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María Rosa Gallo
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Name
Maria Gallo
Role
Actress
Spouse
Tito Alonso
Died
December 7, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Movies
Odd Number, Death Is Lying, Toss Me a Dime, The Supporter, Beyond the Sun, Diez segundos
Maria Rosa Gallo y Maria Cristina Laurenz hablando con Osvaldo Quiroga 1994
Career
Born of a Calabrian father and Spanish mother on 20 December 1921, Gallo studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Dramático (National Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts) where she studied under Antonio Cunill Cabanellas. She graduated in 1943 with a gold medal and made her debut the same year in Eva Franco's El Carnaval del Diablo ("The Carnival of the Devil"). She was received with rave reviews and compared favorably to Margarita Xirgu.
Returning to Argentina in 1958, she performed in many successful plays including The Dog in the Manger, with Alfredo Alcón and Osvaldo Bonet, and Les Troyens, which received the Critics Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Television performances include Romeo y Julieta, Perla Negra ("The Black Pearl") (for which she received two separate Martin Fierro Awards for her performances), and, more recently, 22 El Loco alongside Adrián Suar, where she played the grandmother of the protagonist. Her film credits include The Hand in the Trap, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
She has been honoured at the Sea Star Awards (Premios Estrella de Mar), received the Diamond Konex Award in 1991, and was presented with the ACE Gold Award at the 1995 ACE Awards for her performance in the Three Tall Women.
Personal life
Maria Rosa Gallo was married to actor Camilo Da Passano, and he had two children, Alejandra Da Passano and Claudio Da Passano, both actors.
She was active in the labor and democratic movements, particularly during and after the military dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process. In 2002 she participated in the cycle Teatro por la Identidad ("Theater for Identity"), organized by Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Asociación Civil Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo), in support of children stolen and illegally adopted during the Argentine Dirty War.
She died, aged 82, on 7 December 2004.
Theatre
1943: El carnaval del diablo, de Juan Oscar Ponferrada.
1946: Fascinación, de M. Winter. Premio de la Crítica y Revista Talía.
1946: Todos los hijos de Dios tienen alas, de Eugene O'Neill. Teatro Odeón.