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Her father left her family when she was 3 years old.
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Isabel Sarli
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Sarli is a considered a cultural icon and the quintessential sex symbol in her home country. Hilda Isabel Sarli Gorrindo Tito born in Concordia, Entre Ríos Province, in a very poor family. Before becoming an actress she worked as a secretary.
But thanks to her beauty she started modeling for Argentinian magazines.
Sarli was nicknamed "Coca", which comes from either her Coke-bottle-shaped figure, or from her addiction to the soft drink. She was discovered by filmmaker Armando Bó after she became Mission Argentina in 1955.
She became the star of his films, starting with El Trueno entre las hojas in 1956. She went on to become an international Latin American star, filming in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela and films like Fuego (1969) and Fiebre (1970) reached the American and European markets.
She received offers to work in Mexico, England and United States of America, but declined.
Bó later insisted in casting her in naturalistic melodramas. After his death in 1981, Sarli retired from the cinema industry altogether but came back in the mid-90s for Jorge Polaco"s picaresque film, Louisiana Dama Regresa (1996). The film was inspired largely on her life and public image, serving as an homage of sorts.
In 2009 she teamed once more with Polaco in Arroz con leche for a bit part.
In 2011 she starred in the political drama Mis días con Gloria, where she plays a character based on her. The film also stars her goddaughter Isabelita Sarli.
Sarli currently lives in Buenos Aires with her goddaughter Isabelita. On 12 October 2012, it was reported that Argentine President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, named Sarli as Argentine Ambassador of Popular Culture.
The Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina, under Decree 1876/2012, stated:
Isabel Sarli is considered a true representative of the national culture, as much for her acting skills in films as for being considered a popular icon of her day and an emblematic figure of Argentine cinema.
In 2010, the movie "Fuego" was premiered with english subtitles at the Lincoln Center in New New York
