China Zorrilla (; born Concepción Matilde Zorrilla de San Martín Muñoz; 14 March 1922 – 17 September 2014) was an Uruguayan theater, film, and television actress, also director, producer and writer. An immensely popular star in the

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area, she is often regarded as a "Grand Dame" of the South American theater stage. After a long career in the Uruguayan theater, Zorrilla made over fifty appearances in Argentina's film, theater and TV. Her career took off in Uruguay in the 1950 and 1960s, later she settled in Argentina, where she lived for over 35 years and was popular on TV, theater, and

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. At 90, she retired and returned to Uruguay, where she died in 2014. In 2008, Zorrilla was invested

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by the French Government and in 2011, the

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(the national postal service in Uruguay) released a print run of 500 commemorative postage stamps dedicated to her.

Early life

Born in

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into an aristocratic Uruguayan family, "China" was the second of the five daughters of Guma Muñoz del Campo and sculptor José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín (1891–1975), a disciple of

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, responsible for monuments in Uruguay and Argentina. Revered as Uruguay's

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, her paternal grandfather was

Juan Zorrilla de San Martín Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (28 December 1855 – 3 November 1931) was a Uruguayan epic poet and political figure. He is referred to as the "National Poet of Uruguay". Well-known poems Two of Zorrilla's best-known poems are '' Tabaré'' ( ...

, author of Tabaré. An artistic family, her older sister, Guma Zorrilla (1919–2001), was a theater costume designer for the Uruguayan stage. She grew up in Paris with her four sisters. Back in Montevideo, she attended Sagrado Corazón (Holy Cross) School. In 1946, she earned a

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scholarship to the

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in London, where she studied under Greek actress

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Uruguay

Back in her hometown, Zorrilla made her theater debut in

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's ''The Tidings Brought to Mary'' in 1948. Immediately after, she joined the ensemble of the National Comedy of Uruguay working for 10 years at the

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, where Spanish actress Margarita Xirgu directed her in

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's ''

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'', Fernando de Rojas' ''La Celestina'', Shakespeare's ''

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'', ''

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'', and other classics During the 1950s and 1960s, Zorrilla appeared in

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' ''

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'', "

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", ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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''. ''

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'', Wilder's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'', and plays by Pirandello,

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, Tirso de Molina,

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, and

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. She received critical acclaim for her performances in

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's ''

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'' and in ''

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'' as Judith Bliss. After a decade at the Comedia Nacional, Zorrilla went on to found the Teatro de la Ciudad de Montevideo with actor Enrique Guarnero and actor-writer

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. The company toured Buenos Aires, Paris, and Madrid, where they won the Spanish Critics Award for their stagings of Federico García Lorca's ''

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'' and Lope de Vega in the summer of 1961. Between 1964 and 1966, Zorrilla took a sabbatical year and lived in New York, where she worked as a French teacher and Broadway secretary. In New York, she staged ''Canciones para mirar'', a children's musical based on texts by Argentine poet

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. During her stay in the U.S., Zorrilla was rumoured to have an affair with comedian

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, who often mentioned her in interviews. As a correspondent for the Uruguayan newspaper ''

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'', she covered events such as the

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for Homero Alsina Thevenet and other international events (later published in a book ''Diarios de viaje'') and also hosted a talk show for many years. In opera, she directed Puccini's ''

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'',

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's ''

Un ballo in maschera ''Un ballo in maschera'' ''(A Masked Ball)'' is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, '' Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué''. Th ...

'' at the Solís Theatre and the Montevideo's SODRE and

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's ''

Il barbiere di Siviglia ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based ...

