Actress. Mecha Ortiz, born María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Safo, historia de una pasión" (1943) and won it again in 1946 for her performance in "El canto del cisne" (1945). She was known as the Argentine Greta Garbo and for playing mysterious characters, who suffered by past misfortunes in love, mental disorders, or forbidden love. In 1981, she was awarded the Grand Prize for actresses from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Actress. Mecha Ortiz, born María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Safo, historia de una pasión" (1943) and won it again in 1946 for her performance in "El canto del cisne" (1945). She was known as the Argentine Greta Garbo and for playing mysterious characters, who suffered by past misfortunes in love, mental disorders, or forbidden love. In 1981, she was awarded the Grand Prize for actresses from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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