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Tita Merello

Acting Born Oct 10, 1904 San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina 24 credits

Biography

Tita Merello (born Laura Ana Merello) was a prominent Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. In her 6 decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, she had filmed over thirty movies, premiered twenty plays, had nine television appearances, completed three radio series and had had countless appearances in print media. She was one of the singers who emerged in the 1920s and created the female voices of tango. She is primarily remembered for the songs "Se dice de mí" and "La milonga y yo".

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Known for

Film

The Islanders

as Carancha

Full filmography

  • Filomena Marturano (1950) as Filomena Marturano
  • Amorina (1961) as Amorina
  • Arrabalera (1950) as Felisa Roverano
  • Pasó en mi barrio (1951) as Dominga
  • Idols of the Radio (1934)
  • The Islanders (1951) as Carancha
  • Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola (1965) as Margot
  • Para vestir santos (1955) as Martina Brizuela
  • El andador (1967)
  • Love Never Dies (1955) as Francisca Romero, Doña Pancha
  • Mercado de abasto (1955) as Paulina
  • Merello x Carreras (2015)
  • ¡Tango! (1933) as Tita
  • Las barras bravas (1985) as Tita
  • Los evadidos (1964) as Rosa
  • Dishonor (1952) as Isabel
  • Noches de Buenos Aires (1935) as Dora
  • Ceniza al viento (1942) as Marina
  • Fears (1980)
  • Cinco rostros de mujer (1947) as Margot
  • El canto cuenta su historia (1976) as Self
  • Así es el tango (1937) as Tita
  • La morocha (1958) as Mecha Gutiérrez
  • Morir en su ley (1949) as Laura Moreno