Meche Barba

Meche Barba

Born: September 25, 1922
Died: January 14, 2000
in New York City, New York, USA
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".

Movies for Meche Barba...

Title: Rosalinda
Character: Angustias
Released: March 1, 1999
Type: TV
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 the truth. 20 years later she is freed and try to be once again part of her life. But things get complicated when the daugther, Rosalinda, and Fernando, the son of the man that was killed, become close.
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Title: María la del Barrio
Character: Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares
Released: August 14, 1995
Type: TV
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 with him to go to great lengths to destroy their relationship.
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Title: Maria Mercedes
Character: Doña Chonita
Released: September 14, 1992
Type: TV
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 their lives miserable.
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Los años de Greta
Title: Los años de Greta
Character: Gloria
Released: August 7, 1992
Type: Movie
Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.
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Amor y venganza
Title: Amor y venganza
Released: October 6, 1991
Type: Movie
Young woman miraculously rises from runway model to internationally-acclaimed film star in a few months' time because she's sorta pretty and stuff. Then she decides to get even with an ex-boyfriend who left town for a job and forgot about her.
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Title: La pobre señorita Limantour
Released: March 23, 1987
Type: TV
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As negro
Title: As negro
Released: November 11, 1954
Type: Movie
Two poor children swear an oath: one will study, the other will work and support them both. The worker turns to crime...
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Woman accusing her servant
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Mi papá tuvo la culpa
Title: Mi papá tuvo la culpa
Released: June 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sister.
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The Naked Woman
Title: The Naked Woman
Character: Magda
Released: March 25, 1953
Type: Movie
A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.
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Ambitious
Title: Ambitious
Character: Estela Durán
Released: February 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.
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Quiero vivir
Title: Quiero vivir
Character: Mercedes Rios
Released: January 28, 1953
Type: Movie
Man in the final stages of a fatal illness gets immersed in a new romance and a murder investigation.
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Póker de ases
Title: Póker de ases
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother.
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When Children Sin
Title: When Children Sin
Character: Aurora López
Released: November 20, 1952
Type: Movie
Bad girl makes lives miserable.
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Yo fui una callejera
Title: Yo fui una callejera
Released: September 30, 1952
Type: Movie
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 social class at the end, even though other options were available to her.
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Pasionaria
Title: Pasionaria
Released: April 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Musicians/dancers look for their big show-biz break while dealing with a melodrama/crime activity that involves an abusive husband, a lecherous employer and a heroin lab.
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Dancing, salón de baile
Title: Dancing, salón de baile
Released: February 5, 1952
Type: Movie
Mambo nightclub is a front for gangster activity.
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Cuando tú me quieras
Title: Cuando tú me quieras
Released: December 19, 1951
Type: Movie
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.
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Sandwiches Here!
Title: Sandwiches Here!
Character: María
Released: October 12, 1951
Type: Movie
College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrounds.
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Love for Sale
Title: Love for Sale
Released: May 27, 1951
Type: Movie
Handicapped songwriter falls for bad girl. Again.
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Apartment house
Title: Apartment house
Released: February 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.
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Si fuera una cualquiera
Title: Si fuera una cualquiera
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
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Street Love
Title: Street Love
Character: Queta
Released: May 3, 1950
Type: Movie
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 them a job at a cake stand. Fernando meets Queta, El Pichi's sister, and they both feel attracted. This will lead Fernando to know the hardness of life for people in the suburbs.
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Cuando el alba llegue
Title: Cuando el alba llegue
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
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 takes up with his brother's fiancee. Also other complications.
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Venus de fuego
Title: Venus de fuego
Released: October 29, 1949
Type: Movie
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 so he'll have enough money to move in her circle.
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Eterna agonía
Title: Eterna agonía
Character: Margarita
Released: June 22, 1949
Type: Movie
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.
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El pecado de Laura
Title: El pecado de Laura
Character: Laura
Released: May 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Young woman breaks her engagement to be married when an opportunity for stardom comes her way.
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Lola Casanova
Title: Lola Casanova
Released: May 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live in their settlement.
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Negra consentida
Title: Negra consentida
Released: March 5, 1949
Type: Movie
Free-spirited young woman schemes different ways to trying to nudge her spinsterish older sister into falling in love and getting married.
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Una mujer con pasado
Title: Una mujer con pasado
Released: January 27, 1949
Type: Movie
After cohabiting with a man without benefit of marriage, a young woman discovers the emotional cost of her sinful perversity.
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Cortesana
Title: Cortesana
Released: May 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Young woman breaks up with her fiance to shack up with her sister's husband.
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Músico, poeta y loco
Title: Músico, poeta y loco
Released: May 8, 1948
Type: Movie
An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulfilling the conditions of her father's will. Meanwhile, a street-vendor gets mistaken for an eminent psychologist and is hired to teach at that reformatory.
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Lazos de fuego
Title: Lazos de fuego
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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Gran Casino
Title: Gran Casino
Character: Camelia
Released: June 12, 1947
Type: Movie
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
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Smoke in the Eyes
Title: Smoke in the Eyes
Character: María Ester
Released: November 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon.
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Rosalinda
Title: Rosalinda
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
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 girlfriends.
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Sota, caballo y rey
Title: Sota, caballo y rey
Released: December 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government.