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Meche Barba
Sign in to saveAlso known as La Venus Azteca, Meche Izanda, La Rita Hayworth Mexicana
Mexican rumbera and actress (1921–2000)
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
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
- Rosalinda — Angustias1999
- María la del Barrio — Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares1995
- Los años de Greta — Gloria1992
- Maria Mercedes — Doña Chonita1992
- Amor y venganza1991
- El cristal empañado — Yolanda1989
- La pobre señorita Limantour1987
- México de mis amores1979
- As negro1954
- Ambitious — Estela Durán1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mercedes
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Mexico City
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Mexican Spanish
- Native language
- Mexican Spanish
- Image
- MecheBarba-1 (cropped).jpg
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- birth name
- Mercedes Barba Feito
- cause of death
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- date of birth
- 1921-09-24
- date of death
- 2000-01-14
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Meche Barba
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