During World War II and the Nazi invasion of the country, she and her family were interned in a concentration camp.
[2][3][1][4] She began her training in radio; later, she had her theatrical debut with Nuestra Natacha in 1952 and worked in Alejandro Casona's Teatro del Pueblo, and then in television, in Televisora Nacional de Venezuela.
RCTV suggested that she adopt the name América, after her emigration destiny, and to change her Yugoslavian surname for that of the Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso.
[3] One of her most remarkable roles was in the film Cangrejo, directed by Román Chalbaud,[3][1] as well as La Gata Borracha, also directed by Chalbaud; Una noche oriental, by Miguel Curiel; and Seguro está el infierno, by José Alcalde.
[2] From the union she had her sons Roberto and Alejandro Bertoul; one lives in Miami and the other in Santiago de Chile.