Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is short for "Mar del Río de la Plata," and means "sea of the Río de la Plata basin" or "adjoining sea to the (River) Plate region." Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina. With a population of 682,605 as per the 2022 census [INDEC], it is the 5th largest city in Argentina.
Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess player. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950.
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF in Latin America, and the oldest in this category in the Americas. The festival is organized by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA).
Amelia Bence was an Argentine film actress and one of the divas of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema during the 1930s and 1950s.
Mecha Ortiz was an Argentine actress who appeared in films between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance in Safo, historia de una pasión (1943), and won it again in 1946 for her performance in El canto del cisne (1945). She was known as the Argentine Greta Garbo and for playing mysterious characters, who suffered by past misfortunes in love, mental disorders, or forbidden love. Safo, historia de una pasión was the first erotic Argentine film, though there was no nudity. She also played in the first film in which a woman struck a man and the first film with a lesbian romance. In 1981, she was awarded the Grand Prize for actresses from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mario Soffici was an Italian-born Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Enrique Cahen Salaberry was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned five decades. He is a notable director of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Julio Saraceni was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned six decades. He was an important director during the classical era of Argentine cinema.
Luis César Amadori was an Italian-Argentine film director and screenwriter and one of the most influential directors in the cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed over 60 films between 1936 and 1967, writing the scripts to over 50 pictures.
Américo Hoss was a prolific Hungarian-Argentine cinematographer.
Gustavo Garzón is an Argentine film and television actor.
Guillermo Battaglia was a prolific Argentine film actor of the classic era of Argentine cinema.
Alberto Closas Lluró was a prolific Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955.
Héctor Calcaño was an Argentine film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films between 1933 and 1968. He died on 7 September 1969.
Zulema Esther González Borbón, better known as Zully Moreno, was an Argentine film actress, an iconic star during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in more than 70 movies, earning best actress awards from the Argentine Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Spanish Cinema Writers Circle.
Juan Alighieri was an Argentine film actor. He is known for Muchacho que vas cantando (1971), Un guapo del 900 (1971) and Póker de amantes para tres (1969).
Jorge Polaco was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His 1987 film En el nombre del hijo won Best Film at the 1988 Festroia International Film Festival in Setúbal, Portugal.
Luisa Kuliok is an Argentine actress of theater, film and television.
Estudios San Miguel was an Argentine film studio that was active in the 1940s and early 1950s. It flourished during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, and at its peak was one of the major studios in Buenos Aires. Genres ranged from musical comedy to costume drama and gaucho thriller. Films included La guerra gaucha, co-produced with Artistas Argentinos Asociados, and the comedy Juvenilia (1943), both of which won several major awards. Eva Duarte, soon to become the first lady of Argentina as Eva Perón, appeared in two of the studio's films in 1945. The studio became overextended financially and ceased production after 1952.
María Esther Corán was an Argentine actress. She starred in films such Fúlmine (1949), El nieto de Congreve (1949), La melodía perdida (1952), Marta Ferrari (1956) and El ayudante (1971). One of her best known roles was in the 1961 TV series Viendo a Biondi, co-starring Pepe Biondi. In 1997, she was honored with the Día del Actor award for her 50-year career.
