Maria Mercedes Varela Nimo Dominguez Castro , known as Mecha Ortiz ( Spanish: Mecha Ortiz , September 24, 1900 , according to other sources - 1905 , Buenos Aires - October 20, 1987 , ibid.) - Argentine theater and film actress. A relative of the politician Roberto Maria Ortiz , President of the country ( 1938 - 1942 ).
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| Birth name | María Mercedes Varela Nimo Dominguez Castro |
| Date of Birth | September 24, 1900 |
| Place of Birth | Buenos Aires |
| Date of death | October 20, 1987 (87 years old) |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |
| Citizenship |  Argentina |
| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1929 - 1981 |
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Biography
Studied at the National Conservatory of Music and Recitation . She made her debut on stage in 1929 , played in the plays of Somerset Maugham , Terence Rettigen , Noel Coward , Agatha Christie . She made her debut on the screen in 1937 . Actively starred on television. Critics called her the Argentine Greta Garbo , she was fabulously popular in the 1940-1950s, postcards with her photographs diverged in huge print runs. In the 1970s, she performed several significant roles, showing her dramatic capabilities, far from fully realized in the previous movie.
Died of hemiplegia .
Selected Filmography
- 1937 : Previously, young people did not use lipstick / Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina (Manuel Romero)
- 1938 : Mujeres que trabajan (Manuel Romero)
- 1939 : Margarita, Armando y su padre (Francisco Mujica based on the novel by Alexander Dumas-son Dam with camellias )
- 1943 : Sappho, story of passion / Safo, historia de una pasión ( Carlos Hugo Christensen based on the novel by Alfons Daudet , Silver Condor of the Argentine Film Critics Association to the best actress)
- 1945 : Swan Song / El canto del cisne (Carlos Hugo Christensen, Silver Condor of the Argentine Film Critics Association Best Actress)
- 1946 : Camino del infierno (Luis Saslavsky, Daniel Tinaire)
- 1946 : Las tres ratas (Carlos Schlieper)
- 1947 : Madame Bovary / Carlos Sliper based on Flaubert's novel
- 1947: The Price of Life / El precio de una vida (Adelie Millard by Victorienne Sardou drama)
- 1948 : María de los Ángeles (Ernesto Aransivia)
- 1948: La rubia Mireya (Manuel Romero)
- 1951 : Mi vida por la tuya ( Roberto Gavaldon )
- 1954 : El abuelo (Roberto Vignoli Barreto based on the novel by Benito Perez Galdos )
- 1955 : Pájaros de cristal (Ernesto Aransivia)
- 1956 : Bendita seas (Louis Mottura)
- 1962 : Bajo un mismo rostro (Daniel Tinaire)
- 1974 : Painted Sponges / Boquitas pintadas ( Leopoldo Torre Nilsson based on the novel by M. Puig )
- 1976 : Piedra libre (Leopoldo Torre Nilsson)
- 1976: Previously, young people did not use arsenic / Los muchachos de antes no usaban arsénico (Jose Martinez Suarez)
Autobiography
- Mecha Ortiz por Mecha Ortiz / Salvador D. d'Anna, Elena B. de D'Anna, eds. Buenos Aires: Moreno, 1982 (richly illustrated book)
Interesting Facts
In the novel by Manuel Puig, Painted Sponges ( 1969 ), the Sword of Ortiz is mentioned by one of the heroes as the only worthy actress in Argentina. The following year, she appeared in the film adaptation of this novel by L. Torre Nilsson.