Mecha Ortiz Death
Mecha passed away on October 20, 1987 at the age of 87.
When did Mecha Ortiz die?
October 20, 1987How old was Mecha Ortiz when died?
87
Mecha Ortiz Birthday and Date of Death
Mecha Ortiz was born on September 24, 1900 and died on October 20, 1987. Mecha was 87 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: September 24, 1900
Date of Death: October 20, 1987
Age at Death: 87
Mecha Ortiz - Biography
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.
