Rosita Arenas

Rosita Arenas

Born: August 19, 1933
in Caracas, Venezuela
Rosa "Rosita" Arenas (born 19 August 1933) is a Mexican actress whose film career was most prominent during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the daughter of Spanish actor Miguel Arenas. At age 16, she was named Reina de la Primavera (Queen of the Spring), and subsequently made her film debut in Anacleto se divorcia (1950). She received more important roles in ¡¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?! (1951), with Pedro Infante and Luis Aguilar, and El señor fotógrafo (1953), with Cantinflas. She also tried her hand at singing; in Los chiflados del rock and roll (1957), she sang the songs "Se me hizo fácil", "Serenata huasteca", and "Qué manera de perder".

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Cambiando el destino
Title: Cambiando el destino
Character: Madre Superiora
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A musical band of teens travel by plane to a scheduled event where they will perform in scenario have an accident and get lost in the middle of the desert.
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Title: Valeria y Maximiliano
Character: Blanca Landero
Released: December 23, 1991
Type: TV
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Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Title: Face of the Screaming Werewolf
Character: Ann Taylor (as Rosa Arenas)
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Experimenting in hypnotic regression to past lives, Dr. Edmund Redding of the Cowan Institute in Pasadena has discovered that Ann Taylor is a reincarnated Aztec woman. Via her recovered memories, she is able to lead Redding and his associates to a hidden chamber in the Great Pyramid of Yucatan, where they hope to find the lost treasure of the Aztecs. Instead, they find two mummified bodies - one of a modern man, quite dead, and the other of an ancient Aztec, quite alive. They are able to return safely to Pasadena with both finds, but a rival professor, Janney, kills Redding and steals the body of the modern man-mummy. This he subjects to a resurrection experiment, which works - only the mummy proves to be a werewolf. Two supernatural menaces roam the city that night. This film is composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror movies, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new footage shot in the U.S. by Jerry Warren.
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Attack of the Mayan Mummy
Title: Attack of the Mayan Mummy
Character: Ann Taylor
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A scientist hypnotically regresses a woman to a previous life, a Mayan princess, who leads him to a secret tomb where the princess was buried - and the mummy of an ancient warrior, cursed to live after death and guard the treasure buried with her. Edited by Jerry Warren from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and following its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage added and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the Mexican footage.
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The Curse of the Crying Woman
Title: The Curse of the Crying Woman
Character: Amelia
Released: August 15, 1963
Type: Movie
A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.
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Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
Title: Neutron vs. Dr. Caronte
Character: Nora Walker
Released: February 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Neutron, a superhero/wrestler, goes up against a mad scientist and his army of monsters.
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Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
Title: Neutron the Atomic Superman vs. the Death Robots
Character: Nora Walker
Released: August 10, 1962
Type: Movie
The evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb. The resulting creation needs blood lots of blood, sending Caronte's midget assistant Nick and his legion of mutant monsters out to get fresh victims. However, the masked atom-superman Neutron vows to put a stop to Caronte's deeds.
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The Witch's Mirror
Title: The Witch's Mirror
Character: Deborah
Released: July 12, 1962
Type: Movie
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
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Twist locura de la juventud
Title: Twist locura de la juventud
Released: June 7, 1962
Type: Movie
The Legion Of Decent Decency is determined to shut down a nightclub where live rock and roll bands play and young people dance The Twist.
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Neutron and the Black Mask
Title: Neutron and the Black Mask
Character: Nora
Released: April 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Dr. Charon and his group of mad scientists built a neutron bomb with trying to blackmail the free world for global power. But the hero appears, Neutron, who, with the help of Dr. Thomas and reporter Nora spoil those plans.
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Dios sabrá juzgarnos
Title: Dios sabrá juzgarnos
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: Movie
Rejected suitor goes all-out in his efforts to break up an engaged couple.
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Muchachas que trabajan
Title: Muchachas que trabajan
Character: Cora Roldán (as Rosa Arenas)
Released: August 24, 1961
Type: Movie
Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.
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Casi Casados
Title: Casi Casados
Released: August 24, 1961
Type: Movie
A poor mechanic is conned into taking the place of a wealthy business magnate so the rich man can take off to work on some major wheeling and dealing. Sure enough, the impostor is trapped in a series of circumstances beyond his control that lead him right to the altar. Once he is wed -- or rather, once the rich businessman is unknowingly wed by proxy, the tycoon returns from his trip with the subsequent surprises in store for all concerned.
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Mujeres engañadas
Title: Mujeres engañadas
Character: Rosa
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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El hombre que perdió el tren
Title: El hombre que perdió el tren
Character: Elena
Released: February 29, 1960
Type: Movie
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El amor que yo te dí
Title: El amor que yo te dí
Character: Noemí
Released: January 18, 1960
Type: Movie
Suave jewelry-thieves caper comedy overlaid with howling family-melodrama coincidences.
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El niño de las monjas
Title: El niño de las monjas
Character: Gloria
Released: November 5, 1959
Type: Movie
When a newborn baby is abandoned in a convent Andalusian Mother Superior decides to be the gardener who takes over from him. As the boy grows, manifest a decided vocation for bullfighting and, although his adoptive father did not endorse, struggle to achieve his dream.
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The Hanged Man's Ghost vs. The Black Whip
Title: The Hanged Man's Ghost vs. The Black Whip
