Charlita
Date of birth: 1921-07-05
Place of birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Charlita Regis, 'Charlita' Roeder, Clara Isabella DeFreitas
Biography
Charlita (born Clara Isabella DeFreitas on July 5, 1921, in Lowell, Massachusetts – died January 28, 1997, in Rancho Mirage, California) was an American film actress and occasional singer, often credited as Charlita Regis. Active primarily in the 1940s and ’50s, she frequently portrayed Latin and exotic characters in numerous Westerns and B-movies.
Movie Credits
Rancho Notorious
1952-04-10
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, A
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952-10-10
Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only s
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
1952-09-04
The Singer Duke Mitchell meets Sammy Petrillo in this parody of Martin & Lewis. They arrive on a jun
Ride, Vaquero!
1953-07-17
Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whet
Take the High Ground!
1953-10-30
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to n
The Naked Dawn
1955-11-02
Santiago, a jolly modern bandito, has just lost his partner when he happens on the isolated farm of
Let's Go Navy!
1951-07-29
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
Khyber Patrol
1954-09-04
British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at th
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956-12-01
The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off sailors
Brimstone
1949-08-15
A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the hun
Massacre Canyon
1954-05-01
A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins.
Six Black Horses
1962-04-24
A beautiful woman with an ulterior motive hires two gunslingers to escort her through Indian territo
South of Caliente
1951-10-15
"King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers stars with his real-life wife, Dale Evans, in this Western about a
The Brave Bulls
1951-04-18
A matador must recover his courage after being gored in the ring.
Green Fire
1954-12-29
In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquista
The Iron Mistress
1952-11-19
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother,
Come Fill the Cup
1951-10-24
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. A
Gun Fury
1953-10-09
After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for dead and head off wit
Callaway Went Thataway
1951-11-15
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on t