Carmen Sevilla
Carmen Sevilla ( born October 16, 1930 as the Maria Carmen Garcia Galisteo in Seville, Spain) is a Spanish actress.
Life and career
The daughter of writer José Garcia Padilla, began her professional career at the age of 13 years as a ballet dancer in the dance troupe of Estrellita Castro.
Five years later, the artist, who had now chosen the name of her home town of Seville at her pseudonym, brought by the director Fernando de Fuentes to the film.
Even her second movie " Jalisco canta en Sevilla " was a great success. They often sang copla Andaluza songs in their films.
Particularly successful collaboration with the singer - actor Luis Mariano, on the side Carmen Sevilla developed occurred mainly at the beginning of the 50s. With her role of Catherine in 1955 in a version of Shakespeare's " The Taming of the Shrew " she finally made the breakthrough. 1957 another hit movie " The Revenge ".
Since then she has dedicated several times rotating in Spain foreign directors such as the American John Berry, Don Siegel, Charlton Heston and Nicholas Ray.
1978 withdrew Carmen Sevilla on film and considered the next decade and a half of the public away. Early 90s, the artist returned back into show business, this time as host and presenter of television shows.
Carmen Sevilla had been married from 1958 to 1968 with the composer Augusto Alguero. The marriage produced a child goes forth. From 1985 until his death in 2000, she was married to Vicente Patuel.