Bertha Moss (August 7, 1919 – February 4, 2008), born Juana Bertha Moscovish Holm, was an Argentine actress of stage, television and film, famous for appearing in many Mexican
telenovela
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s.
Life
She was born in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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. She died February 4, 2008, in Buenos Aires.
She started her career in the cinema of her native Argentina and moved to Mexico in 1959 when she obtained a role in the
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
''El precio del cielo''. Her first film in Mexico came three years later with '' El ángel exterminador'' by
Luis Buñuel
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María Isabel
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...
Los Parientes Pobres
''Los Parientes Pobres'' (''Poor Relatives'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1993. Lucero sang the main theme and it was an airplay hit in all Latin America. It was never released as a single, but it appears in ...
'' (1993) as Tía Brígida
* ''
Amor de nadie
''Amor de nadie'' (English title: ''Nobody's Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1990.
Lucía Méndez starred as protagonist, together with Fernando Allende, Saúl Lisazo and Bertín Osborne.
Cast
* Lucí ...
'' (1990) as Victoria
* ''
Muchachita
''Muchachita'' (English title:''Girl'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Téllez and Lucero Suárez for Televisa in 1986.
'' (1986)
* ''
Pobre juventud
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* ''
Juana Iris
''Juana Iris'' is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Téllez and Lucero Suárez for Televisa in 1985.
Victoria Ruffo and Valentín Trujillo starred as protagonists, while Blanca Guerra starred IN main antagonist. Carmen Montejo
Carmen ...
La divina Sarah
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La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
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* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
Encrucijada
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History
The municipality was divided into the barrios of Centro, Paso Real, El Santo and Vega Redo ...
'' (1970)
* ''
Los inconformes
''Los inconformes'', is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.
Cast
*Columba Domínguez
*Carlos Ancira
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Eugenia
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'' (1963)
* ''
Codicia
''Codicia'' (English title: ''Greed'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.
Cast
*Lilia Prado
*Héctor Gómez
* Rafael Banquells
* Bertha Moss
*Ramón Bugarini
*Xavier Loyá
*Gloria Garcia
*Gu ...
Mi esposa se divorcia
''Mi esposa se divorcia'' is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.
Cast
* ''Lucy Gallardo''
* ''Rafael Banquells''
* ''Andrea Palma''
* '' Bertha Moss''
* '' Mercedes Pascual''
* '' Pila ...
El hombre virgen
''The Virgin Man'' ( es, El Hombre virgen) is a 1956 Argentine comedy film directed by Román Viñoly Barreto
Román Viñoly Barreto (8 August 1914 – 20 August 1970) was a Uruguayan-Argentine film director.
Biography
Viñoly Barreto di ...
Mercado de abasto
''Mercado de abasto'' is a 1955 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Lucas Demare.
Cast
*Tita Merello
*Pepe Arias as Lorenzo
*Juan José Miguez
*Pepita Muñoz
*José De Angelis
* Luis Otero
* Marcelle Marcell as Julian
*Joaquín Petrocino
* ...
Deshonra
''Deshonra'' is a 1952 Argentine film directed by Daniel Tinayre. It was the first portrayal of a lesbian love affair.
Plot
Framed and convicted of a crime she did not commit, Flora, played by Fanny Navarro is sent to prison, where she meets R ...
Story of a Bad Woman
''Story of a Bad Woman'' ( es, Historia de una mala mujer) is a 1948 Argentine drama film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring the Mexican and Hollywood superstar Dolores del Río, María Duval, Alberto Closas. It is based on ''Lady Windermere ...
'' (1948)
* ''
La serpiente de cascabel
''La serpiente de cascabel'' ( ''The rattlesnake'') is a 1948 Argentine comedy film, directed by Carlos Schlieper and written by Eduardo Antón and Ariel Cortazzo. It was premiered on March 17, 1948.
The film's plot is about a romance between a ...
Cristina
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Given name
*Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess
*Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American s ...
El fin de la noche
( en, End of the Night) is a 1944 Argentine film. It is notable for being an anti-Nazi film made in neutral Argentina during World War II and set in occupied France. Shot from August to November 1943 in Cordoba Province, the release was put on ...
Ceniza al viento
''Ashes to the Wind'' ( es, Ceniza al viento) is a 1942 Argentine film directed by Luis Saslavsky.
Cast
The cast is:
* Berta Singerman
* María Duval
* Luis Arata
* Santiago Arrieta
* Tita Merello
* Pedro López Lagar
* Alita Román
* ...
El hombre del puente
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American ...
Apolinar
Apolinar is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada (1827–1911), Bolivian politician
* Apolinar Serrano (1833–1876), Spanish bishop of Havana
* Apolinar Velez
Apolinar Velez y Ramos (January 23, 1865 – O ...
The Exterminating Angel
''The Exterminating Angel'' ( es, El ángel exterminador, links=no) is a 1962 Mexican surrealist film written and directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Silvia Pinal, and produced by Pinal's then-husband Gustavo Alatriste. It tells the story of a g ...