Isabel Sarli

Isabel Sarli
Isabel Sarli in the late 1950s
Born	Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli 9 July 1935 Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Occupation	Actress, glamour model
Years active	1954—present
Partner(s)	Armando Bó (1956-1981)
Children	Isabelita Sarli Martín

Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli (Spanish pronunciation: [isaˈβel ˈsarli]; born 9 July 1935), nicknamed Coca, is a retired Argentine actress and glamour model, known for her campy^[1] sexploitation films. Sarli is a considered a cultural icon and the quintessential sex symbol in her home country.

Early Years

Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo Tito born in Concordia, Entre Ríos Province, in a very poor family. Her father left her family when she was 3 years old. Before becoming an actress she worked as a secretary. But thanks to her beauty she started modeling for Argentinian magazines. Sarli was nicknamed "Coca", which comes from either her Coke-bottle-shaped figure, or from her addiction to the soft drink.^[2]

Career

She was discovered by filmmaker Armando Bó after she became Miss Argentina in 1955. She became the star of his films, starting with El Trueno entre las hojas in 1956. She went on to become an international Latin American star, filming in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela and films like Fuego (1969) and Fiebre (1970) reached the American and European markets.

She received offers to work in Mexico, England and USA, but declined.^[3]

Bó later insisted in casting her in naturalistic melodramas. After his death in 1981, Sarli retired from the cinema industry altogether but came back in the mid-90s for Jorge Polaco's picaresque film, La Dama Regresa (1996). The film was inspired largely on her life and public image, serving as an homage of sorts. In 2009 she teamed once more with Polaco in Arroz con leche for a bit part.

In 2011 she starred in the political drama Mis días con Gloria, where she plays a character based on her. The film also stars her goddaughter Isabelita Sarli.

Personal life

Sarli currently lives in Buenos Aires with her goddaughter Isabelita.

Recognition

On 12 October 2012, it was reported that Argentine President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, named Sarli as Argentine Ambassador of Popular Culture.^[4] The Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina, under Decree 1876/2012, stated:

[…] Isabel Sarli is considered a true representative of the national culture, as much for her acting skills in films as for being considered a popular icon of her day and an emblematic figure of Argentine cinema.^[5]

In 2010, the movie "Fuego" was premiered with english subtitles at the Lincoln Center in New York.^[6]

Filmography

Title	Year	Role
El Trueno entre las hojas	1958	Flavia Forkel
Sabaleros	1959	Angela
India	1960	Ansisé
... Y el demonio creó a los hombres	1960
Favela	1961
La Burrerita de Ypacaraí	1962
The Female: Seventy Times Seven	1962	Cora / Laura
La leona	1964
La Diosa impura	1964	Laura
Lujuria tropical	1964
La mujer del zapatero	1965
La tentación desnuda	1966	Sandra Quesada
Los Días calientes	1966
La señora del intendente	1967	Flor Tetis
Fuego	1968	Laura
Carne	1968	Delicia
La mujer de mi padre	1968	Eva
Éxtasis tropical	1969
Desnuda en la arena	1969	Alicia
Embrujada	1969
Fiebre	1972
Furia infernal	1973	Barbara
Intimidades de una cualquiera	1974	María
El sexo y el amor	1974
Una Mariposa en la noche	1977	Yvonne
El último amor en Tierra del Fuego	1979
Insaciable	1979
Una viuda descocada	1980	Flor Tetis Soutién de Gambetta
La dama regresa	1996
Carne sobre carne	2007	Herself (archive material)
Arroz con leche	2009
Parapolicial negro, apuntes para una prehistoria de la AAA	2010	Herself (interviewed)
Mis días con Gloria	2010	Gloria Saten

References

1. Trerotola, Diego (20 April 2012). "Coca Camp". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2013.
2. Corliss, Richard (2010-08-07). "Isabel Sarli: A Sex Bomb at Lincoln Center". TIME. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
3. La Coca Sarli no quiere defraudar al público
4. "Cristina nombró a Isabel Sarli Embajadora de la Cultura Popular". La Nación. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
5. "Decreto 1876/2012". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
6. "Argentinian Sex Symbol Isabel ‘Coca’ Sarli Comes to Lincoln Center — On the Big Screen". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.

External links

• Isabel Sarli at the Internet Movie Database