Sergio De Cecco

## Sergio Amadeo De Cecco

**Sergio Amadeo De Cecco** also known by the pseudonyms Javier Sánchez and Amadeo Salazar, was a journalist, actor, playwright and film and radio Screenwriter he was born in Buenos Aires on May 29, 1931 and died in the same city on November 26, 1986. He received several awards for his production. His most widespread work is *El reñidero,* which was performed many times in Argentina and other countries and which was also made into the cinema.

## First Works

At 18 he started as a radio scriptwriter and puppeteer. In his words, he wanted to be an actor. He did a test at a radio station and when he was not accepted, as revenge, he began to write radio booklets. With his puppet theater "De Las Malas Artes" he toured several countries in America. Together with Ariel Buffano, he had been the beloved "artistic son" of Javier Villafañe. In the 1950s he began his activity as a playwright, with *During the trial* ; in 1956 he was awarded by the Ministry of Education in the theater gatherings read by his *Prometheus* and in 1958 he won a contest for young authors organized by the Editorial Carro de Tespis with *The Guest.*

## Radio

In 1962 he published *El reñidero* , his most widespread work, which included him in the realist generation of the 1960s. With it, he won the Municipal Prize for unpublished works. It was premiered on January 11, 1964 in the open-air theater of the Botanical Garden and it was replaced on June 20 of the same year in the Casacuberta Room of the General San Martín Theater . In both cases the plays were directed by Salvador Santángelo .

*El reñidero* has been represented numerous times at the General San Martín Theater in Buenos Aires and at other venues in the country. It was brought to the screen in 1965 under the direction of René Mugica and obtained 3. er . Award from the Institute of Cinematography and was selected to participate in the International Film Festival of Cannes , France.

## Other Works

In 1965, *Capocómico* premiered at the Casacuberta room of the Gral. San Martín Municipal Theater. He also wrote *The Plumber Arrived* , a piece that was made into a movie, and *El gran deschave* (written in collaboration with Armando Chulak ). It is a realistic comedy about the life of a couple in whose life routine and accustomedness were installed. Suddenly, the trigger of a broken television shows that they are truly beings that need to look into each other's eyes, lives that need love, understanding and tenderness. Released in 1975 under the direction of Carlos Gandolfo , it remained on the bill for 3 continuous seasons and won the Argentores award .

In a report published in 1970, De Cecco stated that since the age of 18 he had written more than a hundred radio novels and more than twenty television programs.

In 1975, in England , a version of *El reñidero* was premiered and a free version of this work was also presented at the Teatro Colón. Betty Gambartes wrote the tango opera *Orestes* with music by Diego Vila based on *El reñidero* , which was successfully premiered in Europe.

## Life

### Personal life

De Cecco lived on Calle México 1643 in Buenos Aires in the "Sol-Aire" building that had a large central park and an arch of apartments, together with his wife Martha Gavensky, a visual artist. With her he had a son, Javier Gaspar. In addition, with them lived a previous son of Martha, Alejandro Bellini, son of Juan Carlos Bellini, a renowned dancer.

Sergio was the brother of Alma De Cecco, a well-known radio and tele-theater writer and author, better known as Alma Bressan .

Sergio later married actress Haydée Padilla , known for her character "La Chona". In 1975 the spouses registered as their own in the Civil Registry under the name of María Laura a girl who was delivered to them as a newborn in a hospital. In 2014 Haydée Padilla acknowledged this fact on the radio, clarifying that he was not the son of the disappeared, that he had not had a DNA test but was willing to do it.  In 1976 they separated, she left him for Federico Luppi and he was left in charge of the daughter that she, who could not have children, had wanted to adopt.

## Filmography

As an author and screenwriter

* *I'll be anything, but I love you* (1986). Dir. Carlos Galettini

* *El reñidero* (1965). Dir. René Mugica

### Writer

* *The invisible man attacks* (1967). Dir. Martín Rodríguez Mentaste.

## References

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