Born Antonia (Antoñita) Brochalo Lopesino in Sayatón, province of Guadalajara, Spain, in 1917, she was the second of a family of nine brothers and sisters. She was only 14 when she moved to Madrid to attempt a career as an actress in the Spanish film industry. . She had already played her first, and only, leading role in a film (La Famosa Luz ...