María Mercader
Spanish actress (1918–2011) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Spanish actress. For the American journalist, see Maria Mercader.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mercader and the second or maternal family name is Forcada.
María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾkaˈðeɾ]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. Julián Gorkin wrote that her cousin was born Montserrat in the family of Caridad Mercader, mother of Ramón Mercader who murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940, and during and after the WWII Montserrat who was very similar to Maria used her documents.
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Born | María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada[1] (1918-03-06)6 March 1918 Barcelona, Spain |
Died | 26 January 2011(2011-01-26) (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1923–1992 |
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Children | Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica |
Parent(s) | Luís Mercader Marina (father) María Salses (mother) |
Relatives | Ramón Mercader (cousin) |
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She moved to Italy in 1939. She was the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.[2]