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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

37

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-09-25

Day of Death

2000-01-14 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

La Venus Azteca

Meche Barba

Biography

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".

Known For

Acting

Gran Casino

1947

Gran Casino

as

Camelia

Street Love

1950

Street Love

as

Queta

Cortesana

1948

Cortesana

as

Los años de Greta

1992

Los años de Greta

as

Gloria

Smoke in the Eyes

1946

Smoke in the Eyes

as

María Ester

Laura's Sin

1949

Laura's Sin

as

Laura

Ambitious

1953

Ambitious

as

Estela Durán

When Children Sin

1952

When Children Sin

as

Aurora López

As negro

1954

As negro

as

¡Acá las Tortas!

1951

¡Acá las Tortas!

as

María

Lola Casanova

1949

Lola Casanova

as

Lola Casanova

Eterna agonía

1949

Eterna agonía

as

Margarita

Quiero vivir

1953

Quiero vivir

as

Mercedes Rios

The Naked Woman

1953

The Naked Woman

as

Magda

Rosalinda

1945

Rosalinda

as

Reportaje

1953

Reportaje

as

Woman accusing her servant

María la del Barrio

María la del Barrio

as

Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares

Maria Mercedes

Maria Mercedes

as

Doña Chonita

Rosalinda

Rosalinda

as

Angustias

Production

Crew

Directing