long final illness. She may also have been prevented from performing, as her name appeared on the list of banned artists during the 1979 dictatorship. She appeared briefly in a tribute that Mirtha Legrand did for Channel 9 on the death of Daniel Tinayre. She joined the board of the National Endowment for the Arts and worked with them throughout her retirement. In 1982, she received the Premios Leopoldo Torre Nilsson In 1995, she received the Premio Pablo Podestá and a room at the Tita Merello Complex on Suipacha Street was named in her honor by the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts to acknowledge her stature in Argentine film. On 29 October 2001 she won the first ACE Platinum Lifetime Achievement Award ever presented by the Asociación de Cronistas del Espectáculo (Association of reporters of Show Business) Garcés died on 7 November 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Awards 1941 Premios Sur for Best Actress for Veinte años y una noche 1942 Premios Sur for Best Actress for Malambo 1945 Premios Sur for Best Actress for La dama duende 1957 Silver Condor for Best Actress for Alejandra 1959 Won the World Cinema Golden Figurine from Peru 1982 Premios Leopold Torre Nilsson 1995 Premio Pablo Podestá 1996 Dedication of Delia Garcés room at the Tita Merello Complex 2001 ACE Platinum Lifetime Achievement Award Filmography ¡Segundos afuera! (1937) Viento Norte (1937) Melgarejo (1937) Maestro Levita (1938) Villa Discordia (1938) Kilómetro 111 (1938) Doce mujeres (1939) Alas de mi patria (1939) La vida de Carlos Gardel (1939) Gente bien (1939) Muchachas que estudian (1939) Dama de compañía (1940) Veinte años y una noche (1941) La maestrita de los obreros (1942) Concierto de almas (1942) Malambo (1942) Casa de muñecas (1943) La dama duende (1944) Rosa de América (1946) El gran amor de Bécquer (1946) El hombre que amé (1947) De padre desconocido (1949) El otro yo de Marcela (1950) Él (1952) (in Mexico) Lágrimas robadas (1953) (in Mexico) Rebellion (1954) (in Spain) Mi marido y mi novio (1955) Alejandra (1956) External links References 1919 births 2001 deaths Argentine film actresses People from Buenos Aires Argentine stage actresses