Victoria Cuenca ( fl. 1928–1946) was an Argentine film actress during the country's Golden Age of cinema, as well as a theatre actress and a vedette.

Biography

Victoria Cuenca was born in

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. Together with her sister, Ángela Cuenca, she starred in the Buenos Aires variety stage shows in numerous theater companies led by leading figures in Argentina such as

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, Perla Mary, Héctor Quintanilla, and José Otal. She starred at the Maipo Theater where she worked extensively with

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, and Marcos Caplán-Pepita Muñoz. Her theater credits span the period of 1928 till 1946. Already in the 1940s, Cuenca was part of the Argentine cinema era with roles as a supporting actress. Her first film role was in 1940 in the comedy, ''

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'', along with

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, which also included the film debuts of

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and

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. She performed with

in ''Napoleon'' (1941),Victoria Cuenca. Ver filmografía
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Filmography

* 1940: ''

''. * 1941: ''

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''. * 1941: ''

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''. * 1941: ''Napoleón''.

Theatre

* 1928: ''Bertoldo, Bertoldino y el otro''. * 1928: ''Juventud, divino tesoro''. * 1928: ''Estrellas de fuego''. * 1928: ''Vértigo''. * 1933: ''Yo me quiero divorciar''. * 1934: ''Quisiera que tu me odiaras'' . * 1935: ''La ley de la villa'' . * 1938: ''Good Bye, ¡Obelisco!'' * 1938: ''La voz del Maipo (estación de onda corta)''. * 1938: ''Il barbiere de La Plata''. * 1940: ''La gran vida de Pepe Arias''. * 1944: ''¡Spaghetti House!'', at Teatro Apolo * 1945: ''¡Los Muchachos Quieren Volver!''. * 1945: ''Está… Tutto Listo!'', at Teatro El Nacional. * 1945: ''La futura presidencia: El pueblo quiere saber de lo que se trata'' . * 1946: ''Hay ensueños que son mulas!''. * 1946: ''¡Que frío andar sin saco!''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuenca, Victoria Argentine vedettes People from Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine actresses Argentine film actresses Argentine stage actresses Year of birth unknown 20th-century deaths