- After her death, her body was embalmed by doctor Pedro Ala. When Peron had to leave Argentina, so did Evita's body. Her body was buried for 14 years in Italy, under the name of Maria Maggi.
- During her acting career she was known as Eva Duarte. In her political career she was known as Eva Perón, or, simply, Evita. She inspired the 1979 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice Broadway rock opera "Evita".
- She and Perón were sympathetic to the Nazi cause because Adolf Hitler was opposed to Communism. As many as 9,000 former Nazis and collaborators - including Dinko Sakic, Josef Mengele, and Adolf Eichmann - may have fled to South America, 5,000 of them settling in Argentina. The book "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Latin America" (2011) claims Perón and Eva accepted property looted from Jewish Holocaust victims as payment for granting asylum.
- Only a few months after "the Renouncement," Evita underwent a secret radical hysterectomy in an attempt to cure her of her advanced cervical cancer. She was the first person who had a hysterectomy in Argentina (1952).
- She founded the Maria Eva Duarte de Peron Foundation in 1948.
- Briefly ran for vice-president of Argentina.
- Played by Faye Dunaway in Evita Peron (1981), Madonna in Evita (1996), Patti LuPone in the 1979 Broadway rock opera "Evita", Julie Covington on the 1976 concept album of "Evita", Elaine Paige in the 1978 London production of "Evita", and Elena Roger in the 2012 Broadway revival of "Evita".
- Created the Female Peronist Party, which was the first large female political party in the nation in year 1948.
- Her mother was Juana Ibaguren. She also had four siblings: Elisa, Blanca, Juan, and Erminda. She was the youngest.
- She died at 8.25pm.
- Had a fallout with Libertad Lamarque during the making of Circus Cavalcade (1945). After Lamarque was blacklisted by the Perón regime, she went into exile in Mexico.
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