Eva Duarte de Perón

Eva Duarte de Perón

Born: May 7, 1919
Died: July 26, 1952
in Los Toldos [now General Viamonte], Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eva María Duarte de Perón was an Argentine actress and political leader, the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is usually referred to as Eva Perón or Evita.

Juan Perón was elected President of Argentina in 1946; during the next 6 years, Eva Perón became powerful within the pro-Peronist trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights. She also ran the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, championed women's suffrage in Argentina, and founded and ran the nation's first large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party.

In 1951, Eva Perón announced her candidacy for the Peronist nomination for the office of Vice President of Argentina, receiving great support from the Peronist political base, low-income and working-class Argentines who were referred to as descamisados or "shirtless ones". However, opposition from the nation's military and bourgeoisie, coupled with her declining health, ultimately forced her to withdraw her candidacy. In 1952, shortly before her death from cancer at 33, Eva Perón was given the title of "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" by the Argentine Congress. She was given a state funeral upon her death, a prerogative generally reserved for heads of state.

Movies for Eva Duarte de Perón...

The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
Title: The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: January 29, 2020
Type: Movie
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military actions during World War II. In 1947 he was judged and imprisoned, but he escaped less than a year later and found a safe haven in Spain, ruled with an iron hand by General Francisco Franco. What did he do during the many years he spent there?
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Looking for Buenos Aires
Title: Looking for Buenos Aires
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
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Evita
Title: Evita
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 6, 2008
Type: Movie
A few have tried to play the role in the theater and in the movies, but only one has succeeded thus far. Her name was Eva Duarte de Peron and the world would come to know her as Evita.
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Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Title: Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Character: Herself (archive footage)
Released: December 12, 2005
Type: Movie
The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National Propaganda (SPN/SNI) by the "Portuguese Newsreel Society" (SPAC), under the technical supervision of António Lopes Ribeiro. It was conceived and employed as part of the propaganda machinery of Salazar's regime. Screened in cinema theatres prior to the main feature film, each issue of Jornal had approximately ten minutes in length and covered a variety of official government acts, national political news, major sports events and other assorted social and cultural affairs. Jornal Português is not only an indispensable document for the history of Estado Novo's propaganda, but also an unparalleled audiovisual archive of 1940s Portugal.
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Comandante
Title: Comandante
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 14, 2003
Type: Movie
Oliver Stone spends three days filming with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discussing an array of subjects with the president such as his rise to power, fellow revolutionary Che Guevara, the Cuban Missile crisis, and the present state of the country.
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Title: Legenden
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 16, 1998
Type: TV
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Evita: Una Tumba Sin Paz
Title: Evita: Una Tumba Sin Paz
Character: Herself (Archive)
Released: June 22, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: Intimate Portrait
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 14, 1993
Type: TV
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.
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The Prodigal Woman
Title: The Prodigal Woman
Character: Julia
Released: August 16, 1945
Type: Movie
The story of Julia, a beautiful woman of licentious life who one day reconsiders and decides to use her fortune for the good of her neighbor and of the needy.
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La cabalgata del circo
Title: La cabalgata del circo
Character: Chila Ruca
Released: May 30, 1945
Type: Movie
The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.
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Una novia en apuros
Title: Una novia en apuros
Character: (as Eva Duarte)
Released: March 10, 1942
Type: Movie
A 1942 film.
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El más infeliz del pueblo
Title: El más infeliz del pueblo
Released: March 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A shy man marries the daughter of a local warlord, works as a municipal chief of staff, witnesses numerous injustices and rebels himself.
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The Charge of the Brave
Title: The Charge of the Brave
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
It takes place in 1827, in Carmen de Patagones, in the context of the confrontation between the militias of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the navy troops of the Empire of Brazil. It is the story of a fort lieutenant who falls in love with a young woman.
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¡Segundos afuera!
Title: ¡Segundos afuera!
Released: August 4, 1937
Type: Movie