Imperio Argentina
Acting
Biography
Magdalena Nile del Río, stage name Imperio Argentina (Buenos Aires, December 26, 1910-Torremolinos, August 22, 2003), was an Argentine actress, singer and dancer.
Born: December 27, 1906
Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known For
Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
Nobleza baturra
Aragón, Spain, early 20th century. María del Pilar is a honest girl whose good name is dirtied when an old suitor seeking revenge accuses her of losing her virginity outside of marriage. The scandal soon spreads throughout the countryside.
La copla de la Dolores
Pursued by an infamous song that makes her life impossible, Dolores leaves Calatayud.
Songs for After a War
A particular reading of the hard years of famine, repression and censorship after the massacre of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), through popular culture: songs, newspapers and magazines, movies and newsreels.
Ama Rosa
Rosa gives birth to a child who, by circumstances of life, is given for adoption to a wealthy family who lost theirs during childbirth. Soon, Rosa will be working for the new family of his son and, so, without anyone knowing, will give him all her love.
Suburban Melody
The life of Roberto takes place in a suburban bar between singing and letters. There, along with his partner, as scamming unsuspecting lives falls into the table. One night she crosses paths a young piano teacher hear him sing and gives him the chance to do it professionally. The fame and love give Roberto a chance to redeem himself.
Morena clara
Trini and her brother Regalito are two gypsy brothers stealing hams. At trial, the severe prosecutor Enrique accused them of the misdemeanor, although they do not understand the nature of their crime and the justice of non-gypsies. Trini ends up serving in the house of the prosecutor, who, discovering her good heart, eventually falls in love with her.
Barefoot in the Kitchen
What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragments of different films, both fiction and non-fiction. (Followed by “Manda huevos,” 2016.)
With the East Wind
The life of Sebastián, a 28-year-old Roma, changes drastically after he kills a man. From that moment, he must flee, experiencing the torments of loneliness, guilt, and the rejection of his people.
Carmen la de Triana
The story of a beautiful, vivacious gypsy girl and the two doomed men who fall for her.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Tata
as Self (archive footage)
as Petrilla / Condesa de Gualda (archive footage)
as Madre de Sebastián
as Ama Rosa
as Dolores
as Soledad 'La Cigarra'
as Bambú
as Petrilla / Condesa de Gualda
as Floria Tosca
as Aixa
as Carmen
as Carmen - eine Zigeunerin
as Trini
as María del Pilar
as Gloria / Hermana San Sulpicio
as Carmen Rivera
as Alina
as Gisèle Landry
as Isabel
as Gloria / Hermana San Sulpicio