FERNÁNDEZ, ESTHER

(1917 or '20?-1999)

   leading lady of the 1930s and 1940s, on-screen from the age of 13. Worked steadily in films into the 1950s; made a brief comeback in 1991 in Los años de Greta, but ill-health forced her to retire once more . Briefly married to Antonio Badú (they were a couple for more than six years, but officially married only 18 months). She died of heart failure on 21 October 1999.