María Duval (born María Mogilesky; 17 May 1926 – 10 May 2022) was an Argentine actress, considered one of the most representative performers of the Argentine cinema of the 1940s. She made 21 films until her retirement in 1949, shortly after getting married the previous year.[1][2]
In 1948 she married wool industrialist José Grosman (22 December 1917 – 22 November 2010),[5][6] and shortly after she retired from showbusiness. Since her retirement, she only did public appearances doing charity work for the Israelite Hospital. While she had stopped attending film festivals, in 1981 she agreed to receive the Pathé Camera Award from the National Cinema Museum. In 1995 she received the San Gabriel Award for her career as a benchmark for comedy in the cinema. In 2001, the Cronistas de Cine also awarded her a Silver Condor Award for her career and she was given a standing ovation by those present. At the 16th Edition of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival (2001) she was honored in the "Women and cinema" section.[7] The Argentine Senate awarded her a diploma for her brilliant artistic career, and she received the Podestá Award in 2003.[8] In 2007 she was declared an Illustrious Citizen of the City of Bahía Blanca.[2]
In 2014, she conducted an interview for the Incaa TV program En foco where she covered her entire artistic career.
She died at her home in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Belgrano, on 10 May 2022, at the age of 95.[9]