Juan Carlos Altavista (January 4, 1929 in

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– July 20, 1989) was an Argentine actor and comedian.

Life

Juan Carlos Altavista began his career at Teatro Infantil Labarden,Labarden children's theatre in Buenos Aires. Afterwards he learned from

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, he achieved radio and TV success. Later, Altavista joined '' Polémica en el bar'', a TV sketch featuring Fidel Pintos,

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, Vicente La Rusa, Mario Sánchez and Adolfo García Grau. ''Minguito'' was the star in many films from 1942 to 1988. Altavista died in Buenos Aires on 20 July 1989, due to

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Films

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Melodies of America ''Melodies of America'' (Spanish:''Melodías de América'') is a 1941 Argentinian musical comedy film directed by Eduardo Morera and starring José Mojica, Silvana Roth and June Marlowe.Melgosa p.55 It was intended as an Argentine response to the ...

'' (1941) * Juvenilia (1943) *Cuando en el cielo pasen lista (1945) *Corazón (1947) *Los hijos del otro (1947) *''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emp ...

'' (1947) *Vacaciones (1947) *Los Pérez García (1950) *Camino al crimen (1951) *Pocholo, Pichuca y yo (1951) *La última escuadrilla (1951) *Paraíso robado (1952) *''La tía de Carlitos'' (1953) *''Sangre y acero'' (1956) *'' En la vía'' (inédita - 1959) *'' Todo el año es navidad'' (1960) *'' La novia'' (1961) *'' La murga'' (1963) *'' Los evadidos'' (1964) *El gordo Villanueva (1964) *Fiebre de primavera (1965) *Orden de matar (1965) *¿Quiere casarse conmigo? (1967) *Esto es alegria (1967) *Flor de piolas (1967) * Scandal in the Family (1967) *Lo prohibido está de moda (1968) *La casa de Madame Lulú (1968) *El derecho a la felicidad (1968) *Che, OVNI (1968) *Villa Cariño está que arde (1968) *Carne (1968) * Amor libre (1969) *El salame (1969) *Los muchachos de mi barrio (1970) *El caradura y la millonaria (1971) *''El mundo que inventamos'' (1973) *'' Minguito Tinguitela Papá'' (1974) *Las procesadas (1975) *No hay que aflojarle a la vida (1975) *''

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'' (1976) *Brigada en acción (1977) R *El divorcio está de moda (de común acuerdo) (1978) *Amigos para la aventura (1978) *''

La nona ''Grandma'' ( es, La Nona) is a 1979 Argentine comedy drama film directed by Héctor Olivera and starring Pepe Soriano, Juan Carlos Altavista and Osvaldo Terranova. Synopsis A poor Argentine family of Italian origin lives with their grandmother ...

'' (1979) *Vivir con alegría (1979) *Crucero de placer (1980) * ''

My Family's Beautiful! ''My Family's Beautiful!'' (Spanish: ''¡Qué linda es mi familia!'') is a 1980 Argentine comedy film directed by Palito Ortega and starring Luis Sandrini and Niní Marshall.Finchelstein p.151 It was the final film of the comedian Marshall, who had ...

'' (1980) *Diablito de barrio (1983) *Mingo y Anibal, dos pelotazos en contra(1984) *Mingo y Anibal contra los fantasmas (1985) *Las barras bravas (1985) *Mingo y Aníbal en la mansión embrujada (1986) *Las colegialas (1986) *Tres alegres fugitivos (1988)

Radio

*1976/89 ''El Clan del Aire''. Juan Carlos Altavista.

TV

*SUPERMINGO,11 TV Channel, Buenos Aires.1987 to 1988.

References

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Filmography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Altavista, Juan Carlos 1929 births 1989 deaths Argentine male film actors Male actors from Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine male actors Argentine male television actors Argentine male radio actors