{{Short description|Argentine actress}} {{family name hatnote|González|Borbón|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Zully Moreno | image = Zully Moreno retrato colorizado.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Hand-colored portrait of Zully Moreno, ca. 1954 | birth_date = 17 October 1920 | birth_place = Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | resting_place = La Recoleta Cemetery<ref name="Personalities">{{cite news |title=Informatizan archivos en Recoleta |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1373302-informatizan-archivos-en-recoleta |newspaper=La Nación |location=Buenos Aires |date=14 May 2011 |access-date=12 December 2011 |language=es |trans-title=Files in Recoleta are computerised |quote=Como se recordará, allí se alojan los restos de Eva Duarte de Perón; de los escritores José Hernández, Victoria y Silvina Ocampo, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Miguel Cané, Oliverio Girondo y Paul Groussac; los premios Nobel Luis Federico Leloir y Carlos Saavedra Lamas; los médicos Cosme Argerich y Francisco Muñiz; los artistas Blanca Podestá, Armando Bo y Zully Moreno, y los deportistas Luis Angel Firpo y Martín Karadagian. |archive-date=20 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820045847/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1373302-informatizan-archivos-en-recoleta |url-status=dead }}</ref> | resting_place_coordinates = | height = | death_date = {{dda|1999|12|25|df=y|1920|10|17}} | death_place = Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | years_active = 1938–1960 | birth_name = Zulema Esther González Borbón | other_names = | spouse = Luis Cesar Amadori (1947–19??) | children = 1 | website = }}
'''Zulema Esther González Borbón''', better known as '''Zully Moreno''' (October 17, 1920 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires – December 25, 1999 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actress during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in more than 70 movies, earning best actress awards from the Argentine Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Spanish Cinema Writers Circle.
==Biography== Zulema Esther González Borbón was born on 17 October 1920 in the town of Villa Ballester, part of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. She dreamed of becoming an actress, but went to work as a seamstress at a young age due to financial hardship, after her father's death when she was ten years old,<ref name="full name">{{cite news|title=Murió Zully Moreno|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/166349-murio-zully-moreno|access-date=10 June 2015|publisher=La Nacion|date=27 December 1999|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es|archive-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407065459/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/166349-murio-zully-moreno|url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by her elder brother's death when she was fourteen years old.<ref name="Clarín obit">{{cite news|last1=Cosentino|first1=Olga|title=El largo adiós|url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/99/12/27/c-00601d.htm|access-date=10 June 2015|publisher=Clarín|date=27 December 1999|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es}}</ref>
She made many visits to the theaters in search of parts, and in 1938, answering a notice for extras,<ref name="full name" /> she was hired for a minor role in ''Cándida'',<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Zully Moreno, una diva entre divas|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/1999/99-12/99-12-27/pag20.htm|access-date=10 June 2015|publisher=Página 12|date=27 December 1999|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es}}</ref> under the direction of Luis Bayon Herrera<ref name="Candida director">{{cite book|last1=Rist|first1=Peter H.|title=Historical dictionary of South American cinema|date=2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=978-0-8108-6082-7|page=393|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PrOMAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA393|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> and starring Niní Marshall. She then had a string of films, including ''Bartolo tenía una flauta'' (1939), ''Azahares rojos'' (1940), ''De México llegó el amor'' (1940) and ''Orquesta de señoritas'' (1941), in which she played minor roles.<ref name=obit /> During the filming of ''Orquesta de señoritas'' she met Luis Cesar Amadori, who would become her husband, several years later.