Marta Natalia Filomena "Marina" Cisternas Holley (5 May 1897 – 26 January 1992)[1] was a Chilean American actress, author, and journalist. She became active as a journalist in Hollywood and in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). She is credited with helping design the Golden Globe trophy.[2][3] She was the leading Spanish language columnist in Hollywood.[4]
Marina Cisternas | |
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| Born | Marta Natalia Filomena Cisternas Holley May 5, 1897 |
| Died | January 26, 1992 (aged 94) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Father | Eliseo Cisternas Peña |
Cisternas was the daughter of Eliseo Cisternas, late Chief Justice of Chile.[5] Her maternal grandfather was Adolfo Holley, a Chilean general who served in the War of the Pacific.
She was president of the HFPA from 1945 to 1946. She was engaged to Harold Lloyd Jr. She influenced Vincent Price's art collecting.[4]
Bibliography
edit- Andina (1949)
- Forever Damned, Vantage Press (1955), a novel of historical fiction set in Chile
References
edit- ^ ""Chile, Registro Civil, 1885-1932," database with images, Marta Natalia Filomena Cisterna Halley, Birth Registration; FamilySearch digital folder 004701825". FamilySearch. Santiago: Registro Civil Archivo General (Civil Registry General Archives). 4 October 2021. p. 34, certificate #67.
- ^ "Adelante Con Vida Nueva". 1979.
- ^ "Golden Globes 2018: All you need to know about the golden trophy". Architectural Digest India. January 9, 2018.
- ^ a b Price, Vincent (October 18, 2016). I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781504042147 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pilleux Sepúlveda, Mauricio. "Familia Cisternas". www.genealog.cl. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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