Overview
- The Asociación Argentina de Actores confirmed her death occurred on Tuesday, July 21, and publicly announced it on July 24 while offering condolences to her family.
- Born Marina Andrea Accoroni on May 20, 1958, she was working as a kindergarten teacher when director Leonardo Favio cast her as an unknown in Nazareno Cruz y el Lobo.
- Favio shaped her screen persona by changing her hair, protecting her from sun on set, and having her voice dubbed in the final film, choices he described in later interviews.
- After her 1975 debut she appeared in films through the 1970s and 1980s, including Juventud sin barreras (1979), Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985), El cazador de la muerte (1984) and The Stranger (1987), then stepped away from public life and family life is noted in later profiles.
- No official cause of death has been released and her passing has already prompted renewed attention to Favio's film and its role in Argentina's cinematic history.