Yani Forner
| Yani Forner | |
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| Born | 1960 Málaga, Spain |
| 💀Died | 1993 (aged 32–33) Barcelona, Spain1993 (aged 32–33) |
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| 📆 Years active | 1984–1993 |
Yani Forner (1960–1993) was a Spanish actress and vedette. In 1987, she became the first trans woman to star in a Spanish film.
Life and career
Yani Forner was born in Malaga, Spain in 1960.[1] She began performing as a vedette at the popular cabaret Barcelona de Noche in the 1980s, performing with artists such as Pierrot, Marvin Salas and Bibiana Fernández.[2] She also worked in several venues in Malaga and Madrid.[1]
In 1987, she starred in the film Adela, by Carlos Balagué. In the film she plays Adela, a trans prostitute who becomes the lover of a police officer (played by Fernando Guillén), with whom she plans to get hold of a drug stash.[1][3] For the film, Forner had to be dubbed, because no live sound was recorded.[1] She also participated in sequences of the films La tercera luna (1984) and La rubia del bar (1986) by Ventura Pons.[1]
She died at the age of 32 in 1993 in Barcelona, Spain, from complications due to AIDS.[1]
Tributes
She was among the people honored in the 2021 artistic exhibition entitled Alta tecnología travestí ¡Que lo trans sea ley! (High-tech transvestite, let trans be law! ) by Rubén Antón.[4]
A year later, in 2022, she was the protagonist of photographic exposition entitled YANI FORNER.
The brilliant endures, which remained on display from April 9 to May 26 at Cincómonos Espai d'Art, in Barcelona.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Distributor | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | La tercera luna | Gregorio Almendros | |
| 1986 | La rubia del bar | Maca | Ventura Pons |
| 1987 | Adela | Adela | Carles Balagué |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Vegas, Valeria (2020). Libérate: la cultura LGTBQ que abrió camino en España (1 ed.). Dos Bigotes. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-84-121428-8-4. OCLC 1229083120. Search this book on
- ↑ "Drag is Burning: Yani Forner". Facebook. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ "Adela (película 1987) - Tráiler. resumen, reparto y dónde ver. Dirigida por Carles Balagué". La Vanguardia (in español). 2022-12-26. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ↑ "¡La exposición 'Alta tecnología travestí ¡Que lo trans sea ley! llega a Mucha Masia". Mucha Masía. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ "YANI FORNER. El brillante perdura". Ajuntament de Barcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-12-09.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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