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Meche Barba

Acting Born Sep 25, 1922 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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Known for

María la del Barrio

as Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares

Rosalinda

as Angustias

Full filmography

  • María la del Barrio (1995) as Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares
  • Maria Mercedes (1992) as Doña Chonita
  • Rosalinda (1999) as Angustias
  • La pobre señorita Limantour (1987)
  • El cristal empañado (1989) as Yolanda
  • Gran Casino (1947) as Camelia
  • Ambitious (1953) as Estela Durán
  • Músico, poeta y loco (1948)
  • Love for Sale (1951)
  • The Naked Woman (1953) as Magda
  • México de mis amores (1979)
  • Reportaje (1953) as Woman accusing her servant
  • Cuando el alba llegue (1950)
  • Dancing, salón de baile (1952) as Elvia
  • Laura's Sin (1949) as Laura
  • El hijo de nadie (1946)
  • Mi papá tuvo la culpa (1953)
  • When Children Sin (1952) as Aurora López
  • Rancho de mis recuerdos (1946)
  • As negro (1954)
  • Póker de ases (1952)
  • Apartment house (1951) as Carmela
  • Una mujer con pasado (1949)
  • Eterna agonía (1949) as Margarita