María Mercader
María Mercader | |
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Mercader in 1941 | |
| Born | María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada 6 March 1918 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 26 January 2011 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1923–1992 |
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| Children | Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica |
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| Relatives | Caridad del Río (aunt by marriage) Ramón Mercader (cousin) |
María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾkaˈðeɾ]; Catalan: Maria de l'Assumpció Mercader i Forcada [məˈɾi.ə məɾkəˈðe]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. She moved to Italy in 1939, later becoming the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.
Mercader's paternal aunt by marriage was Caridad Mercader, whose son Ramón Mercader murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940.