Claiming she had always been a "theater rat",[1] and performed her first role at age 8,[3] she trained with students like Zully Moreno, Nury Montsé, Fanny Navarro, and Malisa Zini.

[9] Almost from the beginning, her acting persona was of a naïve heroine, an elfin beauty, who appeared fragile, but had a touch of impishness that portrayed strength and daring.

[1] In 1941 she won a Premios Sur for Best Actress from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences for Veinte años y una noche[13] and repeated the award in 1942 for Malambo,[14] which was presented by Orson Welles.

[7] Garcés starred in "La maestrita de los obreros"[11] in 1942 directed by her husband with Oscar Valicelli, Felisa Mary, Orestes Caviglia, among others.

In her troupe, besides herself were: Alba Castellanos, Orestes Caviglia, Margarita Corona, Enrique Alvarez Diosdado, Alita Román, Domingo Sapelli, and Milagros de la Vega.

[19] But, they stayed and in 1946, she performed La eterna ninfa at the Odeón[20] and filmed Rosa de América directed by her husband with Orestes Caviglia, Antonia Herrero, Elsa O'Connor, among others.

[29] That same year, she starred in a television series on Channel 9, Lo mejor de nuestra vida, nuestros hijos, directed by Alberto Migré based on stories by Julio César Barton.

[31] In 1961, Garcés starred in La doncella prodigiosa, a play by her husband, de Zavalía at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes under the direction of Fernando Labat.

[3][38] 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)[11] Garcés died on 7 November 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.