as Mónica Durán (1962)[19]
Road to Rocío (1966) as Esperanza Aguilar
The Partisan of Villa (1967) as Reyes Mendoza
The Boldest Job in the West (1971) as Marion[25][19]
A Decent Adultery (1969) as Fernanda[19]
The Locket (1970) as Virginia / Soledad[19]
The Glass Ceiling (1971) as Marta[19]
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) as Octavia Minor[19]
La Cera Virgen (1972) as María[19]
Nadie oyó gritar (1973) as Elisa[19]
No es bueno que el hombre esté solo (1973) as Lina[19]
House of the Damned (also known as La Loba y la Paloma) (1974)[26][27]
Cabaret Woman (1974) as Rita Medina[19]
Sex o no sex (1974) as Angélica[19]
Naked Therapy (1975) as Doctora Sol Esteve
English Striptease (1975)
Muerte de un quinqui (1975)
La cruz del diablo (1975) as Maria
Beatriz (1976) as Carlota
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