María del Carmen García Galisteo, known in Spain and around the world Carmen Sevilla was one of the last great symbols of the Spanish couplet., that golden generation that includes Rocío Jurado, Rocío Durcal, Lola Flores or Concha Piquer. His name, too, will forever remain connected. Spanish cinemaan industry where everything is until the memory is erased. Now a whole country is crying Loss of 92 years old After a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.
Seville’s Heliópolis neighborhood has seen this artist and singer grow since he was born on October 16, 1930. His expressive eyes and charming smile soon monopolized the Spanish cinema and television screens. It was the era when the population tried to escape the post-war era with new televisions, devices that took the first steps to stay in homes around the world.
At the age of 13, Carmen Sevilla made her debut as a dancer in the company of Estrellita Castro, one of the well-established artists of the time, when her grandfather and father wrote songs. The rapid change of air from the south to the capital, where relatives’ contacts and opportunities are more, made it Sevillian’s artistic career began before she reached the age of majority..
HE jump to the big screenappeared occasionally in films of a folkloric nature, in which the artist sang and danced, this in ‘Jalisco canta en Sevilla’ in 1948, in which he co-starred with Jorge Negrete. Four years later, the onscreen chemistry itself is ‘El sueño de Andalucía’ and ‘La bella de Cádiz’. . On her long list of work on the big screen, Sevilla starred in ‘La Venganza’, the first Spanish film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1957 by director Juan Antonio Bardem.
An unstoppable progress
Her success grew hand-in-hand with blockbuster films like 1961’s ‘King of Kings’ in which she played María Magdalena. at the behest of Charlton Heston, who fell in love with the artistIn the 1972 film ‘Antonio y Cleopatra’, in which the Spanish general plays the wife of Mark Antony, Octavia, which tells once again the passionate love between the Roman general and Queen Cleopatra. Also, by the behest of directors such as Don Siegel or Alessandro Blasetti, his fame transcended the borders of Spain.
Carmen Sevilla’s career has not only passed on the big screen, she has also appeared on private television. another direction as server. This is how the Seville woman dominated the nights, coordinating the departure of the millionaire balls from the ONCE coupon.
The Spanish artist’s life gradually calmed down enough that in 1989 he changed his nocturnal presence at Telecinco studios to raising sheep on a cattle ranch in Badajoz. its “sheep” in his occasional comment about his late night television appearances.
The turn of the century meant for the Spanish artist a return to Spanish cinema, the industry in which he had acted best and saw growth in his long career of fame. Spaniards enjoy Sevillana Every Saturday on TVE’s public channel thanks to the program ‘Cine de Barrio’He was responsible for coordinating the interview about the feature film that he presented and aired, giving place to the afternoon film.
His memory has faded
Despite being in an area where Sevillian is comfortable, Alzheimer’s preceded his life., just like her mother, forced her to leave the small screen. His entire public life then faded into the background. enter a residence He specializes in this disease in the town of Aravaca, Madrid. His public appearances were in the bud, and since 2012, when he made his illness public, almost nothing is known about the artist’s state of health.
The Sevilla actress and singer led to numerous imitations by various comedians in her final years due to her memory loss, carelessness and improvisation, but she always maintained an innate spontaneity and he showed that he knows how to laugh at his mistakes.