Catalina Margarita López Ramos (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈmaɾɣaˈlopes]; June 21, 1924 – July 4, 2005), known professionally as Marga López, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress.[1][2]
Biography
Born Catalina Margarita López Ramos in June 21, 1924 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Even though she was born in Argentina, she later acquired Mexican citizenship. Her parents were Pedro López Sánchez and Dolores Ramos Nava. She had six siblings: Juan, Miguel, Dolores, Pedro, María and Manuel. She debuted in show business in her home country as a child, with her siblings, in the group known as Los Hermanitos López.
In 1936, the group journeyed through Latin America including Mexico. There she met her future husband Carlos Amador, a cinema producer, whom she married twice, in 1941 and in 1961. They had two children, Carlos and Manuel. In 1964, she married actor Arturo de Córdova, who died in 1973. They acted together in Sinful. She was the sister of the outstanding guitarist, concert guitarist and teacher Manuel López Ramos, founder of Estudio de Arte Guitarrístico and considered a pioneer in the teaching of classical guitar in Mexico.
In 2004 she was present at The Chamizal Independent Film Festival (Fourth Chamizal Independent Film Festival), in El Paso, Texas and in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. A lifetime of hard work, international recognition and many acting achievements, her most notably are Salón México and Nazarín (1958), co-starring with Ignacio López Tarso.
Death
By 2005, she was an emphysema patient and had acute episodes of bronchitis. Reportedly, she was a chain smoker and did not give up tobacco until 2004. On Tuesday, 19 April 2005, she suffered a heart attack while undergoing a health check-up test at a hospital in Mexico City. She died on July 4, 2005, from cardiac arrhythmia.[3]