Imperio Argentina(1910-2003)

Actress
Soundtrack

Imperio Argentina in Nights in Andalusia (1938)

Spanish actress. Parents: Antonio Nile (guitar player) and Rosario del Río. She was born during an artistic tournee of her parents in Argentina. She lived in Málaga till she the age of 12. There she studied dance. When she was 12 years old, she debuted in the comedy theatre of Buenos Aires with the help of Pastora Imperio who calls her Petite Imperio. That was her artistic name during the next years, when she had a great success in several countries in southAmerica. In 1926 she came back to Spain and adopted the artistic name of Imperio Argentina, singing in the main theaters of the country. The film director Florián Rey discovered her in the Romea theater in Madrid and then she played La hermana San Sulpicio (1927).

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Known for

Carmen (la de Triana)

6.7

Carmen

1938

Tosca

6.0

Floria Tosca

1941

The Devil's Backbone

7.3

Soundtrack

2001

Nights in Andalusia

5.5

Carmen - eine Zigeunerin

1938

Credits

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Actress

Andalucía, un siglo de fascinación
7.4
TV Mini Series
- 1997
El polizón del Ulises
6.9
- 1987
Tata mía
6.2
- Tata
- 1986
Con el viento solano
6.6
- Madre de Sebastián
- 1966
Ama Rosa
6.5
- Ama Rosa
- 1960
Café Cantante
5.5
- Rosario
- 1951
La cigarra
6.0
- Soledad 'La Cigarra'
- 1948
La copla de la Dolores
8.0
- Dolores
- 1947
La maja de los cantares
4.5
- 1946
Bambú
5.9
- Bambú
- 1945
Goyescas
5.6
- Petrilla
- Condesa de Gualda
- 1942
Tosca
6.0
- Floria Tosca
- 1941
La canción de Aixa
5.3
- Aixa
- 1939
Nights in Andalusia
5.5
- Carmen - eine Zigeunerin
- 1938
Carmen (la de Triana)
6.7
- Carmen
- 1938

Soundtrack

The Endless Trench
7.2
- performer: "Falsa Moneda"
- 2019
50 años de
5.7
TV Series
- performer: "El día que nací yo"
- 2010
La tele de tu vida
6.7
TV Series
- performer: "El día que nací yo"
- 2007
El 7º día
6.7
- performer: "Rocío"
- 2004
The Devil's Backbone
7.3
- performer: "Recordar" (Souviens-toi)
- 2001
In Praise of Older Women
6.1
- performer: "Rocío"
- 1997
Tata mía
6.2
- performer: "El carretero"
- 1986
Sweet Hours
6.2
- performer: "Recordar" (Souviens-toi)
- 1982
Songs for After a War
7.3
- performer: "Échale guindas al pavo"
- 1976
Cría Cuervos
7.9
- performer: "¡Ay, Maricruz!"
- 1976
Canciones de nuestra vida
6.2
- performer: "Olé, catapum"
- 1975
Cousin Angelica
7.3
- performer: "Rocío"
- 1974
The Garden of Delights
6.7
- performer: "Recordar" (Souviens-toi)
- 1970
Ama Rosa
6.5
- performer: "Nana de Ama Rosa"
- 1960
Goyescas
5.6
- performer: "Olé catapún" (tonadilla-canción), "Danza quinta (Danza Andaluza nº 5)", "Fandango del candil", "Consejos", "Maja y condesa" (habanera-canción)
- 1942

Personal details

Born
- December 26, 1910
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died
- August 22, 2003
- Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain(natural causes)
Spouses
Parents
Relatives
- Asunción(Sibling)
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles
- 1 Pictorial

Did you know

Trivia
For years there were rumors that Miss Argentina had been romantically involved with actors Rafael Rivelles and Marlene Dietrich as well as with Nazis Joseph Goebbels and Adolf Hitler himself. In her 2002 autobiography she admitted to an affair with Rivelles but denied any involvement with Dietrich and the Nazis. The 1998 film "La niña de tus ojos" starring Penelope Cruz is a fictionalized account of Miss Argentina in 1938 Germany with Goebbels trying to win her favor.