María Luisa Elío
Spanish writer and actress / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Elío and the second or maternal family name is Bernal.
María Luisa Elío Bernal (17 August 1926 – 17 July 2009) was a Spanish writer and actress exiled in Mexico. She wrote two books and the script of the award-winning autobiographical film El balcón vacío (The Empty Balcony), which was the first film to depict the lives of Spanish exiles during the Spanish Civil War.[1] She also performed on Mexican television and Mexican films.[2] Elío was involved in several cultural and literary circles. She was also an inspiration for Gabriel García Márquez.[3] His masterwork One Hundred Years of Solitude was dedicated to Elío and her husband.