Raquel Daina
Raquel Daina Delas (27 June 1928 – 5 May 2018) was a Spanish comedy actress and zarzuela performer during the first and second half of the 20th century in Spain and America. She was also a theatrical entrepreneur, vedette, actress and model.
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| Born | June 27, 1928 |
| Died | May 5, 2018 (aged 89) |
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Biography
Daina was born in Madrid, Spain of Valencian and Aragonese descent. She came from a family of artists. Her father, Pedro Daina, was a stage actor while her mother, Delas, was a supporting comedy actress, and zarzuela singer. She had two aunts who also acted, Natalia and Carmen, and her sister was the well-known actress Irene Daina. She was the cousin of Queta Claver, an actress, singer, dancer and vedette performer.
Daina debuted in Salvador Videgain García's company during the Spanish Civil War. The company performed at the Pavón Theater in Madrid and went on to perform at the Ideal Theater. The company performed reprises of zarzuelas as well as premiered new zarzuelas. Later in her career, she appeared in films, such as Juana la Loca (1983).
Career
The beginnings in the company of the Pavón and the Ideal Theater of Madrid during the contest, make her a versatile actress and of great qualities, as observed in this stage of zarzuela, replacing titles like The one with the bunch of roses, Seraph the painter, The carnations or The tempranica . Also, the passage to the magazine is done with the direction of Salvador Videgain, at the premiere of Bartolo's flute by Enrique Povedano, 1939 in the Maravillas Theater in Madrid. She debuted in the company of Salvador Videgain in 1936, then intervened in children's roles, first with Zarzuela. Unknowingly, because at the time of her first performance, art was confusing to act in some roles as a substitute for eventualities of the actress with repertoire works such as The Fist of Roses, Giants and Bigheads, The white house, The Feast of San Anton, The Barber of Seville, Bohemians, El santo de la Isidra. After the death of his father in 1947, he continues to support his mother and sister with his professional work, travels to many provinces such as Murcia, Las Palmas, Córdoba, Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Burgos Valencia, and Alicante premiered when the definitive success arrived and the step to the first figure of the scene. In 1944 She triumphed for Spain with the Videgain de zarzuela company on the Salamanca, Briviesca, Valladolid tour.
Between 1945 and 1946 in the company of Antonio Paso Díaz he acts in the Zarzuela Theater with works such as The man who drives them crazy, Taboo!, An impossible woman, Looking for a millionaire music by Daniel Montorio and The Mendo's last days. In 1947 he intervened in History of two women by José Muñoz Román at Martín theater and with the comedians Rafael Cervera and Lepe.
The end of her career
She is scarcely a businesswoman from the fifties with her own magazine company in some seasons but prefers to accept offers such as vedette or first actress from other companies. Most of the stays of her company will be made in Barcelona, a city where she became very dear and it was where she lived. Her career as a vedette declines with age and she is no longer called by businessmen of the eighties. She was always remembered for her performances at the Parallel theaters such as Apollo Theater and Victoria Theater of Barcelona. She died in Madrid.
Discography
It is known that recorded several albums in their time of great success in the world of magazine and musical comedy to the Blue Moon Records or remastered to CD by Sonifolk.
- Me llaman la presumida (Blue Moon serie lírica).
- Robame esta noche (Blue Moon serie lírica).
- Doña Mariquita de mi corazón (Sonifolk).
- Historia de dos mujeres (Sonifolk).
References
- The real-life and history of the theater (2005) Juan José Videgain ISBN 84-7828-135-5.
- Dictionary of Spain and Spanish zarzuela MªLuz González and others (2002) ICCMU Vol I and II. ISBN 84-89457-23-9, His biography.
- Dictionary theater akal (1997) Manuel Gómez García ISBN 84-460-0827-0.
- Ramon Femenía magazine (1997) ISBN 84-86217-89-X, The greatest successes who got in the magazine.
- A century of Spanish cinema Ed.planeta Luis Gasca (1998) ISBN 84-08-02309-8 characters did in the films of that decades, see titles of the films.
- Teatralerias, tres siglos de sagas de la escena (2018), Madrid: P& V ISBN 978-1-7248-7228-9
Newspaper
- La vanguardia Barcelona, (1937-1997).
- El norte de Castilla Valladolid, (1940-1997).
- ABC Madrid y Sevilla, (1937-1997).
- El adelanto de Salamanca Salamanca, (1940-1997).
- Ideal de Granada Granada, (1940-1998).
- El correo vasco Bilbao, (1940-1997).
- El heraldo de Aragón Zaragoza,(1940-1997).
- El faro de Vigo Vigo, (1940-1997).
- El Noroeste Oviedo, (1941-1997).
- La prensa Barcelona, (1945-1997).
- El Alcazar Madrid, (1940-1977).
- Diario Madrid Madrid, (1939-1977).
- Digame Madrid, (1940-1976).
- Pueblo Madrid, (1939-1977).
- Las provincias Valencia, (1940-1997).
External links
- Raquel Daina on IMDb