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Ada Cornaro

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Ada Cornaro
Born29 June 1881
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died19 March 1961
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationActress

Ada Cornaro (29 June 1881 – 19 March 1961) was a prominent Argentine film and theatre actress, tango dancer and singer of the 1930s and 1940s.

Although she entered film in 1924, she became well-known through the 1930 tango film hit Adiós Argentina, in which she starred alongside icon Libertad Lamarque.

She appeared in tango films such as Alas de mi patria (1939); Academia El Tango Argentino and Así te quiero (1942); and Apasionadamente (1944).

She retired from film in 1951 after her last film, Volver a la vida. She died in Buenos Aires.

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