Meche Barba
Date of birth: 1922-09-25
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: La Venus Azteca
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".
Movie Credits
Gran Casino
1947-06-12
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the bus
Lazos de fuego
1948-01-01
Mexican movie
Street Love
1950-05-03
El Pichi, El Trompas and El Orejas are street children who pick up a bill that Fernando has dropped,
Sota, caballo y rey
1944-12-08
Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government.
Cortesana
1948-05-12
Young woman breaks up with her fiance to shack up with her sister's husband.
Los años de Greta
1992-08-07
Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.
Smoke in the Eyes
1946-11-13
Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon.
Dancing, salón de baile
1952-02-05
Mambo nightclub is a front for gangster activity.
Laura's Sin
1949-05-26
Young woman breaks her engagement to be married when an opportunity for stardom comes her way.
Ambitious
1953-02-26
Young actress advances her career by choosing boyfriends judiciously.
Love for Sale
1951-05-27
Handicapped songwriter falls for bad girl. Again.
Apartment house
1951-02-08
Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.
When Children Sin
1952-11-20
Bad girl makes lives miserable.
As negro
1954-11-11
Two poor children swear an oath: one will study, the other will work and support them both. The work
¡Acá las Tortas!
1951-10-12
College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrou
Cuando el alba llegue
1950-03-24
Bad guy who runs a ritzy nightclub is trying to keep his younger brother out of the gutter and get h
Pasionaria
1952-04-09
Musicians/dancers look for their big show-biz break while dealing with a melodrama/crime activity th
Lola Casanova
1949-05-25
Sonora Mexico, 1880s: Seri Indian tribe splits into two factions after a white woman comes to live i
Negra consentida
1949-03-05
Free-spirited young woman schemes different ways to trying to nudge her spinsterish older sister in
Póker de ases
1952-12-25
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineerin
Yo fui una callejera
1952-09-30
Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class. Gangster
Amor y venganza
1991-10-06
Young woman miraculously rises from runway model to internationally-acclaimed film star in a few mon
Músico, poeta y loco
1948-05-08
An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulf
Eterna agonía
1949-06-22
Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward t
Quiero vivir
1953-01-28
Man in the final stages of a fatal illness gets immersed in a new romance and a murder investigation
The Naked Woman
1953-03-25
A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails he
Mi papá tuvo la culpa
1953-06-17
Two young sweethearts get married, and then are made to believe that she's his illegitimate half-sis
Rosalinda
1945-12-25
Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck that
Una mujer con pasado
1949-01-27
After cohabiting with a man without benefit of marriage, a young woman discovers the emotional cost
Venus de fuego
1949-10-29
Wholesome young man falls hard for a woman who's identified as a luxury commodity; gangster/pimp guy
Cuando tú me quieras
1951-12-19
A shoe-clerk's aunt and uncle send him to a remote fishing village to retrieve a distant cousin and
Si fuera una cualquiera
1950-05-31
Reportaje
1953-11-13
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Rancho de mis recuerdos
1946-02-14
El hijo de nadie
1946-02-28
Loco y vagabundo
1946-10-10
Mexican movie