María Magdalena Nile del Río (26 December 1906[1] – 22 August 2003) was an Argentine professional singer and movie actress, better known as Imperio Argentina; she became a citizen of Spain in 1999.

María Magdalena Nile del Río was born to Antonio Nile (a guitar player, born in Gibraltar) and Rosario del Río (a native of Monda in the Province of Málaga).

While in Spain, del Río acted in many movies, and frequently worked in television and radio.

[2] In 2001, she published her autobiography, "Malena Clara", written by playwright Pedro Víllora[3] In January 2003, she suffered an angina attack and was admitted to the University Hospital of Malaga.

As a divorcee, she could not, in Francoist Spain, legally marry Joaquín Goyanes, the father of her daughter.