Luisa Espinel | |
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Born | Luisa Ronstadt December 8, 1892 Tucson, Arizona |
Died | February 2, 1963 Los Angeles, California | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, actress |
Parent | Federico José María Ronstadt |
Relatives | Linda Ronstadt (niece) |
Luisa Espinel (December 8, 1892 – February 2, 1963), born Luisa Ronstadt, was an American singer, dancer, and actress. She toured, taught, performed in vaudeville, and appeared in a movie with Marlene Dietrich.
Luisa Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1892, the daughter of Mexican-born businessman and musician Federico José María Ronstadt, and his wife Sara Levin. [1] Her mother died in 1902, from a fever, [2] [3] and her father remarried, to Lupe Dalton; one of their granddaughters was singer Linda Ronstadt, [4] who recalled "visits from Aunt Luisa" as "wonderfully exciting." [5] [6] Luisa Espinel went to San Francisco, New York, and Paris to study music; [7] she went to Spain to study Spanish music and dance in the 1920s. [8] [9]
Espinel toured as a dancer and singer in the western states [10] [11] [12] [13] and in vaudeville. [8] She was a member of the Mexican Players of Claremont, California in the 1930s. [8] She taught music and dance in Los Angeles, toured and gave concerts in folk-inspired costumes, [14] [15] and danced in the film The Devil Is a Woman (1935), starring Marlene Dietrich. [7] In 1946 she compiled a book of traditional lyrics, Canciones de mi padre: Spanish Folksongs from Southern Arizona, released by University of Arizona. [8] In the 1950s, she taught Spanish to adults in Pasadena, [16] and was a presenter at the Casa de Adobe, a recreated Californio residence at the Southwest Museum. [17]
In 1935, [18] Espinel became the second wife of the American artist Charles Kassler, and was a model for his 1934 mural "Pastoral California", in Fullerton, California. [19] She died in 1963, aged 71, in Los Angeles. [20] Her papers are in the Ronstadt family collections at the University of Arizona and the Arizona Historical Society libraries. [8] [3]
Luisa Espinel | |
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Born | Luisa Ronstadt December 8, 1892 Tucson, Arizona |
Died | February 2, 1963 Los Angeles, California | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, actress |
Parent | Federico José María Ronstadt |
Relatives | Linda Ronstadt (niece) |
Luisa Espinel (December 8, 1892 – February 2, 1963), born Luisa Ronstadt, was an American singer, dancer, and actress. She toured, taught, performed in vaudeville, and appeared in a movie with Marlene Dietrich.
Luisa Ronstadt was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1892, the daughter of Mexican-born businessman and musician Federico José María Ronstadt, and his wife Sara Levin. [1] Her mother died in 1902, from a fever, [2] [3] and her father remarried, to Lupe Dalton; one of their granddaughters was singer Linda Ronstadt, [4] who recalled "visits from Aunt Luisa" as "wonderfully exciting." [5] [6] Luisa Espinel went to San Francisco, New York, and Paris to study music; [7] she went to Spain to study Spanish music and dance in the 1920s. [8] [9]
Espinel toured as a dancer and singer in the western states [10] [11] [12] [13] and in vaudeville. [8] She was a member of the Mexican Players of Claremont, California in the 1930s. [8] She taught music and dance in Los Angeles, toured and gave concerts in folk-inspired costumes, [14] [15] and danced in the film The Devil Is a Woman (1935), starring Marlene Dietrich. [7] In 1946 she compiled a book of traditional lyrics, Canciones de mi padre: Spanish Folksongs from Southern Arizona, released by University of Arizona. [8] In the 1950s, she taught Spanish to adults in Pasadena, [16] and was a presenter at the Casa de Adobe, a recreated Californio residence at the Southwest Museum. [17]
In 1935, [18] Espinel became the second wife of the American artist Charles Kassler, and was a model for his 1934 mural "Pastoral California", in Fullerton, California. [19] She died in 1963, aged 71, in Los Angeles. [20] Her papers are in the Ronstadt family collections at the University of Arizona and the Arizona Historical Society libraries. [8] [3]