biography
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Aparicio, Rafaela
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stage name of Rafaela Díaz Valiente
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pronunciation:
[apareethioh]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1906–96)
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| biography:
| Actress, born in Marbella, Málaga, S Spain. She started in theatre thanks to her father who, after his wife's death, gave up his job as a pilot in the merchant navy to become a bull-fighting and theatre manager. After meeting the actor Erasmo Pascual, she began an acting career in Zarzuela with Felisa Herrero's company. Among her best-known performances are those in La cometa, La decente, La chica del barrio, and Mala hierba y su continuación. Her films include Nobleza baturra (1935, director Florián Rey), Al fin solos (1955, director Alejandro Perla), La quiniela (1959, director Ana Mariscal), Es mi hombre (1965, director Rafael Gil), Los chicos con las chicas (1967, director Javier Aguirre), La que arman las mujeres (1969, director Fernando Merino), Adulterio nacional (1982, director Francisco Lara Polop), and El mar y el tiempo (1989, director Fernando Fernán-Gómez). |
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