<ref name="Actors org">{{cite web|title=Zully Moreno (1920-1999)|url=http://www.actores.org.ar/noticias/zully-moreno-1920-%E2%80%93-1999|website=Actores Organizacion|publisher=Cultural Gremial Mutual Fundada|access-date=10 June 2015|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es|date=17 June 2011|archive-date=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103005639/http://www.actores.org.ar/noticias/zully-moreno-1920-%E2%80%93-1999|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Her first starring role was in the film ''En el último piso'' (1942), which led to a role opposite Mirtha Legrand in ''Su hermana menor''. She was launched to stardom with ''Stella'' (1943), directed by Benito Perojo. The Hollywood-style, big budget production, with haute couture costumes gave her a glamor like few other actresses had at the time<ref name="Actors org" /> and led to a style that became known as "cine de los teléfonos blancos" (cinema of the white telephone). ''Stella'' was followed with roles alongside some of Argentina's biggest stars, including: Pedro López Lagar in both ''Apasionadamente'' (1944) and ''Celos'' (1946); Angel Magaña in ''Nunca te diré adiós'' (1947); and Arturo de Córdova in ''Dios se lo pague'' (1948).<ref name="Clarín obit" /> ''Dios se lo pague'' was directed by Luis Cesar Amadori, who Moreno had married in 1947 and was one of the first foreign films ever nominated for an Academy Award.<ref name=obit /><ref name="Actors org" /> The film debuted on 16 March 1948 in Mar del Plata, at the inaugural Argentine Film Festival, and Moreno won best actress from the Argentine Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<ref name=Salta21>{{cite news|title=Excepcional Ciclo de Cine Argentino todos los domingos de mayo|url=http://salta21.com/Excepcional-Ciclo-de-Cine.html|access-date=10 June 2015|publisher=Salta21|date=28 April 2010|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080307/http://salta21.com/Excepcional-Ciclo-de-Cine.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
thumb|left|160px|Zully Moreno ca. 1950 Moreno's marriage marked a change in the type roles that she played and her movement into diva status. Prior to that time, from 1939 to 1945, her roles were primarily melodramatic comedies and portrayed modern, urban women. These films reflect the changing role of women after the Second World War, where women are not confined solely to home and children, but part of the world, making decisions. Innocent, but not naïve, worldly, but not too worldly and introducing the first inklings that romance could be an emotional and sexual attraction for women rather than love simply being a spiritual passive feminine duty. In the contrary, after her marriage, Moreno became the embodiment of elegance, luxury, and glamor. Most of her films were pure melodrama and almost always there was a scene of an evening-dress clad woman entering a casino, or theater in which a long-camera watched as her coat was removed and unveiled the beautiful woman beneath.<ref name="Revista Brasileira" />
thumb|right|160px|Zully Moreno at the theater ca. 1958 Though she often worked with her husband, Moreno also worked with some of Argentina's biggest directors. She was directed by Mario Soffici in ''La gata'' (1947) and by Carlos Hugo Christensen in ''La trampa'' (1949).<ref name="cats & trap">{{cite book|last1=Academia nacional de bellas artes|title=Historia general del arte en la Argentina.|date=1982|publisher=Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|isbn=950-612-000-5|pages=32, 44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ukJdAAAAMAAJ|access-date=10 June 2015|language=es}}</ref> Her husband directed her in ''Nacha Regules'' (1950) and ''María Montecristo'' (1951)<ref name="Clarín obit" /> and in ''Cosas de mujer'' (1951), she was directed by Carlos Schlieper.<ref name="cats & trap" /> In ''La mujer de las camelias'' (1952) she was directed by Ernesto Arancibia<ref name=Camelias>{{cite book|last1=Ferreira|first1=Fernando|title=Luz, cámara... memoria: una historia social del cine argentino|date=1995|publisher=Ed. Corregidor|location=Buenos Aires|isbn=950-05-0859-1|page=377|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZkuAAAAYAAJ|access-date=10 June 2015|language=es}}</ref> but also met Horace Lannes, who going-forward would be her preferred designer.<ref name="Clarín obit" /> "Camelias" won Moreno her second Best Actress award from the Argentine Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1953<ref name="2nd Best Actress">{{cite journal|title=La Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina|journal=Boletín de música y artes visuales|date=1954|issue= 47–58|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KvYLAQAAMAAJ|access-date=10 June 2015|publisher=Departamento de Asuntos Culturales, Unión Panamericana|language=es}}</ref> and the inaugural Best Foreign Film award at the 1955 Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.<ref name="Golden Globe">{{cite web|title=Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|url=http://memim.com/golden-globe-award-for-best-foreign-language-film.html|website=Memim|access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> Her last film in Argentina was ''Amor prohibido'', made under the direction of her husband, filmed in 1955, but it was not released until 1958.<ref name=amor>{{cite book|last1=Plazaola|first1=Luis Trelles|title=South American cinema: dictionary of film makers|date=1989|publisher=Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico|location=Río Piedras, P.R.|isbn=0-8477-2011-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/southamericancin00trel/page/5 5]–6|edition=1st|url=https://archive.org/details/southamericancin00trel|url-access=registration}}</ref>
