María Mercader

This article is about the Spanish actress. For the American journalist, see Maria Mercader.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mercader and the second or maternal family name is Forcada.

María Mercader
Mercader in 1941
Born
María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada[1]

(1918-03-06)6 March 1918
Barcelona, Spain
Died26 January 2011(2011-01-26) (aged 92)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1923–1992
Spouses
  • Giuliano Scicolone
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1949; div. 1955)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1968; died 1974)​
ChildrenManuel De Sica
Christian De Sica
Parents
  • Luís Mercader Marina (father)
  • María Salses (mother)
RelativesCaridad del Río (aunt by marriage)
Ramón Mercader (cousin)

María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾkaˈðeɾ]; Catalan: Maria de l'Assumpció Mercader i Forcada [məˈɾi.ə məɾkəˈðe]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. She moved to Italy in 1939, later becoming the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.[2]

Mercader's paternal aunt by marriage was Caridad Mercader, whose son Ramón Mercader murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1923 La bruja
1939 Molinos de viento Margarita
1939 L'étrange nuit de Noël Conchita
1939 Il segreto inviolabile Virginia
1940 La gerla di papà Martin Giorgina
1940 Marianela Florentina
1940 Su mayor aventura
1940 Then We'll Get a Divorce Grace Peterson
1940 Una famiglia impossibile Edvige Bartolla
1941 La forza bruta Nell
1941 The Prisoner of Santa Cruz Carmela
1941 The Actor Who Disappeared L'attrice ingenua
1941 Due cuori sotto sequestro La studentessa
1941 Thrill Cristina Palffy
1941 The King's Jester Gilda
1942 L'uomo venuto dal mare La fidanzata del marinaio
1942 Se io fossi onesto Clara
1942 A Garibaldian in the Convent Mariella Dominiani
1942 Finalmente soli Angela
1942 Forbidden Music Claretta Melzi
1942 Madrid de mis sueños Consuelo Aguilera
1942 La fanciulla dell'altra riva Manuela Vega
1943 Il treno crociato Clara
1943 La vita è bella Nadina
1943 Non sono superstizioso... ma! Rosetta De Rosa
1943 I nostri sogni Matilde Moscapelli detta 'Titi'
1943 La primadonna Costanza Salvotti
1945 No Turning Back Vinca
1945 The Gates of Heaven Maria
1945 L'ippocampo Donata Sandi
1945 The Song of Life Maria
1947 Christmas at Camp 119 Fiammetta
1948 Heart Clotilde Serra, la maestrina della Penna Rossa
1948 The Mysterious Rider Elisabetta
1952 Hello Elephant Maria Caretti
1976 Giovannino Giovannino's mother
1984 Claretta Princess of Montenevoso
1988 Lights and Shadows La Mare
1991 The House of Smiles Elvira
1991 Count Max Madre di Pierre
1992 Al lupo al lupo Presentatrice Premiazione (final film role)

References

  1. ^ Maria Mercader i Fordada - Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan)
  2. ^ "Vittorio De Sica". tcm.com. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
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