Hilda Isabel Gorrindo Sarli, nicknamed Coca, was an Argentine actress. She was known for starring in several sexploitation films by Armando Bó, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. She began her career as a model, becoming Miss Argentina and reaching the semi-finals of Miss Universe 1955. She was discovered by Bó in 1956 and made her acting debut the following year with Thunder Among the Leaves, in which a controversial nude scene featuring Sarli made it the first film to feature full frontal nudity in Argentine cinema.
Sarli in the late 1960s
Sarli circa 1966
Bó and Isabel Sarli in Una mariposa en la noche, 1976.
Sarli in the Guadalajara International Film Festival, 2008
Armando Bó was an Argentine film actor, director, producer, screenwriter and score composer of the classic era. He made drama and sexploitation films of the 1960s and 1970s starring his favorite actress and romantic partner, sex symbol Isabel Sarli. His works include Thunder Among the Leaves, which features the first nude scene in an Argentine film.
Armando Bó in the 1940s, photographed by Annemarie Heinrich
Bó and Isabel Sarli in Una mariposa en la noche, 1976.