Eduardo Bergara Leumann

Eduardo Gustavo Bergara Leumann, also known simply as Bergara Leumann (Buenos Aires, September 5, 1932 – Buenos Aires, September 5, 2008), was a television host, costume designer, actor, and visual artist from Argentina, regarded as one of the pioneering figures of the café concert in his country. He was also the creator of the famous artistic space known as "Botica del Ángel." he began working as a costume designer for several films such as La Cueva de Alí Babá and Ensayo Final. In 1958, he joined Mecha Ortiz's company in the play La Hechicera de Corinto at the Sarmiento Theater. He also acted in Don Juan Tenorio (with María Vaner and José María Vilches) and Buenas noches, Carina (with Ana María Campoy and José Cibrián), where he was both a costume designer and an actor. and in that continent, he worked with figures such as Louis de Funès, Shelley Winters, Monica Vitti, and Fernando Rey. He was part of the casts of films like Casanova by Federico Fellini, Caligula by Tinto Brass, and Contrasts by Andy Warhol. He often appeared in the final credits under the pseudonym Edouard Bergara.

The artist died six months later in his house in Monserrat, La Botica del Ángel, on the same day as his 76th birthday, September 5th. The night before, his closest friends waited for the clock to strike midnight and surprised him with a cake and the singing of Happy Birthday. He blew out the symbolic candle, thanked his loved ones happily, and went to sleep. At 6 a.m., his personal assistant, José Luis Larrauri, brought him some medication and found that he had died.

In 1991, Bergara Leumann received a Konex Award for his work at La Botica: the Diploma of Merit in the discipline of One-Person Shows.