Maria Esther Gorostiza Rodriguez, professionally known as Analia Gadé, was born on October 28, 1931, in Cordoba, Argentina. She is the daughter of businessman Fermin Gorostiza and Spanish Theater writer, and has a brother, Carlos Gorostiza, a stage actor. Due to her parents' divorce, Maria Esther was admitted to a religious school, where she remained until the age of 15.
It was during this time that she discovered her passion for cinema after participating in a radio contest and changed her name to Analia when she began her career as an artist. Her film debut was in the late 1940s in La Rubia Mireya, where she worked alongside Fernando Lamas. She then went on to star in various films in Argentina, including appointment in the stars, where she met her first husband, the actor Juan Carlos Thorry.
After making a few movies in Argentina, Analia traveled to Spain, where she settled and failed to gain success in film and theatre. However, she did appear in a number of productions, including honeymoon trip, girls blue, life ahead, Ana says Yes, Moon of summer, and many others. At the beginning of the 1960s, she had the opportunity to present her own TV show, thanks to her talent and beauty that could not pass unnoticed by Europe.
Other notable films she appeared in include operation Embassy from 1963 and 1971's Black Story. She could also be seen in international productions such as Madame Sans-Gene, where she shared credits with Sophia Loren, and in the film Ana says Yes, where she played the role of Bonaparte Carolina. The arrival of the 1970s saw her work for director Jose Maria Forquera in the eye of the storm, a film of intrigue by Jean Sorel, and also appear in the mansion of the fog, a Spanish-Italian giallo, in 1972.
Later, in 1973, she performed at my tutor with the singer Joan Manuel Serrat, and was also in the adulterer with Arturo Fernandez, in the long holiday of 36, directed by Jaime Camino. Analia took part in the erotic film love letters of a nun, shot in 1978 by Jorge Grau, a production that brought her some favorable criticism and other counter. In the early 1980s, she decided to devote almost all her time working in plays, until she suffered a cerebral infarction in 1999 that forced her to take several months of rest.
After recovering, she returned to the stage, starring in an adaptation of sweet bird of youth, a well-known work of Tennessee Williams.
