Pablo Podestá

Cecilio Pablo Fernando Podestá (22 November 1875, in Montevideo – 26 April 1923, in Buenos Aires) was a Uruguayan-Argentine stage actor, singer, acrobat, sculptor and painter.

Three of the brothers, including Pablo, were billed as the "Condors of the Trapeze", and "Pepé" created the character he would portray to great acclaim for many years, "Pepino 88".

In 1912, Julio Sánchez Gardel wrote La montaña de las brujas specifically for Podestá, to highlight his expressive body in performance.

[12] That same year, he opened the play La fuerza ciega by Vicente Martínez Cuitiño [es] to the praise of French director Aurélien Lugné-Poe, who lamented that he could not convince Podestá to perform in Paris.

[13] On 12 August 1919, the International Variety Artists' Society, a charitable organization run by Carlos Gardel and José Razzano held a benefit event for Podestá.

The program featured plays, a comic monologue from Florencio Parravicini, songs from Teresita Maravall "La Zazá", dances by Antonia Mercé Y Luque, a speech by playwright Enrique García Velloso [es] and numerous other tributes.

[13] In 2011, a play entitled Pablo y Olinda directed by José María Paolantonio [es] featuring the careers of Bozán and Podestá was opened at Teatro Andamio 90.