Little is known about this beautiful European actress and dancer Aurora de Alba. Her film career is varied, although consisting mostly of rare, hard-to-find movies, with a handful of Spanish horror films being the most well-known and accessible. Her birth name was Aurora Galisteo and she was born in Spain on November 30, 1929. She is the cousin of famed Spanish dancer/actress Carmen Sevilla, who was born Maria del Carmen Garcia Galisteo [1930-2023]. This would also make Aurora cousins with Spanish cinematographer Jose Garcia Galisteo [1911-2005]. As Aurora de Alba she first became a dancer and danced at the Venice Film Festival in 1953, from which a number of historical photos were made. This launched her acting career although she had appeared in two uncredited roles in two 1952 Spanish films. She married Chico Scimone on June 23, 1954, in Taormina, Sicily, and they had a son Gianfranco Scimone in 1955.,
While horror made up a very small portion of her filmography, many Euro-horror fans today fondly remember Aurora as the seductive lady vampire in Naschy’s first Spanish werewolf movie, the werewolf vampire mash up La marca de hombre lobo (1968) – AKA Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror. Her film career tailed off in the 1970s and ended with her final appearance in the 1980 film “Cinco tenedores”.
Aurora appeared in only two Spaghetti westerns: “Rattler Kid” in 1967 as Inés and “Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest” in 1971 as Mrs. Elizabeth Carson.
Aurora de Alba died February 24th, 2005, but her striking beauty will long be remembered.
de ALBA, Aurora (aka Aurora Alba) (Aurora
Galisteo) [11/30/1929, Spain - 2/24/2005, Italy] – dancer, film actress,
cousin of actress, singer Carmen Sevilla (María del Carmen García Galisteo)
[1930-2023], cinematographer, cameraman José García Galisteo, married Chico
Scimone [1911-2005] (1954-2005) mother of designer Gianfranco Scimone [1955- ].
Rattler Kid – 1967 (Inés)
Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You're Under Arrest – 1971
(Mrs. Elizabeth Carson)
Since you said she was born on November 30, 1929 and died on February 24, 2005, I can only assume that Aurora De Alba was 75 years old still when she died. Other than that, not much else is known.
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