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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]; Catalan: Maria de l'Assumpció Mercader i Forcada [məˈɾi.ə məɾkəˈðe]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. She moved to Italy in 1939, later becoming the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.[2]
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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 |
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Relatives | Caridad del Río (aunt by marriage) Ramón Mercader (cousin) |
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Mercader's paternal aunt by marriage was Caridad Mercader, whose son Ramón Mercader murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940.