Magda Donato

Carmen Eva Nelken Mansberger was born on 6 February 1898 in Madrid,[1] to a merchant family of German Jewish ancestry.

[3] She signed these articles Magda Donato, as a self-affirmation against the strong personality of her older sister, Margarita Nelken.

[3] In 1939 she was forced into exile by the Spanish Civil War, first going to France, and reaching Mexico in November 1941.

[5] Some of her best-known films were La liga de las muchachas (1950), Curvas peligrosas (1950), El amor no es negocio (1949), and Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra los monstruos (1962).

[3] After her death on 3 November 1966 in Mexico City, the Magda Donato Award was created to recognize and reward the best written play of the year.