FURIÓ, SONIA

(María Sonia Furió Flores)

(1937-1996)

Spanish-born actress and dancer who emigrated to Mexico as a child due to the Spanish Civil War (she later became a Mexican citizen). Furió enrolled in the ANDA acting school run by Andrés Soler and made her film debut in 1954. She was very popular in the latter half of the decade (appearing in 22 films in 1956-58), but her film work declined in the 1960s and she made her last screen appearance in 1975. However, Furió continued to work steadily in radio and television; her last professional work was on the telenovela "Con todo el alma," before she succumbed to pneumonia in December 1996.