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Meche Barba
Born: 25th Sep 1922 New York City, New York, USA - Died 14th Jan 2000
Dept: Acting
Meche Barba (New York City, New York September 24, 1922 – Mexico City January 14, 2000) (born Mercedes Barba Feito), was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumberas film".
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 42
Film: 37 (88%)
Television: 5 (12%)
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Filmography
Mar 1999 (first aired)
Having to serve a sentence for a murder she did not commit but took the blame for, a woman gives her baby to her sister to be raised without knowing t ... view
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Angustias (80 ep.)
Aug 1995 (first aired)
A brave, poor young girl is welcomed into a rich family and develops a romance with their misogynist youngest son, driving a woman already in love wit ... view
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Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares (185 ep.)
Sep 1992 (first aired)
María Mercedes, a poor girl who sells lottery tickets, meets a rich man who hates his own family and sees in María Mercedes an opportunity to make t ... view
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Doña Chonita (82 ep.)
1992
Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support. ... view
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Gloria
1991
Young woman miraculously rises from runway model to internationally-acclaimed film star in a few months' time because she's sorta pretty and stuff. Th ... view
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1979
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period. ... view
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1954
Two poor children swear an oath: one will study, the other will work and support them both. The worker turns to crime... ... view
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1953
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve. ... view
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Woman accusing her servant
1953
Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sister. ... view
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Original title: La mujer desnuda
1953
A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her. ... view
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Magda
Original title: Ambiciosa
1953
Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously. ... view
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Estela Durán
1953
Man in the final stages of a fatal illness gets immersed in a new romance and a murder investigation. ... view
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Mercedes Rios
1952
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother. ... view
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Aurora López
1952
Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class. Gangster drama and heartbreak, so she goes back to her own ... view
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1952
Musicians/dancers look for their big show-biz break while dealing with a melodrama/crime activity that involves an abusive husband, a lecherous employ ... view
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1952
Some thieves confront the detectives who surprise them while robbing a factory, but manage to escape. ... view
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Elvia
1951
A shoe-clerk's aunt and uncle send him to a remote fishing village to retrieve a distant cousin and bring her back to the bosom of the family. ... view
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1951
College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrounds. ... view
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María
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Original title: Casa de vecindad
1951
Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house. ... view
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Carmela
Original title: Amor de la calle
1950
El Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has dropped, who prevents them from being arrested and offers ... view
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Queta
1950
Bad guy who runs a ritzy nightclub is trying to keep his younger brother out of the gutter and get him into a professional career. Unknowingly, he tak ... view
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1949
Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp guy in her orbit convinces the nice boy to do crimes ... view
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1949
Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward to put his life in order. Downward spiral. ... view
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Margarita
Original title: El pecado de Laura
1949
José, a driver, and Laura, a dancer, were lovers. José couldn't dance with Laura due to his condition on his legs. Therefore, a man notices Laura's ... view
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Laura
1949
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement. ... view
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Lola Casanova
1949
Free-spirited young woman schemes different ways to trying to nudge her spinsterish older sister into falling in love and getting married. ... view
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1949
After cohabiting with a man without benefit of marriage, a young woman discovers the emotional cost of her sinful perversity. ... view
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1948
Young woman breaks up with her fiance to shack up with her sister's husband. ... view
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1948
An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulfilling the conditions of her father's will. Meanwh ... view
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1947
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives ... view
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Camelia
Original title: Humo en los ojos
1946
Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon. ... view
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María Ester
1945
Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck that took place 100 years earlier. Also, local girlfri ... view
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1944
Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government. ... view
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