'' at the Teatro Argentino de La Plata in 1977. 2011 – The voice of the narrations of OTRA VIDA by the English composer Clive Nolan and the writer Elizeth Schluk

Argentina

Stage

Summoned by actor and director

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to appear as Donna Natividad in the third movie version of ''Un Guapo del 900'', China Zorrilla's film debut came late in 1971 at age 49. The following summer she made replaced actress Ana María Campoy in ''

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'', which was performed in

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. She settled in Buenos Aires. Her stay coincided with the civilian-military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973–1985), which forced her to stay abroad. Zorrilla expressed her solidarity by protecting and helping Uruguayans flee the dictatorship. During that period, she was banned by the

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from performing in Uruguayan theatres. After the country's return to democracy in the 1980s, Zorrilla made a triumphal comeback at the Teatro Solís as Emily Dickinson. During the mid-1970s and 1980s, Zorrilla toured and performed nationally and internationally, including the

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. On stage she has portrayed historical figures such as

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's '' The Belle of Amherst'', Monica Ottino's Victoria Ocampo,

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Jerome Kilty Jerome Timothy Kilty (June 24, 1922 in Baltimore, Maryland – September 6, 2012) was an American actor and playwright. He wrote ''Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters.'' He worked extensively on the stage, both in the United States and abroad. Career K ...

's ''Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters''. Zorrilla performed in plays by

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, Oscar Viale, and fellow countryman Jacobo Langsner who wrote several plays for her. She reprised one of her theater earlier successes, the part of Judith Bliss in ''

''. In 1995, she appeared in Buenos Aires's main opera house, the Teatro Colón as

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and Gide's '' Perséphone''. Zorrilla adapted, directed, and produced plays and musicals: Goldoni's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'' and

's ''

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''. In the last decade, she won four awards as sculptor

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's '' The Road to Mecca'' and as Eve in an adaption of

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's '' Eve's Diary''.

Film and TV

After her debut in 1971 as Mother Natividad in Murua's ''Un guapo del 900'', Zorrilla appeared in more than 40 Argentinian movies. In 1973, she became a popular star in

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's soap operas. In 1984, she won Best Actress at the La Habana Film Festival for "Darse Cuenta". She performed in ''Summer of the Colt'' (a Canadian coproduction), Maria Luisa Bemberg's ''Nobody's Wife'', ''The Jewish Gauchos'', the coproduction ''The Plague'' (starring

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and

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Edgardo Cozarinsky Edgardo Cozarinsky (; born 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a writer and filmmaker. He is best known for his Spanish-language novel ''Vudú urbano''. Life Cozarinsky was born to an Argentine family of Ukrainian-Jewish descent. His name reflects ...

's ''Guerriers et captives'', Manuel Puig's "Pubis Angelical",

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's ''Lasts Days of the Victim,'' and in the Argentine

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''Esperando la carroza'' (''

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''). Later, Zorrilla earned international recognition for her performances in '' Conversaciones con mamá'' in 2005 (2004 Best Actress Award at the

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and the

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) and in '' Elsa & Fred'', which won her several awards, including the

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for Best Actress.

Death

Zorrilla died on 17 September 2014 from pneumonia in a hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay, aged 92. The government of Argentina and Uruguay declared two days of national mourning defining her as "a true representative of River Plate culture". She was waked at Montevideo's Congress. Before reaching the cemetery, the procession made a brief stopover at the Teatro Solís.

Honors

* Orden de Mayo by the Argentine government * Orden

Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Li ...

by the Chilean government * Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and other Argentine cities, and two theaters bear her name * Knight (Chevalier) of the

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by the French Government * Honorary Medal, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento del Senado de la Nación Argentina 2010 * Commemorative Postage Stamp, Uruguayan Post

Books

* Diego Fischer, ''A mi me aplauden'', 2012, Uruguay, * China Zorrilla, ''Diario de viaje'', Ediciones La Plaza, 2013, Uruguay, *

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(2015). "''Retratos desde la memoria''" Montevideo: Debolsillo. ISBN 9789974899179 * Miguel Ángel Campodónico, ''Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya'', Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, S.361

Music

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– Composed by

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written by Elizeth Schluk, year 2011 Altagama Producciones.

Filmography

Film

Television

China Zorrilla Antonio Gasalla Esperando la carroza

Bibliography

References

External links

*
Obituary Buenos Aires Herald

Diego Fischer, ''A mi me aplauden'' (Montevideo 2012), Biographical Essay
*Clive Nolan – Elizeth Schluk, Disc
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