Raquel Daina Delas was a Spanish actress of comedy and zarzuela during the first and second half of the 20th century in Spain and America. She was also a theatrical entrepreneur, vedette, actress and model.
Biography
Daina was born in Madrid, Spain and was a descendant the Valencians and Aragoneses. She was an actress conocida in Spain. She was the hija of Pedro Daina an actor of theatre, and Miss Delas, an actress secundaria and singer of zarzuela and comedy. She had several aunts in the profession, Natalia, Carmen and her sister was the well-known star Irene Daina. She was Queta Claver's cousin. It is known that she debuted in the company of Salvador Videgain García, during the Spanish Civil War he was in it at the Pavón theater in Madrid and then went to the Ideal theater. Of this stage are the reprises of infinity of zarzuelas and some of its first premieres. In recent years he made some intervention in films such as Juana la Loca, from time to time.
Famous Works
The beginnings in the company of the Pavón and the Ideal Theater of Madrid during the contest, make her a versatile actress and of great qualities, as observed in this stage of zarzuela, replacing titles like The one with the bunch of roses , Seraph the painter , The carnations or The tempranica . Also the passage to the magazine is done with the direction of Salvador Videgain, at the premiere of Bartolo's flute by Enrique Povedano, 1939 in the Maravillas Theater in Madrid. She debuted in the company of Salvador Videgain in 1936, then intervened in children's roles, first with Zarzuela. Unknowingly, because at the time of her first performance, art was confusing to act in some roles as a substitute for eventualities of the actress with repertoire works such as The Fist of Roses, Giants and Bigheads, The white house, The Feast of San Anton, The Barber of Seville, Bohemians, El santo de la Isidra... After the death of his father in 1947, he continues to support his mother and sister with his professional work, travels to many provinces such as Murcia, Las Palmas, Córdoba, Almeria., Barcelona, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Burgos Valencia and Alicante premiered its when the definitive success arrived and the step to the first figure of the scene. In 1944 She triumphed for Spain with the Videgain de zarzuela company on the Salamanca, Briviesca, Valladolid tour... Between 1945 and 1946 in the company of Antonio Paso Díaz he acts in the Zarzuela Theater with works such as The man who drives them crazy , Taboo!, An impossible woman, Looking for a millionaire music by Daniel Montorio and The Mendo's last days. In 1947 he intervened in History of two women by José Muñoz Román at Martín theater and with the comedians Rafael Cervera and Lepe.
The end of her career
She is scarcely a businesswoman from the fifties with her own magazine company in some seasons, but prefers to accept offers such as vedette or first actress from other companies. Most of the stays of her company will be made in Barcelona, a city where she became very dear and it was where she lived. Her career as a vedette declines with age and she is no longer called by businessmen of the eighties. She was always remembered in her performances at the Parallel theaters such as Apollo Theater and Victoria Theater of Barcelona. She died in Madrid
Discography
It is known that recorded several albums in their time of great success in the world of magazine and musical comedy to the BlueMoon Records, or remastered to CD by Sonifolk.
