Olga Zubarry(1929-2012)
- Actress
Olga Adela Zubarriain was born in Buenos Aires on October 30th 1929.
She began her career in the old Lumiton studios in 1943 as a bit player
in Safo (Carlos Hugo Christensen-1943). Her real chance when the studio
prepared an adaptation of the novel Frau Elsie by Arthur Schnitzler
which was called The Naked Angel. She was chosen by director
Christensen and by script writer César Tiempo. The film was released in
1946 and was a tremendous success because it was the first time an
Argentine actress dared to appear half naked in a film. There was no
problem with censorship. From the on Zubarry worked for Lumiton up to
1950 when she began to free lance. She's today considered as one of the
most important actresses of the old studios and her role in The Thirst
aka Man's Son (Lucas Demare-1961) deserved the Best Actress Prize at
the Spanish San Sebastian Festival. In 1960 she married Dr. Juan Carlos
Garate and gave priority to her marriage and her two daughters.
However, even when she became more and more active on TV, she has at
least one memorable role in Invasion by Hugo Santiago. She decided to
leave her career in 1997 after Souls' Square. At present she has three
grandchildren and is living happily married.
