Dilián, Irasema

(1924-1996)

(Eva Irasema Warschalonska)

   Irasema Dilián was born in Río de Janeiro, Brazil, of Polish parents. She began her film career in Italy, appearing in Vittorio de Sica's Maddalena, zero in condotta (Maddalena, Zero in Conduct, 1940). Over the next few years she worked for de Sica, Riccardo Freda, and Mario Soldati, alongside performers such as Alida Valli, Isa Miranda, Vittorio Gassman, and Rossano Brazzi. She appeared in four Spanish films between 1946 and 1949 before coming to Mexico and making her debut in Muchachas de uniforme (Girls in Uniform, 1950), a remake of the 1931 German picture Madchen in Uniform. Over the next several years the rather waif-like blonde would star in a number of substantial projects with such major stars as Arturo de Córdova and Pedro Infante, and play the leading female role in Luis Buñuel's Abismos de pasión (1953). Some of her Mexican films were scripted by her Italian husband, Arduino "Dino" Maiuri. Dilián's last Mexican-made film was Pablo y Carolina (1955), although she did appear in several co-productions (one shot in Cuba, one in Spain) in 1956. She appeared in at least one other Spanish film (1958). Dilián was nominated for an Ariel for Paraíso robado (1952).