Silvana Roth (also known as Silvana Maria Rota,[1] February 17, 1924 – April 3, 2010) was an Argentine stage and film actress.[2] A star of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema, she appeared in twenty six films between 1940 and 1971. Sources differ over her place of birth, with some saying Genoa in Italy and others Buenos Aires.

Silvana Roth
Silvana Roth in 1942, by Annemarie Heinrich
Born	17 February 1924 Genoa, Italy
Died	3 April 2010 (aged 86) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other names	Silvana Rota
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1940-1971 (film)

Politically Roth was a staunch Peronist. She served in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies between 1973 and 1976 before being ousted after the coup that year. She was one of the delegates to the International Women's Year World Conference on Women in 1975.[1]

Selected filmography

• Melodies of America (1941)
• Sweethearts for the Girls (1941)
• Seven Women (1944)
• Back in the Seventies (1945)
• School of Champions (1950)

References

Bibliography

• Melgosa, Adrián Pérez. Cinema and Inter-American Relations: Tracking Transnational Affect. Routledge, 2012.

External links

• Silvana Roth at IMDb

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