Isabel Sarli
Acting
Born July 9, 1935, Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli, nicknamed Coca, (9 July 1935 - 25 June 2019) was a retired Argentine actress and glamour model, known for starring in several sexploitation films by Armando Bó, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. She began her career as a model and beauty queen, becoming Miss Argentina and reaching the semi-finalis of Miss Universe 1955. She was discovered by Bó in 1956 and made her acting debut the following year with Thunder Among the Leaves, in which a controversial nude scene featuring Sarli made it the first film to feature full frontal nudity in Argentine cinema. As the muse and protagonist of Bó's films, Sarli became the quintessential sex symbol of her country and a popular figure worldwide. With Bó's death in 1981, Sarli virtually retired from acting. Since the 1990s, her films have been revalued for its camp and kitsch content and are recognised as cult classics.
Filmography
- 2018The Endless Film — Material de archivo ("El último amor en Tierra del Fuego")
- 2010Mis días con Gloria — Gloria
- 2009Arroz con leche
- 1996The Lady Is Back
- 1984The Insatiable Widow — Carmen / Wife
- 1980A Madcap Widow — Flor Tetis Soutién de Mangiabróccoli
- 1979Last Love in Tierra del Fuego
- 1976A Butterfly in the Night — Yvonne
- 1976Bewitched — Ansisé
- 1974El sexo y el amor
- 1974Intimacies of a Prostitute — Maria
- 1974The Virgin Goddess — The Virgen Goddess
- 1973Ardent Summer — Barbara
- 1971Fever — Sandra
- 1970Tropical Ecstasy — Mónica
- 1969Fuego — Laura
- 1969Nude in the Sand — Alicia
- 1968Carne — Delicia
- 1968La mujer de mi padre — Eva
- 1967La señora del intendente — Flor Tetis
- 1966Naked Temptation — Sandra Quesada
- 1966The Hot Days — Selva
- 1965The Shoemaker's Wife — Lina
- 1964La leona
- 1964Lujuria tropical
- 1963La diosa impura — Laura
- 1962La burrerita de Ypacaraí
- 1962The Female: Seventy Times Seven — Cora / Laura
- 1960Favela
- 1960Heat
- 1960India — Ansisé
- 1959Put Up or Shut Up — Angela
- 1958Thunder Among the Leaves — Flavia
- Miss Universe — Miss Argentina 1955
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2021Danube — Self - Actress (voice) (archive footage)
- 2019Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field: The Documentary — Self - Actress
- 2008Flesh on Flesh — Herself
- 1984The Children of the War — Self