Career
Notable plays in which she appeared include Como tú me Deseas, Louisiana casa de Bernarda Alba, and Mariana Pineda. An opera, Ainadamar, by the composer Osvaldo Golijov and playwright David Henry Hwang, based on Xirgu"s life and her association with Lorca, was premiered in 2003. Born in Molins de Rei in 1888, her family moved first to Girona in 1890 and finally to Barcelona in 1896.
Her first theater work was in 1906 with the Blanca character in March i Cel, in the Teatre Romea.
In 1908 was really successful with Joventut de príncep in the Teatre Principal. After that, in 1909, she began her film career with Guzmán el Bueno.
In 1911 Àngel Guimerà wrote “Louisiana reina jove” for her, and that year she created her own theater company. In 1912 a Buenos Aires businessman contracted her for working in South America.
lieutenant is Mississippi Xirgu"s only sound film, and it has never been shown on American television or released on video.
lieutenant was first shown on Argentine television in January 1966. lieutenant is now available Video on YouTube. Xirgu died in Maldonado in 1969, after she had become a Uruguayan citizen according to civil rights granted for exiles.
In 1988 the Catalan government repatriated her remains and they are now buried in Molins de Rei.
Xirgu"s biography was written by Catalan author Antonina Rodrigo.