| Lolita Torres | |
| Birth Name: | Beatriz Mariana Torres |
| Birth Date: | 26 March 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Avellaneda, Argentina |
| Death Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation: | Actor, singer |
| Yearsactive: | 1944 – 1993 (film) |
Lolita Torres (born Beatriz Mariana Torres; 26 March 1930 – 14 September 2002) was an Argentine film actress and singer (soprano).[1]
She began her career at age 11, performing folk songs in a theater in Buenos Aires. In 1944 she began acting in films, eventually appearing in seventeen films during "Argentine cinema's 'golden years.'"[2]
She was so popular in the Soviet Union, that many newborn girls were named 'Lolita' after her tour there in 1963.[3] In 2002 she was honored as "Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" ("Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires").[4]
The Plaza Lolita Torres in her birthplace of Avellaneda is named for her.[5]
Torres was married twice. From her first marriage she had a son, from her second marriage she had four children, one of whom, Diego, is a world-famous singer.