Lupe Sino(1917-1959)
- Actress
Born Antonia (Antoñita) Brochalo Lopesino in Sayatón, province of
Guadalajara, Spain, in 1917, she was the second of a family of nine
brothers and sisters. She was only 14 when she moved to Madrid to
attempt a career as an actress in the Spanish film industry. . She had
already played her first, and only, leading role in a film (La Famosa
Luz María, 1941) when she began a relationship with Spain's then most
famous matador, Manolete, who completely fell in love with her despite
all advice against the affair coming from the bullfighter's closest
environment. Manolete and Lupe Sino were planning their marriage when,
in August 1947, a bull by the name of Islero took the matador's life on
the arena at Linares (Jaen). . Lupe later married a Mexican lawyer and
moved to America, but she soon divorced and came back to live in Spain
where she played only a few minor roles in films before she died in
1959.
