Marta Natalia Filomena "Marina" Cisternas Holley (5 May 1897 – 26 January 1992) was a Chilean American actress, author, and journalist. She became active as a journalist in Hollywood and in the

Hollywood Foreign Press Association The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who reported on the American entertainment industry for predominantly foreign media markets. It is best known for founding and conduc ...

(HFPA). She is credited with helping design the

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trophy. She was the leading Spanish language columnist in Hollywood. Cisternas was the daughter of Eliseo Cisternas, late Chief Justice of Chile. Her maternal grandfather was Adolfo Holley, a Chilean general who served in the

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. She was president of the HFPA from 1945 to 1946. She was engaged to Harold Lloyd Jr. She influenced

Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price ...

's art collecting.

Bibliography

*''Andina'' (1949) *''Forever Damned'', Vantage Press (1955), a novel of historical fiction set in Chile

References

1897 births American people of Chilean descent 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American journalists 1992 deaths {{US-novelist-1890s-stub