Nelida Lobato

Nélida Lobato, born Haydée Nélida Menta, was an Argentine dancer, vedette, model, and actress.

Career

She began her career aged 18 dancing on LR3 Radio Belgrano Televisión. Later she appeared at the Bim-Bam-Bum Theatre in Santiago, Chile. In 1955, she was a ballet dancer in Alfredo Alaria dance company. Fifteen days after starting dancing with Eber Lobato, he asked to marry her. Eber became a choreographer and began to improve her career.
She starred at the Lido de Paris, France in Champs-Élysées, after appearing in Las Vegas, where her show lasted almost five years. In Buenos Aires, she starred in several "revistas" and played 'Roxie Hart' in the original Buenos Aires version of the musical Chicago.
In 1965, she starred in the 1964 exploitation film Scream of the Butterfly directed by Eber Lobato, co starring Mary Leona Gage, Nick Novarro and Richard Beebe.

Personal life

She separated from Eber Lobato in 1962, after she had suffered a miscarriage. They carried on working together until 1967, when he remarried. She later became the partner of Argentinian film actor Víctor Laplace, and accompanied him into exile when he left Buenos Aires, after being threatened by the Triple A.
Lobato's grandson, Lenny, is a professional footballer.
Lobato died of cancer in 1982.