Olga San Juan

Olga San Juan

Born: March 16, 1927
Died: January 3, 2009
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Olga San Juan, was a Nuyorican (a New York-born Puerto Rican) stage and screen actress, dancer and comedian. After talent scouts spotted her at the Copacabana nightclub in New York City, she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1943. Olga San Juan was dubbed the "Puerto Rican Pepper pot" or "Beauty Siren" for singing and dancing roles alongside Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and many others.

Movies for Olga San Juan...

The 3rd Voice
Title: The 3rd Voice
Character: Blonde Prostitute
Released: March 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Marian Forbes has been having an affair with her boss and when he drops her for another woman. In an act of jealousy and greed she convinces an acquaintance to murder her former lover and then impersonate him just long enough to get their hands on a large sum of money.
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Title: The Lux Show
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: TV
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Title: The Rosemary Clooney Show
Character: Self
Released: May 22, 1956
Type: TV
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Title: The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Character: Conchita
Released: May 27, 1949
Type: Movie
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. As this is usually the local judge's rear-end, Freddie and friend Conchita are soon hiding out teaching school in the middle of nowhere.
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
Title: The Countess of Monte Cristo
Character: Jenny Johnsen
Released: October 31, 1948
Type: Movie
This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
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One Touch of Venus
Title: One Touch of Venus
Character: Gloria
Released: August 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.
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Are You With It?
Title: Are You With It?
Character: Vivian Reilly
Released: March 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.
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Variety Girl
Title: Variety Girl
Character: Amber La Vonne
Released: August 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
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Cross My Heart
Title: Cross My Heart
Character: Dancer
Released: December 18, 1946
Type: Movie
A compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her and build a reputation for himself.
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Blue Skies
Title: Blue Skies
Character: Nita Nova
Released: October 15, 1946
Type: Movie
Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long.
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The Little Witch
Title: The Little Witch
Character: Guadalupe, Nightclub Singer
Released: December 28, 1945
Type: Movie
Olga San Juan is the singing and dancing star of a night club in a South America country,and is in love with Bob Graham, the orchestra leader and vocalist, whose wealthy parents are unaware of his club and musical activities. The parents, when told of the romance, think the girl is after the son's future inheritance. A Paramount "Musical Parade" short.
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Hollywood Victory Caravan
Title: Hollywood Victory Caravan
Character: Olga San Juan
Released: September 30, 1945
Type: Movie
A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.
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Duffy's Tavern
Title: Duffy's Tavern
Character: Gloria
Released: September 28, 1945
Type: Movie
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
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Out of This World
Title: Out of This World
Character: Glamourette Quartet
Released: July 13, 1945
Type: Movie
An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.
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Out of This World
Title: Out of This World
Character: Member, Glamourette Quartet
Released: July 13, 1945
Type: Movie
An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.
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Bombalera
Title: Bombalera
Character: Rose Perez 'La Bomba'
Released: February 9, 1945
Type: Movie
1945 film nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Subject, Two Reel
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Rainbow Island
Title: Rainbow Island
Character: Miki
Released: October 5, 1944
Type: Movie
Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground.