Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers

SEVILLA, CARMEN

(María del Carmen García Galisteo)
(1930- )
the beautiful Carmen Sevilla was born in Spain (Sevilla, to be exact) and began her career as a dancer. She made her film debut inJalisco canta en Sevilla(1948), one of Jorge Negrete's two Spanish-made movies. She worked steadily in Spain and other European countries in the '50s and '60s, taking time out to appear in Mexican films likeGitana teniasque ser!(1952, with Pedro Infante), andLa guerrillera deVilla(1967). Sevilla, who married composer Augusto Algueró, worked less frequently in the '70s.

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