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Mecha Ortiz is a Actor Argentine born on 23 september 1900 at Buenos Aires (Argentine)

Mecha Ortiz

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Birth name María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro
Nationality Argentine
Birth 23 september 1900 at Buenos Aires (Argentine)
Death 20 november 1987 (at 87 years) at Buenos Aires (Argentine)

Mecha Ortiz (née María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro; 1900–1987) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance in Safo, historia de una pasión (1943), and won it again in 1946 for her performance in El canto del cisne (1945). She was known as the Argentine Greta Garbo and for playing mysterious characters, who suffered by past misfortunes in love, mental disorders, or forbidden love. Safo, historia de una pasión was the first erotic Argentine film, though there was no nudity. She also played in the first film in which a woman struck a man and the first film with a lesbian romance. In 1981, she was awarded the Grand Prize for actresses from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Filmography of Mecha Ortiz (30 films)

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Piedra libre
Piedra libre (1976)

Directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Genres Drama
Actors Mecha Ortiz, Francisco de Paula
Roles Amalia Pradere - Amalia Grande
Rating67% 3.366893.366893.366893.366893.36689
House of Shadows
House of Shadows (1976)

Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors John Gavin, Yvonne De Carlo, Mecha Ortiz
Roles Mrs. Randall
Rating38% 1.948671.948671.948671.948671.94867
Painted Lips
Painted Lips (1974)
, 2h
Directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alfredo Alcón, Isabel Pisano, Mecha Ortiz, Juan Alighieri
Rating68% 3.423163.423163.423163.423163.42316
Quand elle apprend que Juan Carlos Etchepare est décédé dans un sanatorium pour tuberculeux, Nené, mariée et mère de deux enfants, se remémore la passion qu'elle éprouva pour ce jeune homme, dix ans auparavant. Elle entame alors une correspondance émue avec la mère du disparu et constate, au fil de ses lettres, combien le souvenir de cet amour pèse encore sur son présent.
Blessed be you
Blessed be you (1956)
, 1h25
Genres Drama
Actors Mecha Ortiz, Enrique Serrano, Antonia Herrero
Roles María
Rating71% 3.5513353.5513353.5513353.5513353.551335
Dishonor
Dishonor (1952)

Directed by Daniel Tinayre
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tita Merello, Mecha Ortiz, George Rigaud, Francisco de Paula, Aída Luz, Josefina Muñoz
Roles Directora Interventora
Rating69% 3.479213.479213.479213.479213.47921
Framed and convicted of a crime she did not commit, Flora, played by Fanny Navarro is sent to prison, where she meets Roberta, played by Golde Flami, who becomes her protector and lover.
La Rubia Mireya
La Rubia Mireya (1948)

Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Fernando Lamas, Mecha Ortiz, Elena Lucena, Analía Gadé
Roles Ana María Peña de Robles / La Rubia Mireya
Rating75% 3.781953.781953.781953.781953.78195