Blanquita Amaro (June 30, 1923 in
San Antonio de los Baños,
Cuba – March 15, 2007 in
Miami,
United States) was a
Cuban
film actress of the 1940s and early 1950s who starred in the
Golden Age of Argentine Cinema
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.
She appeared in some 17 films between 1939 and 1954 appearing often in films involving her native Cuba in co-production with Argentina such as ''
A La Habana me voy
''Off to Havana I Go'' ( Spanish: ''A La Habana me voy''), is a 1950 musical Argentine film directed by Luis Bayón Herrera and written by Carlos A. Petit and Rodolfo Sciammarella. It stars Blanquita Amaro and Otto Sirgo. It premiered on 28 June ...
'' (''I'm Coming to Havana''), working under director
Luis Bayón Herrera
Luis Bayón Herrera (23 September 1889 – 30 March 1956) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s. He was "one of the most important directors of the golden age of Argentine cinema".
He ...
. She also appeared in films such as ''
Buenos Aires a la vista'' in 1950 though which on the contrary had strong Argentine themes in it.
She retired from films in 1954.
Post film work
She left Cuba for
Panama in 1959, and settled there with her husband and manager, Orlando Villegas, and their daughter, Idania. For 10 years, she hosted a daily television program and participated in many benefit shows.
Blanquita Amaro died, aged 83, in
Miami of a
heart attack.
Filmography
*''Bésame mucho'' (1944),
[Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M. Lopez Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures 1134788517
- 2002 "Eduardo Ugarte's film Bésame mucho (1944), starring Blanquita Amaro, launched the 'bolero-gangster movie'."]
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'' (1954)
*''Mi viudo y yo'' (1954)
*''Bella, la salvaje'' (1953)
*''Bárbara atómica'' (1952)
*''Locuras, tiros y mambos'' (1951)
* ''
A Cuban in Spain'' (1951) .... Blanquita
*''A La Habana me voy'' (1951)
*''Buenos Aires à la vista'' (1950)
*''
Rincón criollo
''Country Corner'' (Spanish: (Spanish: ''Rincón criollo'') is a 1950 Cuban musical film directed by Raúl Medina and starring Blanquita Amaro, Néstor de Barbosa and Jose Sanabria.García Osuna p.34
Cast
* Blanquita Amaro
Blanquita Amaro (Ju ...
'' (1950)
*''Seductor, El'' (1950)
:aka ''The Seductor'' (International: English title)
*''Noche en el Ta-Ba-Rín, Una'' (1949)
*''
Embrujo antillano'' (1947)
*''Bésame mucho'' (1945)
*''Escándalo de estrellas'' (1944) .... Elena Silveira
* ''
Summer Hotel
''Summer Hotel'' (Spanish: ''Hotel de verano'') is a 1944 Mexican comedy film directed by René Cardona.Herrera-Sobek, p. 1080
The film's sets were designed by Manuel Fontanals.
Cast
* Carlos Amador
* Blanquita Amaro
* Ramón Armengod
* Eva Bris ...
'' (1944)
*''Prófugos'' (1940)
*''Estampas Habaneras'' (1939) .... Caridad Valdes
References
* The Miami Herald; ''Blanquita Amaro, Cuban Entertainer, Queen of Rumba'', 17 March 2007, Page 4B
External links
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1923 births
2007 deaths
People from San Antonio de los Baños
Cuban people of Spanish descent
Expatriate actresses in Argentina
Cuban emigrants to the United States
Cuban film actresses
20th-century Cuban actresses