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China Zorrilla was one of the great figures on the scene in Uruguay and Argentina.
Uruguayan actress Concepción Zorrilla, popularly known as China Zorrilla, died this Wednesday in Montevideo at the age of 92, after being hospitalized on Sunday for respiratory problems.
“China” was one of the great figures on the scene in Uruguay and Argentina, where she lived a large part of her life.
There he became popular for movies like “Waiting for the float” or “Elsa and Fred”.
Granddaughter of a poet and daughter of a sculptor, Zorrilla was born in 1922 and stood out from a very young age in the arts, as an actress and theater director, both in the Río de la Plata and in New York, where she worked for five years.
In addition to having received numerous recognitions in her native country and in Argentina, Zorrilla lost the Legion of Honor decoration from the French government and was honored with a postage stamp from Uruguay.
“The ‘China’ was one of the most beloved actresses in this part of the world and her name quickly became trending topic on social networks”, explains the BBC Mundo correspondent in Buenos Aires, Ignacio de los Reyes.
“So popular was his work that Argentines still use many of the phrases from his character in the 1980s comedy ‘Waiting for the float’ in everyday life,” the correspondent added.
