Blanca Pozas

Blanca Pozas
Born1893
Valparaiso, Chile
Died29 August 1978
Madrid, Spain
Burial placeCementerio de la Almudena
NationalityChilean
Occupation(s)Vedette and actress
SpouseMiguel Ligero
ChildrenLuis Ligero Pozas
Blanca Ligero Pozas

Blanca Pozas Oliveira (sometimes accredited as Blanquita Pozas) (1893 - 29 August 1978) was a Chilean vedette and actress who participated in nine movies during her cinematographic career which lasted from 1926 to 1953.

Biography

Born in Valparaíso, she soon triumphed in Spain as a vedette at the Teatro Martín. Until the outbreak of the Civil War, she premiered the most popular shows of the billboard, among which stand out: Frivolina (1918), Las corsarias (1919), Ris, Ras (1927), Los faroles (1928), Los caracoles (1928), La casa de Quirós (1931), La camisa de la Pompadour (1934) and Las Peponas (1934).[1] She worked with the most popular comedians of her time: Lino Rodríguez, Castrito, Ramón Peña, Faustino Bretaño, etc.

Unlike her husband Miguel Ligero, she worked little in the cinema, appearing in a total of nine films, among which Marianela (1940), Viaje sin destino (1942) and El rey de las finanzas (1944) stand out.[2][1]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "Blanquita Pozas Historia del teatro | CDAEM · Teatro Español". www.teatro.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  2. ^ "Miguel Ligero/Blanca Pozas". Memoria de Madrid. Retrieved 11 March 2022.