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Mabel Manzotti

Argentine actress (1938-2012)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ11690091
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Mabel Gladys Manzotti (July 28, 1938 – January 25, 2012) was an Argentine film, stage and television actress. Her film credits included Besos en la Frente, while her telenovela credits included roles in Vidas robadas. She played Bochita in the 1960s Argentine television series, El botón, opposite Jorge Porcel and Alberto Olmedo.

In 1959, Manzotti was cast in the film, El farsante más grande del mundo, which co-starred Osvaldo Bonet and Alfredo Alcón. She later joined the Teatro Maipo in Buenos Aires. Manzotti's last television role was in 2008, when she appeared opposite Facundo Arana in the Telefe telenovela, Vidas robadas, in 2008.

Mabel Manzotti suffered a stroke in early 2011. She died in Buenos Aires on January 25, 2012, at the age of 73.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mabel Manzotti” as argentine actress (1938-2012). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1938, 2012, 1959, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1938-07-28. The account is most persuasive where Mabel, Manzotti and Argentine can be independently traced.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q11690091. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1938, 2012, 1959 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from Mabel Manzotti” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.