María Mercader

This article is about the Spanish actress. For the American journalist, see Maria Mercader.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mercader and the second or maternal family name is Forcada.

María Mercader
Born	María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (1918-03-06)6 March 1918 Barcelona, Spain
Died	26 January 2011(2011-01-26) (aged 92) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1923–1992
Spouses	Giuliano Scicolone ​ ​ (m. 1949⁠–⁠1955)​ Vittorio De Sica ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 1974)​
Children	Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica
Parent(s)	Luís Mercader Marina (father) María Salses (mother)
Relatives	Ramón Mercader (cousin)

María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾkaˈðeɾ]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. Julian Gorkin wrote that her cousin was born Montserrat in the family of Caridad Mercader, mother of Ramon Mercader who murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940, and during and after the WWII Montserrat who was very similar to Maria used her documents.

She moved to Italy in 1939. She was the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.

Selected filmography

• The King's Jester (1941)
• The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941)
• L'attore scomparso (1941)
• Forbidden Music (1942)
• A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
• The Gates of Heaven (1945)
• The Song of Life (1945)
• Heart (1948)
• Giovannino (1976)
• Lights and Shadows (1988)
• Count Max (1991)

External links

• María Mercader at IMDb