Conchita Gentil Arcos

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Conchita Gentil Arcos
Born 1897
Valencia, Spain
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Mexico
Other names Concepción Gentil Arcos
Concha Gentil Arcos
C. Gentil Arcos
Conchita G. Arcos
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Guillermo Haller
Children Magda Haller

Conchita Gentil Arcos (1897 – 23 December 1982) was a Spanish-Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a character actress in supporting roles.

She was the sister of María Gentil Arcos, also an actress in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema;[1][2] Conchita began her work as an actress in 1932, while María did not start her career until 1938.[2] Conchita starred in comedies such as Mi viuda alegre ("My Cheerful Widow") in 1941 or Romeo and Juliet in 1943, as well as in Music, Poetry and Madness in 1947, as the dreamy and romantic aunt by Meche Barba's character, a fan of adventure novels that falls in love with Marcelo Chávez's character, or in The Lost Child, also in 1947, alongside Chávez and Germán Valdés. She also appeared as the usurer who flirts with Pedro Infante's character only to be murdered in Nosotros los Pobres in 1947.[3]

The writer Carlos Monsiváis referred to her (alongside her sister María) as one of the "complementary faces" of Mexican cinema, writing, "After all, they are not many, but their years on the screen make them a tribe..."[4]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. RA 2000, p. 65
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  3. RA 2000, p. 68
  4. Monsiváis 1999, p. 141–142

Bibliography

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