Golde Flami
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Golde Flami was an Argentine
actress of film
, television
and stage
.
. Her family emigrated to Argentina
when she was five years old. Her parents worked as a shoemaker and a dressmaker
.
, a Jewish neighborhood in Buenos Aires
. Her theater career began when she was fourteen years old and her film debut came at the age of 24 with a part in the movie, En el viejo Buenos Aires
.
Flami's reached her career peak in the 1940s and 1950s. Her career as an accepted actress was launched by a 1942 drama directed by Luis Bayon Herrera
called Los dos rivales. She went on to star or appear in nearly 40 movies and over 100 theater productions, including Witches of Salem, and nearly 40 television shows. Her film credits included Se llamaba Carlos Gardel, La Mary
, Los gauchos judios and Deshonra.
She enjoyed a career resurgence in the 1980s when she appeared in several films including Fernando Ayala
's Pasajeros de una pesadilla, Hector Olivera
's Two to Tango and Anibal Di Salvo's Atrapadas.
Flami died in Buenos Aires
on July 20, 2007, aged 89.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
actress of film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
Early life
Flami was born as Golda Flon to a Jewish family in UkraineUkraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. Her family emigrated to Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
when she was five years old. Her parents worked as a shoemaker and a dressmaker
Dressmaker
A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker or a modiste.-Notable dressmakers:*Cristobal Balenciaga*Charles Frederick Worth...
.
Career
She began her acting career by working in Yiddish theater in Villa CrespoVilla Crespo
Villa Crespo is a middle-class neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the geographical centre of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus population density of 23,235 inhabitants/km²....
, a Jewish neighborhood in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. Her theater career began when she was fourteen years old and her film debut came at the age of 24 with a part in the movie, En el viejo Buenos Aires
En el viejo Buenos Aires
En el viejo Buenos Aires is a 1942 Argentine film....
.
Flami's reached her career peak in the 1940s and 1950s. Her career as an accepted actress was launched by a 1942 drama directed by Luis Bayon Herrera
Luis Bayón Herrera
Luis Bayón Herrera was Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s....
called Los dos rivales. She went on to star or appear in nearly 40 movies and over 100 theater productions, including Witches of Salem, and nearly 40 television shows. Her film credits included Se llamaba Carlos Gardel, La Mary
La Mary
La Mary is a 1974 Argentine film directed by Daniel Tinayre and starring Susana Giménez and Carlos Monzón. Monzón was a boxer, not a professional actor, and his poor speech skills forced producers to hire a professional actor, Luis Medina Castro, to dub Monzón's lines.- Plot :By 1930, Evaristo, a...
, Los gauchos judios and Deshonra.
She enjoyed a career resurgence in the 1980s when she appeared in several films including Fernando Ayala
Fernando Ayala
Fernando Ayala was an Argentine film producer, film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era...
's Pasajeros de una pesadilla, Hector Olivera
Héctor Olivera
Héctor Olivera is a film director, producer and screenwriter.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has contributed to numerous films in the United States.-Biography:...
's Two to Tango and Anibal Di Salvo's Atrapadas.
Flami died in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
on July 20, 2007, aged 89.