Nina Quartero

Nina Quartero (born Gladys Quartararo; March 17, 1908 – November 23, 1985) was an American movie actress whose career spanned from 1928 to 1943. She starred in several shorts and later in features such as The Red Mark (1928), Frozen River (1929), and Men of the North (1930).

Early life
Born in 1908 in Mount Vernon, New York, as Gladys Quartararo, the youngest of seven children. Although the press often claimed that Quartero was Spanish she was actually 100% Italian with both parents being immigrants from Sicily.

Quartero was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Quartararo.

Career
She often played supporting roles and sometimes a love interest for the lead male actor. Quartero's olive skin allowed her to play many different types of characters. In One Stolen Night (1928) Quartero was cast with Betty Bronson and William Collier. The story concerns a British World War I soldier who comes to the assistance of an enslaved dancer. In Frozen River (1929) she was paired with Raymond McKee as the motion picture's romantic leads.



In 1931 Quartero appeared in Arizona, an early John Wayne movie. Playing "Conchita," she is a source of strife in Wayne's relationship to the characters depicted by Laura La Plante and June Clyde. She performed again with Wayne in The Man from Monterey (1933). Her final screen performances show Quartero playing very small parts, such as an uncredited native dancer in Green Hell (1940), and a bar-girl in A Lady Takes a Chance (1943).

Personal life
Quartero once tried a publicity stunt by claiming that she was betrothed to Notre Dame All-American quarterback Frank Carideo. Carideo demanded a retraction of Quartero's engagement announcement, although he admitted he knew her from a time when each resided in Mount Vernon, New York. He had also visited her home, in Beverly Hills, California, prior to the 1930 University of Southern California game, to exchange greetings. She married three times. She first married John C. Outhet, a millionaire from Chicago, in 1934 in Mexico but they divorced three years later. In 1937, she married publicist Joseph C. Shea, but divorced him in 1939. She was married to William Hook from 1944 until his death in 1974. She did not have any children.

Quartero died in Woodland Hills, California in 1985, aged 78.

Partial filmography

 * The Sorrows of Satan (1926) - Vamp
 * Driftin' Sands (1928) - Nita Aliso
 * The Red Mark (1928) - Zelie
 * Noah's Ark (1928) - French Girl (uncredited)
 * The Redeeming Sin (1929) - Mitzi
 * One Stolen Night (1929) - Chyra
 * The Eternal Woman (1929) - Consuelo
 * Frozen River (1929) - Jane
 * Frontier Romance (1929, Short)
 * The Virginian (1929) - Girl in Bar (uncredited)
 * Isle of Escape (1930) - Loru
 * Golden Dawn (1930) - Maid-in-Waiting
 * Men of the North (1930) - Woolie-Woolie
 * New Moon (1930) - Vadda - Tanya's Maid
 * The Bachelor Father (1931) - Maria Credaro
 * The Hawk (1931) - Teresa Valardi
 * God's Gift to Women (1931) - Suzanne - a Party Girl (uncredited)
 * Trapped (1931) - Sally Moore
 * The Fighting Sheriff (1931) - Tiana
 * Arizona (1931) - Conchita
 * Arizona Terror (1931) - Lola
 * The Monkey's Paw (1933) - Nura
 * Hell Below (1933) - Nurse (uncredited)
 * The Devil's Brother (1933) - Rita
 * The Man from Monterey (1933) - Anita Garcia
 * Under Secret Orders (1933) - Carmencita Alverez
 * Sons of the Desert (1933) - Sons of the Desert Partygoer (uncredited)
 * The Cyclone Ranger (1935) - Nita Garcia
 * Vagabond Lady (1935) - Mike - Tony's Friend (uncredited)
 * Wife vs. Secretary (1936) - Cuban Telephone Operator (uncredited)
 * The Three Mesquiteers (1936) - Waitress
 * Two in a Crowd (1936) - Celito (uncredited)
 * Left-Handed Law (1937) - Chiquita
 * Submarine D-1 (1937) - Panama Percentage Girl (uncredited)
 * Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) - Cuban Dancer (uncredited)
 * Green Hell (1940) - Native Girl (uncredited)
 * A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) - Carmencita (final film role)