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Isabel Sarli

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Argentine actress (1929-2019)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Cuentos de cine
  • Isabel Sarli al desnudo

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Film & TV

Acting · Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina

Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli, nicknamed Coca, (9 July 1935 - 25 June 2019) was a retired Argentine actress and glamour model, known for starring in several sexploitation films by Armando Bó, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. She began her career as a model and beauty queen, becoming Miss Argentina and reaching the semi-finalis of Miss Universe 1955. She was discovered by Bó in 1956 and made her…

Known for

  • Danube — Self - Actress (voice) (archive footage)2021
  • Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field: The Documentary — Self - Actress2019
  • The Endless Film — Material de archivo ("El último amor en Tierra del Fuego")2018
  • Mis días con Gloria — Gloria2010
  • Arroz con leche2009
  • Flesh on Flesh — Herself2008
  • The Lady Is Back1996
  • The Children of the War — Self1984
  • The Insatiable Widow — Carmen / Wife1984
  • A Madcap Widow — Flor Tetis Soutién de Mangiabróccoli1980

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Argentina
Active from
1903-01-07
Active to
1960-01-12
tango

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Key facts

Born
Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli , ( 1929-07-09 ) 9 July 1929 , Concordia, Entre Ríos , Argentina
Died
25 June 2019 (2019-06-25) (aged 89), Buenos Aires , Argentina
Occupations
Actress model
Years active
1954–1980, 1996–2009
Known for
Starring in several cult films directed by Armando Bó , being a sexploitation film icon
Notable work
Thunder Among the Leaves The Female: Seventy Times Seven Carne Fuego Fiebre
Spouse
Ralph Heinlein ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1954 ) ​
Partner
Armando Bó (1956–1981, his death)

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Encyclopedic overview

Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli ( Spanish: [isaˈβel ˈsaɾli]; 9 July 1929 – 25 June 2019), nicknamed Coca, was an Argentine actress. She was known for starring in several sexploitation films by Armando Bó, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. She began her career as a model, becoming Miss Argentina and reaching the semi-finals of Miss Universe 1955. She was discovered by Bó in 1956 and made her acting debut the following year with Thunder Among the Leaves, in which a controversial nude scene featuring Sarli made it the first film to feature full frontal nudity in Argentine cinema.

As the muse and protagonist of Bó's films, Sarli became the quintessential sex symbol of her country and a popular figure worldwide. After Bó's death in 1981, Sarli virtually retired from acting until the 1990s, when she appeared in a handful of film roles and TV cameos before her death in 2019. Since the year 2000 and onwards, her films have been revalued for their camp and kitsch content and are recognised as cult classics, while Sarli has established herself as a pop icon.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isabel Sarli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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