Released: October 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Masked rider leads a posse to defend their town from crimes related to appearances of a hanged man come back from the grave.
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Diez fusiles esperan
Title: Diez fusiles esperan
Character: Teresa
Released: June 15, 1959
Type: Movie
During the first Carlist war in the 1830s in Spain a lieutenant falls into the enemy's hands and is arrested. When condemned, he claims he only wanted to see his newborn baby.
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Vístete Cristina
Title: Vístete Cristina
Released: April 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Aspiring big-band singer who doubles as an art forger takes in a teenaged runaway who wants to be a showgirl.
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3 Lessons of Love
Title: 3 Lessons of Love
Character: Doña Rosa Arenas
Released: January 7, 1959
Type: Movie
The rigid professor Germán, president of the League of Honor and Modesty, hates statues of naked women, but the spirit of his ancestor Casanova leads him to episodes of debauchery and conquest. Married to the rigid Severa, he becomes a corrupt mayor. Only the moralistic Rosa will be able to free him from these strange influences to improve his life and that of the town.
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La noche y el alba
Title: La noche y el alba
Character: Amparo
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Pedro, a street photographer who fought during the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, becomes obsessed with a young model.
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El misterio del látigo negro
Title: El misterio del látigo negro
Released: October 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Zorro-type horseback adventure, series-hero programmer.
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The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
Title: The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
Character: Flor Almada / Xochitl
Released: July 17, 1958
Type: Movie
A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.
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El Látigo Negro
Title: El Látigo Negro
Released: June 19, 1958
Type: Movie
Zorro imitation, first in a series.
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School for Buglars
Title: School for Buglars
Character: Rosaura Villarreal
Released: May 9, 1958
Type: Movie
The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.
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Un indiano en Moratilla
Title: Un indiano en Moratilla
Released: March 10, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Title: The Curse of the Aztec Mummy
Character: Flor
Released: December 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.
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The Aztec Mummy
Title: The Aztec Mummy
Character: Flor Sepúlveda
Released: November 13, 1957
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers through hypnosis a mummy who watches over the jewels of an Aztec god for all eternity.
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Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Title: Los tres mosqueteros y medio
Released: October 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Spoofy adaptation of The Three Musketeers, follows the original very closely.
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Rogaciano el huapanguero
Title: Rogaciano el huapanguero
Released: August 8, 1957
Type: Movie
Itinerant folk-singer returns to his home town, gets caught in two intersecting love triangles. It ends badly.
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Hay ángeles con espuelas
Title: Hay ángeles con espuelas
Released: June 20, 1957
Type: Movie
Two brothers butt heads: one's a gadabout charro playboy and the other's a priest.
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El gallo colorado
Title: El gallo colorado
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A young street vendor who is a cockfighting aficionado, attracted by the image of one of them, settles on the ranch of its owner where he falls in love with the foreman's daughter. All the problems happen and some that afflicted the ranch in the past are solved by him.
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The Doctor of the Crazy Women
Title: The Doctor of the Crazy Women
Released: April 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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La gitana blanca
Title: La gitana blanca
Character: Nina
Released: August 18, 1954
Type: Movie
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La ladrona
Title: La ladrona
Released: March 18, 1954
Type: Movie
Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thiefstress.
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Los solterones
Title: Los solterones
Released: October 11, 1953
Type: Movie
Pop, Bro and Sis all take a vow never to (re)marry after Mom walks out on them.
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El señor fotógrafo
Title: El señor fotógrafo
Character: Chelito
Released: September 2, 1953
Type: Movie
Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
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The Brute
Title: The Brute
Character: Meche
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
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Tu recuerdo y yo
Title: Tu recuerdo y yo
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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La hija del ministro
Title: La hija del ministro
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: Movie
A young bureaucrat's career takes off when it's believed he's keeping company with the daughter of a higher-ranking official.
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El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Title: El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Released: September 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Bumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.
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Mi campeón
Title: Mi campeón
Character: Rosita
Released: June 20, 1952
Type: Movie
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
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¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Title: ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Character: Marianela
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
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Fierecilla
Title: Fierecilla
Released: May 3, 1951
Type: Movie
After discovering his wife in flagrante with another man, a gold prospector kills them both, then takes his daughter to live in the countryside, removed from corrupting influences. Fifteen years later...
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Anacleto Gets Divorced
Title: Anacleto Gets Divorced
Released: September 7, 1950
Type: Movie
Anacleto and Baldomira are a couple who have problems because of gossip from their compadre who wants Baldomira. The marriage is separated for a short time because they realize that they love each other.