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Excelentísima Señora DoñaLina MorganOAXS MML
Born	María de los Ángeles López Segovia (1937-03-20)20 March 1937 Madrid, Spain
Died	19 August 2015(2015-08-19) (aged 78) Madrid, Spain
Occupation(s)	Actress, theater impresario
Years active	1949–2008

María de los Ángeles López Segovia OAXS MML (20 March 1937 – 19 August 2015), better known as Lina Morgan, was a Spanish film, theater, radio, revue and television actress and vedette. Throughout her career, she stood out for playing mostly comic roles and those related to popular genres such as the Spanish revue and musical comedy. She was also the theater impresario and owner of the Teatro La Latina in Madrid.

Morgan received many accolades throughout her career in film, stage and television spanning near six decades. She was also the recipient of many honors. The Government of Spain honored her with the Gold Medal of Merit in Labour in 1984, the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 1999 and with the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise in 2015 posthumously.

Biography

Morgan was born to Emilio López Roldán and Julia Segovia García, and was their fourth child. When she was sixteen, Morgan began working as a showgirl. She received her first major role in 1956 with the movie Mujeres or Diosas, replacing actress Mercedes Llofriu. It was during this time that she adopted her screen name of "Lina Morgan".

She was also the theater impresario of the Teatro La Latina in Madrid from 1978 to 2010, first renting the theater and since 1983 owning it.

Filmography

Film

• El pobre García (1961)
• Vampiresas 1930 (1962)
• Una tal Dulcinea (1963)
• Objetivo: las estrellas (1963)
• Julieta engaña a Romeo (1965)
• La cesta (1965)
• Algunas lecciones de amor (1966)
• ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? (1967)
• Las que tienen que servir (1967)
• Los subdesarrollados (1968)
• Unmarried and Mother in Life (1969)
• The Complete Idiot (1970)
• La graduada (1971)
• Dos chicas de revista (1972)
• La descarriada (1973) as Nati García
• La llamaban La Madrina (1973)
• Una monja y un Don Juan (1973)
• Señora doctor (1974)
• Una pareja... distinta (1974)
• Fin de semana al desnudo (1974)
• Los pecados de una chica casi decente (1975)
• Imposible para una solterona (1976)
• Ésta que lo es... (1977)
• Un día con Sergio (1977)

Accolades

Atv Awards

Premios Ondas

Fotogramas de Plata

TP de Oro

Honours

• Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 20 June 1984).
• Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Kingdom of Spain, 4 December 1999).
• Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Second of May (Community of Madrid, 02 May 2010).
• Dame Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise (Posthumous, Kingdom of Spain, 28 August 2015).

References

1. "LINA MORGAN DEJA SUS BIENES A INSTITUCIONES BENÉFICAS". Europa Press. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
2. "Daniel Pontes: "Lina Morgan me ha dicho que mande a todos a la mierda"". ABC.es. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
3. "Lina Morgan sells La Latina theater to two businessmen". El País (in Spanish). 18 June 2010.
4. "1998 Awards". Premios Ondas (in Spanish).
5. "Victoria Abril and Imanol Arias". El País (in Spanish). 9 March 1988.
6. "Premios TP de Oro 1994". Teleprograma. No. 1505. 4 February 1995.
7. "Premios TP de Oro 1996". Teleprograma. No. 1608. 25 January 1997.
8. "Premios TP de Oro 1997". Teleprograma. No. 1659. 17 January 1998.
9. "Premios TP de Oro 1998". Teleprograma. No. 1711. 15 January 1999.
10. "Premios TP de Oro 2001". Teleprograma. No. 1868. 27 January 2002.
11. "Real Decreto 1189/1984, de 20 de junio, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo, en su categoría de Oro, a doña María de de los Angeles López Segovia, de nombre artístico Lina Margan" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 23 June 1984.
12. "Real Decreto 1886/1999, de 3 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de Oro, a las personas y entidades que se citan" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 4 December 1999.
13. "La Comunidad de Madrid premia con la Medalla de Oro a Luca de Tena, Lina Morgan y Nicolás Redondo, entre otros" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 22 April 2010.
14. "Real Decreto 787/2015, de 28 de agosto, por el que se concede, a título póstumo, la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio a doña María de los Ángeles López Segovia (Lina Morgan)" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 28 August 2015.

External links

• Lina Morgan site
• Lina Morgan at IMDb

• 1936 births
• 2015 deaths
• Actresses from Madrid
• Spanish film actresses
• Spanish television actresses
• Spanish stage actresses
• Spanish women comedians
• Spanish theatre managers and producers
• Spanish Roman Catholics
• Recipients of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise
• Comedians from Madrid