Legra was rushed to the provincial hospital, where she died in the early morning, the president of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), Alexis Triana, informed.
Adelaida Lopez Legra, known by her stage name Adela Legra, was born in 1939 in Guantanamo, where years later her talent was discovered by the multi-award-winning filmmaker Humberto Solas.
With this director, she landed her first film role, the lead in the medium-length film Manuela (1965), followed by the films Lucia (1968), Miel para Oshun (2001), and Barrio Cuba (2005).
Her name also appears in productions like Rancheador (1976), by Sergio Giral; El Brigadista (1977), by Octavio Cortazar; Aquella noche larga (1979), by Enrique Pineda; Vals de la Habana Vieja (1988), by Luis Felipe Bernaza; and Nada (2001), by Juan Carlos Cremata.
For her contributions to Cuban cinema, she received the Heredia Plaque, was honored at Havana Film Festival New York (2002) and at the 1st Gibara International Low-budget Film Festival (2003), and had the documentaries Adela un nombre de mujer (1999) and Quien me quita lo bailao (2000) dedicated to her.
The renowned actress will be laid to rest in the coming hours at El Calvario funeral home in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba.
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