Blanca Pozas Oliveira (sometimes accredited as Blanquita Pozas) (1893 - 29 August 1978) was a Chilean vedette and actress who participated in nine movies during her cinematographic career which lasted from 1926 to 1953.
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| Born | 1893 Valparaiso, Chile |
| Died | 29 August 1978 Madrid, Spain |
| Burial place | Cementerio de la Almudena |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Occupation(s) | Vedette and actress |
| Spouse | Miguel Ligero |
| Children | Luis Ligero Pozas Blanca Ligero Pozas |
Biography
editBorn in Valparaíso, she soon triumphed in Spain as a vedette at the Teatro Martín. Until the outbreak of the Civil War, she premiered the most popular shows of the billboard, among which stand out: Frivolina (1918), Las corsarias (1919), Ris, Ras (1927), Los faroles (1928), Los caracoles (1928), La casa de Quirós (1931), La camisa de la Pompadour (1934) and Las Peponas (1934).[1] She worked with the most popular comedians of her time: Lino Rodríguez, Castrito, Ramón Peña, Faustino Bretaño, etc.
Unlike her husband Miguel Ligero, she worked little in the cinema, appearing in a total of nine films, among which Marianela (1940), Viaje sin destino (1942) and El rey de las finanzas (1944) stand out.[2][1]
Filmography
edit- Frivolinas (1926)
- Crisis mundial (1934)
- Nobleza baturra (1935)
- La vida bohemia (1938)
- Los hijos de la noche (1939)
- Marianela (1940)
- Viaje sin destino (1942)
- El rey de las finanzas (1944)
- Sobresaliente (1953)
References
edit- ^ a b "Blanquita Pozas Historia del teatro | CDAEM · Teatro Español". www.teatro.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Miguel Ligero/Blanca Pozas". Memoria de Madrid. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
External links
edit- Blanca Pozas at IMDb