Teresita Arce-Bouroncle O’Higgins or María Teresa Arce Ojeda ( ? – 28 August 1981) was a Peruvian actress who had a long career that began in the first films made in Peru.

Teresita Arce
from a Lima film magazine
Died28 August 1981
NationalityPeru
Other namesMaría Teresa Arce Ojeda[1]
Occupation(s)actor, radio personality
Known forearly Peruvian film actress
Spouse(s)Mr Reilly, Guillermo Mesinas Barrantes
Childrentwo daughters[1]

Life

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Arce's place or date of birth is not certain, and her full name has two versions. It is said that she came from a Guatemalan heritage and as a child she was singing and dancing. She came to notice in the early years of the Peruvian film industry.[2]

Arce was noted for her work in theatre company. She had a short marriage to an Irishman named Reilly in 1920 that resulted in two daughters.[1] Luis Ugarte directed Camino de la Venganza (The Road to Vengeance) in 1922.[3] The film featured Teresita Arce as the main role of Juanacha, a young native woman who acts against the exploitation of a mine operator named McDonald. He is killed after he kidnaps her. Arce became the first popular Peruvian actress.[4]

Arce played the role of the bride of the bandit Luis Pardo Novoa [es] in the romanticised film Luis Pardo. The film was made by Enrique Cornejo Villanueva in 1927 starring himself in the title role.[5]

Peruvian radio in 2018 recounted how Arce became a comic personality on the radio around Lima when the radio was a prime means of communication. She created "Chola Purificación Chauca" who would talk about current events and she was well known and mentioned in a book by Mario Vargas Llosa. She came to grief when she made a joke about the powerful Prado family.[6]

Her second marriage to Guillermo Mesinas Barrantes in 1955 was attended by a large crowd, and it was filmed as a Peruvian newsreel.[1]

Arce continued to perform on the stage and the radio until the 1960s.[4] She died in 1981.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Archivo peruano de imagen y sonido (2015-01-07). Matrimonio de Teresita Arce - Lima 1955. Retrieved 2024-08-08 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Lucioni, Mario; Núñez, Irela (2013). "Teresita Arce". doi:10.7916/d8-radb-rj19. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Camino de la venganza (1922). Retrieved 2024-08-08 – via www.filmaffinity.com.
  4. ^ a b c Lucioni, Mario; Núñez, Irela. "Teresita Arce – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Women Film Pioneers Project. Archived from the original on 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  5. ^ Luis Pardo (1927). Retrieved 2024-08-08 – via www.filmaffinity.com.
  6. ^ "La "Chola Purificación Chauca", figura del radioteatro en los años 40". Radio Nacional (in Spanish). 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2024-08-08.