Armando Bó
Armando Bó | |
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Armando Bó in the 1940s, photographed by Annemarie Heinrich | |
| Born | 3 May 1914 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 8 October 1981 (aged 67) |
| Years active | 1939 – 1979 |
| Spouse |
Teresa Machinandiarena
(m. 1956) |
| Partner | Isabel Sarli (1956–1981, his death) |
| Children | 3, including Víctor Bó |
| Relatives | Armando Bó (grandson) Nicolás Giacobone (grandson) |
Armando Bó (3 May 1914 – 8 October 1981) was an Argentine film actor, director, producer, screenwriter and score composer. He began his career as an actor and producer during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema of the 1930s and 1940s. In 1956, Bó met Isabel Sarli and cast her as the lead actress in his film Thunder Among the Leaves (1957), in which she made the first full frontal nude in the history of Argentine cinema. Bó and Sarli became both romantic and commercial partners, and the duo turned to the sexploitation genre in the 1960s and 1970s, these films being considered emblematic of the genre.
Bó's son is the actor/producer Víctor Bó and his grandson is the screenwriter and director Armando Bó.