Lupe Sino

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 María, 1941) when she began a relationship with Spain's then most famous matador, Manolete, who completely fell in love with her despite all advice against the affair coming from the bullfighter's closest environment. Manolete and Lupe Sino were planning their marriage when, in August 1947, a bull by the name of Islero took the matador's life on the arena at Linares (Jaen). . Lupe later married a Mexican lawyer and moved to America, but she soon divorced and came back to live in Spain where she played only a few minor roles in films before she died in 1959.