| María Mercader | |
| Birth Name: | María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 March 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Barcelona, Spain |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1923–1992 |
| Children: | Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica |
| Relatives: | Caridad del Río (aunt by marriage) Ramón Mercader (cousin) |
| Father: | Luís Mercader Marina |
| Mother: | María Salses |
María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (pronounced as /es/; ca|Maria de l'Assumpció Mercader i Forcada pronounced as /ca/; 6 March 1918 - 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. She moved to Italy in 1939, later becoming the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.[2]
Mercader's paternal aunt by marriage was Caridad Mercader, whose son Ramón Mercader murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | La bruja | |||
| 1939 | Molinos de viento | Margarita | ||
| 1939 | L'étrange nuit de Noël | Conchita | ||
| 1939 | Il segreto inviolabile | Virginia | ||
| 1940 | La gerla di papà Martin | Giorgina | ||
| 1940 | Marianela | Florentina | ||
| 1940 | Su mayor aventura | |||
| 1940 | Then We'll Get a Divorce | Grace Peterson | ||
| 1940 | Una famiglia impossibile | Edvige Bartolla | ||
| 1941 | La forza bruta | Nell | ||
| 1941 | The Prisoner of Santa Cruz | Carmela | ||
| 1941 | The Actor Who Disappeared | L'attrice ingenua | ||
| 1941 | Due cuori sotto sequestro | La studentessa | ||
| 1941 | Thrill | Cristina Palffy | ||
| 1941 | The King's Jester | Gilda | ||
| 1942 | L'uomo venuto dal mare | La fidanzata del marinaio | ||
| 1942 | Se io fossi onesto | Clara | ||
| 1942 | A Garibaldian in the Convent | Mariella Dominiani | ||
| 1942 | Finalmente soli | Angela | ||
| 1942 | Forbidden Music | Claretta Melzi | ||
| 1942 | Madrid de mis sueños | Consuelo Aguilera | ||
| 1942 | La fanciulla dell'altra riva | Manuela Vega | ||
| 1943 | Il treno crociato | Clara | ||
| 1943 | La vita è bella | Nadina | ||
| 1943 | Non sono superstizioso... ma! | Rosetta De Rosa | ||
| 1943 | I nostri sogni | Matilde Moscapelli detta 'Titi' | ||
| 1943 | La primadonna | Costanza Salvotti | ||
| 1945 | No Turning Back | Vinca | ||
| 1945 | The Gates of Heaven | Maria | ||
| 1945 | L'ippocampo | Donata Sandi | ||
| 1945 | The Song of Life | Maria | ||
| 1947 | Christmas at Camp 119 | Fiammetta | ||
| 1948 | Heart | Clotilde Serra, la maestrina della Penna Rossa | ||
| 1948 | The Mysterious Rider | Elisabetta | ||
| 1952 | Hello Elephant | Maria Caretti | ||
| 1976 | Giovannino | Giovannino's mother | ||
| 1984 | Claretta | Princess of Montenevoso | ||
| 1988 | Lights and Shadows | La Mare | ||
| 1991 | The House of Smiles | Elvira | ||
| 1991 | Count Max | Madre di Pierre | ||
| 1992 | Al lupo al lupo | Presentatrice Premiazione | (final film role) |