Amelia Bence

Argentine film actress (1914–2016)

Amelia Bence (born María Amelia Batvinik; 13 November 1914 – 8 February 2016) was an Argentine movie actress. She was one of the divas[1] of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She is known for her roles in Los ojos más lindos del mundo (1943), Todo un hombre, Camino del infierno (1946), A sangre fría (1947), La otra y yo (1949) and Danza del fuego (1949).

Portrait of Amelia Bence c. mid 1940s

Bence was born in Buenos Aires. She was Jewish.[2] Bence died on 8 February 2016 in Buenos Aires from congestive heart failure at the age of 101.[3][4]

References

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  1. "La diva que se convirtió en un hada". Clarín (in Spanish). 23 May 2003. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. Panorama (in Spanish). Abril y Time-Life Editores. 1965.
  3. La Nación. "Murió Amelia Bence, la actriz de los ojos más lindos del mundo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  4. "Adiós a Amelia Bence, la actriz de los ojos más lindos del mundo". La Nacion (in Spanish). 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

Other websites

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  Media related to Amelia Bence at Wikimedia Commons