María Mercader

Born

María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada^[1]

(1918-03-06)6 March 1918

Barcelona, Spain

Died26 January 2011(2011-01-26) (aged 92)

Rome, Italy

OccupationActress

Yearsactive1923–1992

María Mercader
Mercader in 1941
Born	María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada[1] (1918-03-06)6 March 1918 Barcelona, Spain
Died	26 January 2011(2011-01-26) (aged 92) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1923–1992
Spouses	Giuliano Scicolone ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1955)​ Vittorio De Sica ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 1974)​
Children	Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica
Parents	Luís Mercader Marina (father) María Salses (mother)
Relatives	Caridad del Río (aunt by marriage) Ramón Mercader (cousin)

María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (Spanish: [maˈɾi.a meɾkaˈðeɾ]; Catalan: Maria de l'Assumpció Mercader i Forcada [məˈɾi.ə məɾkəˈðe]; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. She moved to Italy in 1939, later becoming the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica.^[2]

Mercader's paternal aunt by marriage was Caridad Mercader, whose son Ramón Mercader murdered Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in 1940.