María Mercader

María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (; ; 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.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1923 La bruja 1939 Molinos de viento Margarita 1939 L'étrange nuit de Noël Conchita 1939 Il segreto inviolabile Virginia 1940 La gerla di papà Martin Giorgina 1940 Marianela Florentina 1940 Su mayor aventura 1940 Then We'll Get a Divorce Grace Peterson 1940 Una famiglia impossibile Edvige Bartolla 1941 La forza bruta Nell 1941 The Prisoner of Santa Cruz Carmela 1941 The Actor Who Disappeared L'attrice ingenua 1941 Due cuori sotto sequestro La studentessa 1941 Thrill Cristina Palffy 1941 The King's Jester Gilda 1942 L'uomo venuto dal mare La fidanzata del marinaio 1942 Se io fossi onesto Clara 1942 A Garibaldian in the Convent Mariella Dominiani 1942 Alone at Last Angela 1942 Forbidden Music Claretta Melzi 1942 Madrid de mis sueños Consuelo Aguilera 1942 La fanciulla dell'altra riva Manuela Vega 1943 Il treno crociato Clara 1943 Life Is Beautiful Nadina 1943 Non sono superstizioso... ma! Rosetta De Rosa 1943 I nostri sogni Matilde Moscapelli detta 'Titi' 1943 La primadonna Costanza Salvotti 1945 No Turning Back Vinca 1945 The Gates of Heaven Maria 1945 L'ippocampo Donata Sandi 1945 The Song of Life Maria 1947 Christmas at Camp 119 Fiammetta 1948 Heart Clotilde Serra, la maestrina della Penna Rossa 1948 The Mysterious Rider Elisabetta 1952 Hello Elephant Maria Caretti 1976 Giovannino Giovannino's mother 1984 Claretta Princess of Montenevoso 1988 Lights and Shadows La Mare 1991 The House of Smiles Elvira 1991 Count Max Madre di Pierre 1992 Al lupo al lupo Presentatrice Premiazione (final film role)