Biography

Beginning as a singer in 1937, she soon moved from singing into acting, reading tragic parts on Radio Belgrano, where it was noted that she had an expressive face. She moved to the National Radio as part of an acting troupe "Estampas porteñas" and soon after, caught the attention of Arsenio Mármol. He created a character called "Chimbela" for her which she performed on radio and later on film, theater and television. Almost immediately the role brought success and she began touring the country, and appeared on both the Teatro Palmolive and Radio Cine Lux.

She had one of the longest careers of Argentine actresses and was one of the last survivors of Argentine cinema from the 1930s.

She also performed as a dancer and, beginning in 1960, did several musical comedies.

During the 1940s, she participated in films with comedians like Pepe Arias, Pepe Iglesias "El Zorro", Nini Gambier , Mirtha Legrand and Carlos Estrada.

On stage she replaced Libertad Lamarque in Hello, Dolly! and she portrayed the widow of Larraín de Valenzuela in the Chilean comedy La pérgola de las flores, which was later made into a movie.