Meche Barba

Born: 1922-09-25

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".


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The Naked Woman

as Magda
Released: 1953-03-25

A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past...

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Cuando el alba llegue

as uncredited
Released: 1950-03-24

Bad guy who runs a ritzy nightclub is trying to keep his younger brother out of the gutter and...

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Reportaje

as Woman accusing her servant
Released: 1953-11-13

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

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Músico, poeta y loco

as uncredited
Released: 1948-05-08

An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from...

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Sandwiches Here!

as María
Released: 1951-10-12

College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class...

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Gran Casino

as Camelia
Released: 1947-06-12

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the...

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Laura's Sin

as Laura
Released: 1949-05-26

Young woman breaks her engagement to be married when an opportunity for stardom comes her way.

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Quiero vivir

as Mercedes Rios
Released: 1953-01-28

Man in the final stages of a fatal illness gets immersed in a new romance and a murder...

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Rosalinda

as uncredited
Released: 1945-12-25

Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck...

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Cortesana

as uncredited
Released: 1948-05-12

Young woman breaks up with her fiance to shack up with her sister's husband.

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Los años de Greta

as Gloria
Released: 1992-08-07

Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.

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When Children Sin

as Aurora López
Released: 1952-11-20

Bad girl makes lives miserable.

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Street Love

as Queta
Released: 1950-05-03

El Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has...

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Apartment house

as uncredited
Released: 1951-02-08

Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.

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As negro

as uncredited
Released: 1954-11-11

Two poor children swear an oath: one will study, the other will work and support them both. The...

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Lazos de fuego

as uncredited
Released: 1948-01-01

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Una mujer con pasado

as uncredited
Released: 1949-01-27

After cohabiting with a man without benefit of marriage, a young woman discovers the emotional...

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Mi papá tuvo la culpa

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-17

Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate...

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Love for Sale

as uncredited
Released: 1951-05-27

Handicapped songwriter falls for bad girl. Again.

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Negra consentida

as uncredited
Released: 1949-03-05

Free-spirited young woman schemes different ways to trying to nudge her spinsterish older...

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Eterna agonía

as Margarita
Released: 1949-06-22

Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do...

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Sota, caballo y rey

as uncredited
Released: 1944-12-08

Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government.

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Cuando tú me quieras

as uncredited
Released: 1951-12-19

A shoe-clerk's aunt and uncle send him to a remote fishing village to retrieve a distant cousin...

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Lola Casanova

as uncredited
Released: 1949-05-25

Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to...

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Dancing, salón de baile

as uncredited
Released: 1952-02-05

Mambo nightclub is a front for gangster activity.

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Póker de ases

as uncredited
Released: 1952-12-25

Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a...

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Venus de fuego

as uncredited
Released: 1949-10-29

Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp...

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Amor y venganza

as uncredited
Released: 1991-10-06

Young woman miraculously rises from runway model to internationally-acclaimed film star in a few...

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Si fuera una cualquiera

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-31

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Pasionaria

as uncredited
Released: 1952-04-09

Musicians/dancers look for their big show-biz break while dealing with a melodrama/crime...

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Ambitious

as Estela Durán
Released: 1953-02-26

Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.

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Yo fui una callejera

as uncredited
Released: 1952-09-30

Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class....

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Rosalinda

as Angustias
First aired: 1999-03-01

Having to serve a sentence for a murder she did not commit but took the blame for, a woman gives...

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María la del Barrio

as Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares
First aired: 1995-08-14

A brave, poor young girl is welcomed into a rich family and develops a romance with their...

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La pobre señorita Limantour

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-03-23

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Maria Mercedes

as Doña Chonita
First aired: 1992-09-14

María Mercedes, a poor girl who sells lottery tickets, meets a rich man who hates his own family...

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