Margarita Robles (screenwriter)

Margarita Robles was a Spanish screenwriter and actress active from the 1940s through the 1970s.[1] She was married to Spanish film director Gonzalo Delgrás, with whom she frequently collaborated.[2]

Margarita Robles
BornMay 20, 1894
Asturias, Spain
DiedJuly 11, 1989 (aged 95)
Madrid, Spain
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, actress
SpouseGonzalo Delgrás

Сareer

The play, which had generated enormous expectation, was a tremendous failure that led to the ruin of the company, but which Margarita will remember as "the most glorious defeat of all our lives". They toured Spain with Maya, by Simon Gantillon, adapted by Azorín. At the Teatro Cómico in Madrid they premiered "Inri", a play in original verse by Gonzalo Delgrás. In 1932 she travels to Paris, hired by Paramount to dub in Spanish for Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, among other great stars. In 1934, Gonzalo Delgrás was hired to direct the new Metro-Goldwyn Mayer dubbing studios in Barcelona. During the Spanish Civil War, he dubbed several films from the Soviet Union. From 1940, she combined her work as an actress with those of scriptwriter and dialogue writer, mainly in films directed by her husband.6 She remained active until the 1970s. She was the mother of four children: Gonzalo, Margarita, José Manuel and Maria Paz.

In 1982, she published her autobiography entitled "Mis ochenta y ocho añitos" ("My Eighty-Eight Years").[3]

Margarita Robles, in the maturity of her film career.

She died on July 11, 1989, at the age of 95.[4]

Selected filmography

As screenwriter:

As actress:

References
  1. Curti, Roberto (2018-05-11). Mavericks of Italian Cinema: Eight Unorthodox Filmmakers, 1940s–2000s. McFarland. ISBN 9781476672427.
  2. "Robles, Margarita (1894-1989)". datos.bne.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  3. "Encuentre otro libro". Iberlibro (ES) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  4. "Diego Martín, locutor de radio y otras anécdotas de dobladores". MANGA CLASSICS. 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

Margarita Robles at IMDb


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