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Helena Cortesina | |
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| Born | Elena Cortés Altabas  17 July 1903 Valencia (Spain) |
| Died | 7 March 1984 (aged 80) Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| Occupation | Actor, film director, film producer, dancer |
Helena Cortesina (17 July 1903 — 7 March 1984), also known as Elena Cortesina or Elena Manuela Dolores Cortés Altabas, was a Spanish film director, actor, producer, and theatrical entrepreneur.[1] She directed and produced the first known film by a Spanish woman, Flor de España o la leyenda de un torero (1921), which has since been lost.[2][3] She acted in the film alongside her sisters, Ofelia and Angélica, who were collectively referred to as the Hermanas Cortesina.[1][4]
- ^ a b "Helena Cortesina – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ Cordero-Hoyo, Elena; Soto-Vázquez, Begoña (May 2018). "Women and the Shift from Theatre to Cinema in Spain: The Case of Helena Cortesina (1903–84)". Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film. 45 (1): 96–120. doi:10.1177/1748372718791996. ISSN 1748-3727.
- ^ Martín-Marquez, Susan (1999). Feminist Discourse and Spanish Cinema: Sight Unseen. Oxford University Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 9780198159797.
- ^ Bentley, Bernard P.E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Tamesis. p. 30. ISBN 9781855661769.