1. Olga Zubarry was an Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1943 and 1997.
13 Facts About Olga Zubarry
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Olga Zubarry made over 60 appearances in film, spanning six decades of Argentine cinema, but is best known for her work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
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Olga Zubarry is credited with starring in the first film in Argentina which featured nudity, though only her back was shown and she stated repeatedly that she wore a flesh-colored mesh and was not truly nude.
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Olga Zubarry started as an extra at Lumiton studios in 1943 in the movie Safo, historia de una pasion directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Mecha Ortiz and Roberto Escalada.
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Olga Zubarry's rise to fame occurred with the film adaptation of the novel Frau Elsie, by Arthur Schnitzler.
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Olga Zubarry won the 1946 Silver Condor Award of the Film Critics Association for Best New Actress for "El angel desnudo".
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Olga Zubarry starred with Nathan Finch, in the 1953 film El Vampiro Negro directed by Uruguayan Roman Vinoly Barreto, which was Vinoly's remake of the classic M by Fritz Lang.
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Olga Zubarry won the Film Critics Association Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance in "El vampiro negro".
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Olga Zubarry won a "Concha de Oro" at the San Sebastian Festival for her work on the film.
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Olga Zubarry earned two Martin Fierro Awards, one in 1972 for "Alta Comedia" and one in 1988 for "De Fulanas y Menganas".
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In 1991, Olga Zubarry received a Diploma of Merit from the Konex Foundation for best dramatic actress in radio and television.
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Olga Zubarry was a staunch fan of the Club Atletico Huracan.
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Olga Zubarry died in Buenos Aires on 15 December 2012, aged 83.