translated from Spanish: Mirtha Legrand’s reaction to looking like a girl in ATA

Mirtha Legrand appeared as a character in “Argentina, Land of Love and Revenge” (ATAV), Pol-Ka’s novel that is broadcasting its second part, where there was a temporary leap and moved to 1940.The writers of the strip decided to give a nod to what was happening in the Argentina at the time in artistic terms, and that’s why they incorporated into the plot the moment when the “Chiqui” had just signed their contract to appear in the film Must educate Niní. Unsurprisingly, Mirtha marked some production errors such as that her mother was not Spanish so she did not understand why she was scored. And with regard to the impersonation of Lola Poggio, he merely said: “We were more natural blondes”, in dialogue with Teleshow.He also acknowledged that he would like to see another chapter and that he was impressed to hear his name.

What happened in real life? In 1940, the year in which ATAV was developed, the “Chiqui” and Goldie, her twin sister, were still aspiring artists at the age of 13. That year, they were hired by the director Luis César Amadori, who met them after the twins consecrated queens of the Corsican of Avenida de Mayo.They had a brief role in the comic film Hay que educar a Niní, starring Niní Marshall. A year later, they participated in Antonio Momplet’s comedy Boyfriends for Girls, and fame came to them at age 14 when they starred in the romantic comedy Tuesdays, Orchids; by Francisco Mugica.

Original source in Spanish