Amanda Ledesma
{{Short description|Argentine film actress and singer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Amanda Ledesma
| image = Amanda Ledesma.JPG
| imagesize =
| caption = Ledesma in Tomorrow I'll Kill Myself (1942)
| birth_date = 31 December 1911
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| death_date = 19 February 2000 (aged 88)
| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| othername = Josefina Rubianes
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1933-1950 (film)
}}
Amanda Ledesma (December 31, 1911 – February 19, 2000) was an Argentine film actress and singer notable for her work during the Golden Age. Ledesma appeared in several tango films such as The Tango Star (1940). In 1939 she was originally cast to appear in the American film The Sons Command, but did not appear in the final production.Waldman p.135
In 1999, she was the recipient of the Career Condor award, given by the Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards.{{Cite web |title=Amanda Ledesma - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496533/awards/?ref_=nm_awd |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}
Selected filmography
- Dancing (1933)
- Paths of Faith (1938)
- The Tango Star (1940)
- De México llegó el amor (1940)
- Tomorrow I'll Kill Myself (1942)
- Marina (1945)
- Cuando quiere un mexicano (1944)
References
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Bibliography
- Waldman, Harry. Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films from America, 1910-1995.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0496533}}
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Category:Argentine stage actresses
Category:Argentine film actresses
Category:20th-century Argentine women singers
Category:Actresses from Buenos Aires
Category:Singers from Buenos Aires
Category:20th-century Argentine actresses
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