Libertad Lamarque

Actress

November 24, 1908 (92 years)

† December 12, 2000

Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina

Biography

Libertad Lamarque (November 24, 1908 – December 12, 2000) was an Argentine actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and became known as “La Novia de América” (“The Sweetheart of the Americas”). By the time she died in 2000, she had appeared in 65 films (21 filmed in Argentina, 45 in Mexico and one in Spain) and six soap operas, had recorded over 800 songs and had made innumerable theatrical appearances.

Filmography

7.8

Little Angel Face

Madre Superiora Piedad de la Luz

Carita de Angel is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for Mundo de juguete. Tells the story of Dulce Maria, a sweet, 5-year-old girl full of joy, compassion, and good feelings. After the death of her mother, her father Luciano Larios sinks into depression and lives abroad for a few years, leaving his daughter and loved ones behind. Dulce Maria enrolls in a Catholic boarding school for girls called "Reina de America" (Queen of America) to be taken care of by the nuns, as well as being taken care of by her uncle Gabriel, who is a priest.

7.6

Deceptions

Abuela Piedad vda de Bracho

The show's premise revolves around a pair of twin sisters who were separated when they were young, and as adults the younger sister is forced to act as a "replacement" for her wealthy twin who wants to temporarily leave her husband and his family to enjoy a life of luxury with multiple lovers.

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Siempre lunes

Self - Guest

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8.0

Soledad

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8.5

Beyond Deceptions

Abuela Piedad vda. de Bracho

A few years pass after Paulina Martinez gets married to Carlos Daniel. She is now Paulina Bracho and she is now going to school. She has two loving step-children who love her and a new child of her own with Carlos Daniel. Everything seems like a happy end to the original story. But, when Paulina goes to the Doctor to check up on an exam, only the worst happens, she thinks she has anemia, but the doctor has discovered that she has cancer and has only 6 months to live, now she must hide her secret from her husband, his children and her new baby. She then must find courage in herself to tell everyone who loves her the truth...she also must set up Carlos Daniel with a new woman, she chooses the new maid and tells her the truth, but strangely enough Paulina does not seem to deteriorate form her illness, the maid becomes anxious and wants Carlos Daniel to fall in love with her, she would do anything to get his hands on him even if it meant ending Paulina's life...

5.5

Mi campeón

Cantante

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.

5.6

Bello recuerdo

Lucy

Back from vacation, Lucy, a school's music teacher, misses a boy. People say he will not return because he recently lost his father. She is very affected by his favorite student, so she decides to go to see him, finding the house in utter ruin. But chance makes Lucy forced to take the child and immediately found in him the son that was kidnapped years ago in America when she was a famous artist.

6.5

La infame

Cristina Ferrán

For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a normal child.

6.9

Anxiety

María de Lara

Twins (both played by Infante) are separated while very young, one raised as a singer by their widowed mother and another as the heir to one of Mexico's richest families. Their paths cross in the future, but they are unable to recognize each other due to their very different social backgrounds.

6.7

Honeysuckle

Blanca

A film star enjoys a romance with the daughter of a puppeteer, but his criminal past threatens to ruin it.

5.3

Gran Casino

Mercedes Irigoyen

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.

6.6

Yo pecador

Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.

6.4

Bewitching Kisses

Marga

A singer is kidnapped by a rancher and her boyfriend comes to rescue her.

5.4

Amor en la sombra

Claudia Montes

A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.

8.0

¡Tango!

Elena

¡Tango! follows a formula established by Carlos Gardel with films such as Luces de Buenos Aires (The Lights of Buenos Aires, 1931) in which a melodramatic story is interspersed with tango songs. However, the film had less dialog and more music, making it more like a musical revue. This format would be copied by many subsequent films. The plot is derived from tango songs. Many of these songs tell of the seduction of an innocent slum girl by a rich man who promises her a glamorous life, but who abandons her when her looks fade. The stylized and sentimental plot of ¡Tango! revolves around a young man who is abandoned by his girlfriend for an older rich man and is heartbroken. The film follows his misfortunes.

6.8

Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra

Laura

The story revolves around Laura, a white singer, and Angustias, her longtime black friend, with both mothers dedicated to the education of their daughters: Alicia and Roberta. Trouble ensues when Laura’s daughter, Alicia, falls in love with Ricardo, a young black medical student.

6.0

México de mis amores

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.

5.3

La vida de Pedro Infante

(archive footage)

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6.5

La sonrisa de mamá

Angéloca Zamora

Angelica Zamora is a famous actress and singer, ignored by her three children Julio, Clotilde and Felipe. After learning of a serious illness that leaves her little time to live, her children and their friends intend to make her spend her best moments without being aware of the disease she suffers. Julio will even propose to someone to please his mother.

7.2

The Circus Cavalcade

Nita

The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.