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Gina Romand

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Tamargo.
Gina Romand
Romand in 1953
Born
Georgina García y Tamargo

(1938-02-15)15 February 1938
Havana, Cuba
Died3 December 2022(2022-12-03) (aged 84)
Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality
  • Cuban
  • Mexican
OccupationActress

Gina Romand (born Georgina García y Tamargo;[1] 15 February 1938 – 3 December 2022)[2][3] was a Cuban-Mexican actress. At the time of her death she was one of the last stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Life and career

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Romand in Dios te salve, psiquiatra (1966)

Romand was born as Georgina García y Tamargo on 15 February 1938 in Havana, Cuba.[4] Her artistic career began in her native country as a star vedette of the Tropicana nightclub.[4] Later she would move to the United States to dance in the show "La Parisien" held at the Casino de Paris, located in Las Vegas, Nevada.[5] Later she would travel to Mexico, a country where she would start a career as an actress. She would make her film debut when she was barely fifteen years old in I Am Very Macho (1953).[6] On 7 October 1954, she would embark on a trip back to the United States.[1] During this stay in the country, she filmed the 1959 film Catch Me If You Can, co-produced with her native Cuba and in which she was only given a small supporting role.

She was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Kiki Herrera Calles in the biopic of singer José José, Gavilán o Paloma (1985).

Personal life and death

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In 1966, she married Mexican theater producer Salvador Varela.[7][8] Together they had three children, a girl named Georgina del Carmen Varela García, who is also an actress and singer as Gina Varela, and two boys, Gabriel Varela and Francisco, who died in 2001 at the age of 33 in a car accident.[7][9][10] Her husband died on 8 August 2020.[11]

Five days after her husband's death, Romand suffered a heart attack, for which she had to be rushed to a hospital, where her life was in danger, but she eventually managed to recover.[12] In October of the same year, she was hospitalized again and her children had to ask for blood donors to save her life.[10][13] After having been hospitalized for several days at the end of November 2022, she died on 3 December 2022 at the age of 84.[14][15]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gina Romand tripulante migratoria a Estados Unidos 1954" [Gina Romand migratory crew member to the United States 1954]. FamilySearch (in Spanish). 7 October 1954. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ Avendaño, Reyna (3 December 2022). "Muere la actriz Gina Romand a los 84 años" [Actress Gina Romand dies at 84]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ Meré, Ashyba (3 December 2022). "Muere la actriz Gina Romand, tras estar varios días hospitalizada" [Actress Gina Romand dies after being hospitalized for several days]. Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Gina Romand, actriz y vedette, con los hombros desnudos, retrato" [Gina Romand, actress and showgirl, with bare shoulders, portrait] (in Spanish). Mediateca INAH. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022. Nació el 15 de febrero de 1938 en La Habana, Cuba. Comenzó en el mundo del espectáculo en su tierra natal como vedette estelar del famoso Centro Nocturno «Tropicana». [She was born on 15 February 1938 in Havana, Cuba. She started in show business in her homeland as a star vedette of the famous "Tropicana" Nightclub.]
  5. ^ "Gina Romand". dcubanos (in Spanish). 10 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Yo soy muy macho". Cine.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Fallece el productor teatral Salvador Varela" [Theater producer Salvador Varela dies]. El Universal (in Spanish). 9 August 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Gina Romand, destacada actriz del teatro, cine y la televisión" [Gina Romand, prominent theater, film and television actress]. The Cuban History (in Spanish). 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Gina Romand está hospitalizada y su hijo solicitó donadores de sangre: "Ayúdenme a salvarla", pidió Gabriel Varela" [Gina Romand is hospitalized and her son requested blood donors: "Help me save her," Gabriel Varela asked]. Infobae (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Gina y Gabriel Varela piden donadores de sangre para su mamá" [Gina and Gabriel Varela ask for blood donors for their mother]. TVNotas (in Spanish). 2 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  11. ^ Monjaraz, Carlos Alfredo (16 August 2020). "Gina Romand sufrió un infarto 5 días después de la muerte de su esposo" [Gina Romand suffered a heart attack 5 days after her husband's death]. TVNotas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Tras perder al amor de su vida, Salvador Varela, Gina Romand sufre un infarto" [After losing the love of her life, Salvador Varela, Gina Romand suffers a heart attack]. Tribuna (in Spanish). 17 August 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  13. ^ "La actriz Gina Romand es nuevamente hospitalizada; piden donadores de sangre" [Actress Gina Romand is again hospitalized; ask for blood donors]. El Universal (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Murió la actriz Gina Romand a los 84 años" [Actress Gina Romand dies at 84]. Publimetro México (in Spanish). 3 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  15. ^ Puch, Milthon (3 December 2022). "Gina Romand: ¿De qué murió la diva del Cine de Oro?" [Gina Romand: What did the diva of the Golden [Age of] Cinema die of?]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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