Mercedes Quintana

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Quintana Saravia Haydée Mercedes, known as Mercedes Quintana (1910 – 1996 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine classical dancer, choreographer, director and actress of stage, screen and television. She had a prominent stage career in Argentina in the 1930s. She appeared in films such as Yo quiero ser bataclana (1941), Ven... mi corazón te llama (1942) and Mujeres que bailan (1949).{{cite book|last=Recondo|first=Gregorio|title=Identidad, Integración y Creación Cultural en América Latina: El Desafío Del Mercosur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G496AAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Ediciones UNESCO|language=Spanish|isbn=978-950-577-199-8|page=344}}

Quintana was a director and choreographer of Teatro Colon's Ballet Estable.{{Cite book|last=Zimmermann|first=Susana|title=Cantos y Exploraciones: Caminos de Teatro-Danza|publisher=Balletin Dance|year=2007|isbn=978-987-22748-5-6|location=Buenos Aires|pages=29|language=es}} She also ran her own dance studio, which produced performers such as Susana Zimmermann.{{Cite web|title=Falleció la coreógrafa y bailarina Susana Zimmermann {{!}} Argentores|url=https://argentores.org.ar/fallecio-la-coreografa-y-bailarina-susana-zimmermann/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=argentores.org.ar}}