Lupe Sino Explained

Lupe Sino
Birth Name:Antonia Bronchalo Lopesino
Birth Date:6 March 1917
Birth Place:Spain
Partner:Manuel Rodríguez

Lupe Sino (March 6, 1917 – September 13, 1959, born Antonia Bronchalo Lopesino) was a Spanish actress.

Biography

Antonia Bronchalo Lopesino was born on March 6, 1917, in Sayatón, a village in Guadalajara, Spain. She was the second of nine children (Benita, Basilia, Antonia, Claudia, Anunciación, Mari Pili, Emilio and Félix) born to Eugenia and Nicomedes, republican peasants.[1] When she was fourteen, the family moved to Madrid and she began working as a servant, but ended up working in the world of Italian cinema with director Fernando Mignoni.[2] She died in Madrid from a stroke on September 13, 1959.[3]

Career

Sino worked as a movie actress, and starred in several films, notably La dama torera (1950),[4] El marqués de Salamanca (1948), El testamento del virrey (1944),[5] and La famosa Luz María (1942).[6]

Personal life

She met Manolete, the matador, in the Chicote bar in Madrid,[7] and was his girlfriend until his death by a fatal goring in the ring in 1947. She was not liked by his manager and family and was not allowed to see him before he bled to death on 29 August 1947.[8] She was photographed by Paco Cano at his side afterwards, as he lay enshrouded.[9]

When Manolete died, she moved to Mexico and she married the lawyer Manuel Rodríguez. She came back to Madrid after eight years, and died two years later.[10]

Popular culture

Sino was portrayed by Penélope Cruz in the 2007 movie, Manolete.[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: La otra crónica . Pablo . Pardo . Fernando . Mas . Juan . Soto Viñolo . 21 January 2007 . 28 August 2019 . . es . Mundinteractivos, S.A. . 586.
  2. News: Carmen Esteban indaga en el amor de Manolete y "la primera chica yé-yé de los 60" en 'Lupe, el Sino de Manolete' . 14 February 2007 . 28 August 2019 . . es . Madrid.
  3. News: Manolete iba a casarse con Lupe Sino... pero la muerte se adelantó . Manuel . Román . 28 August 2017 . 28 August 2019 . . es.
  4. Book: García Riera, Emilio . Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1949-1950 . . 1992 . 121 . 9789688954287.
  5. Book: Ysbert Alvarruiz, José . Mi vida artística: memorias de Pepe Ysbert, su teatro, su cine, su época . Ed. Bruguera . 1969 . 254.
  6. Book: M. Torres, Augusto . Directores españoles malditos . Huerga Y Fierro Editores . 2004 . 229 . 9788483744802.
  7. News: Manolete, tragic bullfighter . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708204707/http://www.sawfnews.com/Entertainment/41530.aspx . 8 July 2011 . 26 August 2007 . AFP . Agence France-Presse . 28 August 2019 . Sawf News.
  8. Web site: Manolete - Myth/Legend . 28 August 2019 . Ricardo . Delgado . Francisco . Caño . Andrea . Taylor . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041400/http://fib.se/fib_1/mano.html . 4 March 2016 . . 2009.
  9. Web site: Manolete . El Arte Taurino . 28 August 2019 . es . Alejandro . Recio . Paco . Domingo.
  10. News: Manolete nunca se casó con Lupe Sino . I . Cano . 28 August 2012 . 28 August 2019 . . es . Vocento.
  11. News: Bullfighter's fatal attraction . 14 May 2012 . https://archive.today/20120919181458/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=18&art_id=26114&sid=9625602&con_type=1 . 19 September 2012 . 30 August 2006 . The Standard.

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