Eva Perón(1919-1952)
- Actress
Eva María Duarte was born into a small poor village, Los Toldos. When
she was still a child she always knew she wanted to break out and get
more than the others from her life. She wanted to become an actress. At
the age of 15, she seduced the singer Agustín Magaldi to take her with
him on his journey to Buenos Aires, where she soon found work on stage
and as a photo model. Some affairs later, she got her first film
contract and starred in some minor roles. She soon realized that she
hadn't a very big talent on the stage and on the screen, but that she
had quite some voice talent, and started working with great success in
radio shows. Because she got friends in high ranks of politics, her
film career also flourished. She started dating the revolutionist
'Juan
Perón' and they soon married. With the
help of the military Perón took over Argentina, and Eva became
something like the "queen of hearts" of the poor. She tried to make the
situation better for the lots of poor people in Argentina, and she will
never be forgotten by them. She was the one who kept the spirit alive,
and after her tragic death in 1952 Perón was never as successful as he
was with her. Some years after her death, some other regime took over
the country and he had to leave Argentina.