ALVAREZ, SOFÍA

(Sofía Alvarez Caicedo or Carmen Caicedo)

(1905, 1913 or 1915?-1985 or '86?)

Colombian-born singer and actress who was a popular stage performer from the early 1930s; on-screen in smaller roles from this period, but began receiving female leads in the 1940s. Continued to work in films into the '60s.