Blanca Pozas

Blanca Pozas
Born1893 (1893)
Valparaiso, Chile
Died29 August 1978(1978-08-29) (aged 84–85)
Madrid, Spain
Burial placeCementerio de la Almudena
OccupationsVedette and actress
SpouseMiguel Ligero
ChildrenLuis Ligero Pozas
Blanca Ligero Pozas

Blanca Pozas Oliveira (sometimes accredited as Blanquita Pozas) (1893 - 29 August 1978) was a Chilean vedette and actress who participated in nine movies during her cinematographic career which lasted from 1926 to 1953.

Biography

Born in Valparaíso, she soon triumphed in Spain as a vedette at the Teatro Martín. Until the outbreak of the Civil War, she premiered the most popular shows of the billboard, among which stand out: Frivolina (1918), Las corsarias (1919), Ris, Ras (1927), Los faroles (1928), Los caracoles (1928), La casa de Quirós (1931), La camisa de la Pompadour (1934) and Las Peponas (1934).[1] She worked with the most popular comedians of her time: Lino Rodríguez, Castrito, Ramón Peña, Faustino Bretaño, etc.

Unlike her husband Miguel Ligero, she worked little in the cinema, appearing in a total of nine films, among which Marianela (1940), Viaje sin destino (1942) and El rey de las finanzas (1944) stand out.[2][1]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "Blanquita Pozas Historia del teatro | CDAEM · Teatro Español". www.teatro.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  2. ^ "Miguel Ligero/Blanca Pozas". Memoria de Madrid. Retrieved 11 March 2022.