Marina Cisternas Explained

Marina Cisternas
Birth Name:Marta Natalia Filomena Cisternas Holley
Birth Date:May 5, 1897
Birth Place:Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Father:Eliseo Cisternas Peña

Marta Natalia Filomena "Marina" Cisternas Holley (5 May 1897 – 26 January 1992)[1] was a Chilean American actress, author, and journalist. She became active as a journalist in Hollywood and in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). She is credited with helping design the Golden Globe trophy.[2] [3] She was the leading Spanish language columnist in Hollywood.[4]

Cisternas was the daughter of Eliseo Cisternas, late Chief Justice of Chile.[5] Her maternal grandfather was Adolfo Holley, a Chilean general who served in the War of the Pacific.

She was president of the HFPA from 1945 to 1946. She was engaged to Harold Lloyd Jr. She influenced Vincent Price's art collecting.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 4 October 2021 . "Chile, Registro Civil, 1885-1932," database with images, Marta Natalia Filomena Cisterna Halley, Birth Registration; FamilySearch digital folder 004701825. . . Registro Civil Archivo General (Civil Registry General Archives) . Santiago . 34, certificate #67.
  2. Web site: Adelante Con Vida Nueva. 1979.
  3. Web site: Golden Globes 2018: All you need to know about the golden trophy. January 9, 2018. Architectural Digest India.
  4. Book: Price, Vincent. I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography. October 18, 2016. Open Road Media. 9781504042147. Google Books.
  5. Web site: Pilleux Sepúlveda . Mauricio . Familia Cisternas . 2022-09-08 . www.genealog.cl.