| Chita Foras | |
| Birth Name: | Josefína Foras Cossini |
| Birth Place: | Italy |
| Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality: | Argentine |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Spouse: | Nelo Cosimi |
Chita Foras (1900–1986), was an Italian-Argentine actress noted for her work in silent and sound films.
Born Josefína Foras Cossini, Chita Foras was an actress who appeared in numerous films during cinema's golden age. She worked in film and theater for more than three decades.
She married filmmaker Nelo Cosimi in March 1929.[1] He directed her in several films, including a pair – (1930) and (1931) – which were intended, in vain, to be released with disc-based sound systems.
She was part of the on-air staff of LRA Radio Nacional Buenos Aires who put on the radio play Las dos carátulas: El teatro de la humanidad in the 1980s, along with actors such as Adolfo Duncan, Claudia Durán, Adrián Di Stefano, Liliana Giménez, Miguel Ángel Medrano, Ricardo Lani, Haydeé Lesquer, Néstor Losadas, Norma Agüero, Rodolfo Caraballo, Enrique Conlazo, Noemí Deis, Osvaldo Demarco, and Inés Mariscal. She performed works such as Se necesita niñera by Mario Herbert Lago.
She died of natural causes in Buenos Aires in 1986.
On stage, Foras appeared with stars such as,,, María Luisa Fernández,, Alicia Rojas, Chita Dufour, Elsa Angélica Fernández,,, Antonio Capuano, and Jorge Bergoechea.[2]
She was part of "La Compañía Leonor Rinaldí", with a cast which also included and Alicia Rojas.
In the 1930s she had lead parts in several plays at the legendary theater "El Orfeón de Arturo Greco".[3]
In April 1935 she was part of "La Compañía Argentina de Comedias Y Sainetes de Cordero-Sandrini" in the work Riachuelo, together with Luis Sandrini, Chela Cordero, María Ricard, Laila González,, and Máximo Moyano.[4]
In 1947 she joined the "Compañía Española de Comedias de Teresa Silva y ", debuting with a musical parody in the Teatro Cómico. She made an Echegaray drama titled ¡Ay!, which had a large cast, including, Nina Marcó Susana Sux, Lilia Bedrune, and Rodolfo Martincho.
She made the 1950 comedy El vivo vive del zonzo by Antonio Botta and Marcos Bronenmerg, with a cast including Conchi Sánchez, Olga Duncan,, Mabel Cabello, Pura Delgui, María T. Gutiérrez, Julio Bianquet, Arturo Bs mió, Ego Brunoldi, Leónidas Brandl, Andrés López, and Raúl Cúneo.