Maria del Carmen Garcia Galisteo (Heliópolis, Seville, October 16, 1930), better known among the public as Carmen Sevilla, has passed away at the age of 92 at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation (Madrid), place where she was admitted since last Sunday. The actress and presenter had withdrawn from public life for more than a decade as a result of the Alzheimer’s that he was dragging, which is why he had lived since 2015 in a residence, where he received visits from Augusto Algueróhis only son, whom he no longer recognized.
Reactions to the death of Carmen Sevilla
carmen sevillathe middle of three brothers, was the daughter of Antonio Garcia Padilla (died February 17, 1987), who composed lyrics for artists such as Concha Piquer, Estrellita Castro and Imperio Argentina, and the long-lived Florentina Galisteo Ramírez, housewife. And from a very young age she showed her abilities to be an artist: at only 17 years old she made her film debut at the hands of Estrellita Castro in Serenata Española.
Spain’s bride
The actress stood out so much for her beauty and sympathy that she soon received the nickname “Spain’s bride”. She was so pretty that she had a long list of suitors: from the bullfighter Carlos Arruza or the singer Frank Sinatra even the famous comic actor Mario Moreno Cantinflas or the also Mexican Jorge Negrete.
Finally, it was the young composer Augusto Algueró who conquered her heart. They married in 1961, had her only child, and ended up divorcing thirteen years later, in 1974. After him, in 1985, she gave love another chance and married vincent patuelwith whom he shared his life until his death in the year 2000.
International projection
As an actress, she had great international projection and many offers to film in the United States, the mecca of cinema. In 1950 he filmed with Jorge Negrete, the Mexican idol, Jalisco sings in Seville. Such was its success that it was recognized and claimed outside of Spain. And she even got to record along with Charlton Heston the movie Mark Antony and Cleopatra (1972), where she was the protagonist.
He also participated in The revenge (1958), the first Spanish film nominated for an Oscar (in the 1959 edition) as Best Foreign Language Film. Likewise, he also tried his luck in song and recorded more than fifteen albums of the copla, bolero, tango and chotis genres.
His stage on television
From his time on the small screen, his funny moments in the program are well remembered Telecoupon with Agustín Bravo, with oversights that will go down in history and of which it will never be known if they will go voluntarily or intentionally. In 2005 she participated in the second edition of the contest Look who is dancing!presented by Anne Igartiburu. However, it was the second eliminated.
In addition, he also presented the mythical program of Spanish Television, neighborhood cinema, a format in which great classic hits of the Spanish seventh art were broadcast and discussed. When his abilities diminished, he decided to retire, and his position was taken by Concha Velasco.
