María Padín

María Padín (September 15, 1888 – December 21, 1970) was a Uruguayan film, radio, and theater actress and producer who had a successful career in Argentina.

Career The daughter of circus actors (the clown Padín el 77) and Eulalia Mendizábal (trapeze artist), María Padín had a sister from this marriage named Aída Padín, who would later marry Francisco Aniceto Benavente and give her a nephew, Saulo Benavente, a painter, illuminator, and scenographer. After her parents separated, Manuel Padín married the Uruguayan actress Máxima Hourquet, giving María seven half-siblings (one of whom died a young child), including the first comic actress and vedette Margarita Padín, and the young figures and . Her sister-in-law was the actress Raquel Oquendo.

María started working as a professional actress in 1905 with the , and later also worked in radio and television. In radio, she was the first actress of the Radio-Teatrales Argentinas companies of Ricardo Migueres and Ricardo Bustamante.

Her appearance in cinema occurred very early, starring alongside leading figures of the golden age of Argentine cinema, including , Azucena Maizani, Floren Delbene, , , , Santiago Arrieta, Homero Cárpena, Pedro Aleandro, , and Domingo Sapelli. In Chile she acted in several historical silent films with her husband Arturo Mario as director.

In addition to her career on the big screen, Padín had several roles in theatrical revues. She worked for Pablo Podestá's company, directed by and with and . After the company was dissolved, she settled for a few years in Chile and returned to form her own comedy company with advice from Dr. Oscar R. Beltrán. Then she joined her husband's company, called "Mario", which was made up of the actors , Ángeles Arguelles, Rosa Martínez, Julio Scarcella, and . With this company she toured locations such as Valparaíso, Mendoza, and Lima.

In 1946 she joined the list of The Democratic Actors Grouping, during the government of Juan Perón, whose board of directors was composed of , Lydia Lamaison, , Alberto Barcel, and .

She was a great friend of the actress Herminia Mancini, sister of Julia Mancini, with whom she worked in theater.

Personal life Padín was married to the Italian actor and theatrical and film director Arturo Mario, with whom she moved to Chile in 1917, starring in several of his films.

Filmography

1915: Nobleza gaucha 1917: 1917: El fusilamiento de Dorrego 1918: Todo por la Patria (or Jirón de la bandera) 1918: La avenida de las acacias 1920: Manuel Rodríguez 1939:

Radio 1939: Daniel Aldao, el valiente, broadcast by , headed by , and featuring , Lucía Dufour, , Carlos A. Petit, , and

Theater Los espantajos (1915), by La viuda influyente (1915), by Belisardo Roldán Los paraísos artificiales (1915), by La novia de Floripondio (1915) Silvio Torcelli (1915) La suerte perra and Crisis matrimonial, by Casals La vuelta de Braulio (1915) El zonda (1915) El rancho de las violetas (1915) Barranca abajo Cataplasma, by Enrique Buttaro El tiranuelo, by Pedro B. Aquino y Misia Pancha, la bava Luz de hoguera Entre gallos y medianoche, premiered at the Teatro Nuevo