In 1955, when Juan Perón's government was overthrown by the Revolución Libertadora, a coup d'état, Amadori was arrested and tortured. Upon his release from prison, he and Moreno fled to Spain.<ref name=obit /> She continued working in Spain, filming ''Madrugada'' (1957) with director Antonio Roman,<ref name="Revista Brasileira">{{cite journal|title=Los orígenes de una estrella: las comedias iniciales de Zully Moreno|journal=Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Cinema e Audiovisual|date=July–December 2014|volume=Year 3, Ed 6|url=http://www.socine.org.br/rebeca/pdf/LIVRE_9_Soledad%20Pardo.pdf|access-date=10 June 2015|language=es|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123313/http://www.socine.org.br/rebeca/pdf/LIVRE_9_Soledad%20Pardo.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> for which she won the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (CEC) (Cinema Writers Circle) award for Best Actress.<ref name="CEC prize">{{cite book|last1=Coira|first1=Pepe|title=Antonio Román: un cineasta de la posguerra|date=2004|publisher=Editorial Complutense|location=Madrid|isbn=84-7491-775-1|page=199|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qmb1AKTsYoC&pg=PA199|access-date=10 June 2015|language=es}}</ref> That same year, at the Film Festival San Sebastian, Moreno received the award which typified her screen persona, with a certificate honoring her as most elegant actress. Her next film was ''La noche y el alba'' (1959) directed by José María Forqué, followed by ''Una gran señora'' (1959) and ''Un trono para Cristy'' (1960), both directed by her husband, Amadori.<ref name="Revista Brasileira" />
After the death of Amadori in 1977, she returned permanently to Argentina<ref name=obit /> and led the Teatro Maipo and chaired the production of Argentina Sono Film briefly, but then turned away from the media and became reclusive as her Alzheimer's advanced.<ref name="Actors org" />
==Family life== Moreno married Luis Cesar Amadori in 1947 and they had one son,<ref name="Actors org" /> Luis. During their years of exile in Spain, the family shared living spaces with Alberto Closas, his wife Marisa, and their family, moving back and forth between properties in Madrid and Alicante.<ref name=obit /> In 1966, she began returning to Argentina incognito, wanting her son to know his heritage. After years of visiting, in 1970, she purchased an apartment in Buenos Aires, on Avenida Del Libertador.<ref name="Clarín obit" />
She died on 25 December, 1999 in Buenos Aires, a victim of Alzheimer's disease. She was buried in the Pantheon of Actors at Chacarita Cemetery.<ref name=obit />
==Awards== *1946 Premios Sur Award for Best Actress for ''Celos''<ref name="1946 awards">{{cite web|title=1946 Premios Anuales|url=http://www.academiadecine.org.ar/project/1946/|website=Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina|access-date=28 June 2015|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es}}</ref> *1953 Premios Sur Award for Best Actress for ''La mujer de las camelias''<ref name="1953 Awards">{{cite web|title=1953 Premios Anuales|url=http://www.academiadecine.org.ar/project/1953/|website=Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina|access-date=28 June 2015|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es}}</ref>
==Filmography== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''Cándida'' (1939) * ''Bartolo tenía una flauta'' (1939) * ''Azahares rojos'' (1940) * ''De México llegó el amor'' (1940) * ''By the Light of a Star'' (1941) * ''Girls Orchestra'' (1941) * ''Los martes, orquídeas'' (1941) * ''Papá tiene novia'' (1941) * ''El Profesor Cero'' (1942) * ''En el último piso'' (1942) * ''El Pijama de Adán'' (1942) * ''Fantasmas en Buenos Aires'' (1942) * ''Bajó un ángel del Cielo'' (1942) * ''Historia de Crímenes'' (1942) * ''Su hermana menor'' (1943) * ''Stella'' (1943) * ''Apasionadamente'' (1944) * ''Two Angels and a Sinner'' (1945) * ''Cristina'' (1946) * ''Celos'' (1946) * ''Nunca te diré adiós'' (1947) * ''La Gata'' (1947) * ''Dios se lo pague'' (1948) * ''La Trampa'' (1949) * ''Nacha Regules'' (1950)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> * ''Pecado'' (1950)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> * ''María Montecristo'' (1951)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> * ''Tierra baja'' (1951)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> * ''The Unwanted'' (1951) * ''Cosas de Mujer'' (1951) * ''Me casé con una estrella'' (1951) * ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1953)) * ''La Dama del Mar'' (1954) * ''La Calle del Pecado'' (1954) * ''El barro humano'' (1955) * ''El amor nunca muere'' (1955) * ''Amor prohibido'' (1955) * ''Madrugada'' (1957)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> * ''Night and Dawn'' (1958) * ''La Noche y el Alba'' (1959)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> * ''Una Gran Señora'' (1959)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> * ''Un Trono para Cristy'' (1960)<ref name="Revista Brasileira" /> {{div col end}}
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{commons category|Zully Moreno}} * {{IMDb name|id=0604217|name=Zully Moreno}}
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