
Acting
Maria Antonieta Pons
Born — Died
1922-06-12 — 2004-08-20
Place of birth
La Habana, Cuba
Known for
Acting
Credits
51 titles
From Wikipedia Maria Antonieta Pons (July 11, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – August 20, 2004 in Mexico City) was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer. She was the first actress in the Rumberas films in the 1940s and 1950s, in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Known for
6.4A young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island and try life in the real world. Romance, bad luck and astonishing coincidences wait in her path.
La hija del penal
1949
6.8AWOL from French Foreign Legion and hiding in a Prince's harem, clowns get mixed up in palace intrigues
Los legionarios
1958
6.0Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
México de mis amores
1979
6.4Mexican-American playboy anchors his yacht offshore of a Veracruz fishing village and chases skirts in town.
¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
1955
4.8Nightclub performer escapes from her abusive manager and starts life over in a new city.
La reina del mambo
1951
5.6Melodrama about marital infidelity.
The Well-paid
1948
Film credits
1960s · 8 titles
6.7Rosina is frustrated by her engagement to millionaire John Johnson III, a fussy, domineering, control freak. The night before her wedding, she goes out dancing with her maid María, María's husband Tomás, and their friend Gordillo. When Rosina learns Gordillo is a sailor on the yacht owned by Mexican film star José María Beltrán, she decides to stow away and sail to Mexico to be with her grandmother.
Romance in Puerto Rico
1962
Father insists that one of his sons get married... because with no woman in the house, they can't get a good meal. The rest of the movie is devoted to pairing off everybody in sight.
Vámonos para la feria
1961
In his eagerness, to be movie extras, Tin Tan and his carnal Marcelo police get into trouble, among other entanglements.
Una estrella y dos estrellados
1960
5.8Mom doesn't approve of her son's fiancée, so she schemes a scheme to throw him together with a woman she likes better. It involves him leaving town to become a bullfighter, and...
Viva Jalisco que es mi tierra
1961
6.0A Villista girl and a Huertista boy -- can their love cross ideological lines and heal a trembling nation?
El centauro del norte
1962
Felipe the charro returns and discovers that Rosa is going to marry Martín, a stranger from out of town, and feels betrayed. It is a deception, but love, jealousy, and revenge dominate.
Voy de gallo
1963
6.2A sailor decides to marry his girlfriend, but her boss is in love with her and orders a beating for her boyfriend. Once the sailor regains consciousness, he is accused of murder and must flee. Once he gets to the port, however, he is beaten again, losing his memory as a consequence.
Caña brava
1965
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Las cuatro milpas
1960
1950s · 20 titles
6.8AWOL from French Foreign Legion and hiding in a Prince's harem, clowns get mixed up in palace intrigues
Los legionarios
1958
6.4Mexican-American playboy anchors his yacht offshore of a Veracruz fishing village and chases skirts in town.
¡Qué bravas son las costeñas!
1955
4.8Nightclub performer escapes from her abusive manager and starts life over in a new city.
La reina del mambo
1951
Blowhard's mouth runs away with him and he's trapped into having to prove that he knows Maria Antonieta Pons, the big movie star and stuff.
Nunca me hagan eso
1957
5.4Itinerant card-shark with pre-teen daughter adopts an orphan boy; the children grow up and fall in love. Once they decide to get married, complications arise.
Ferias de México
1959
5.8After being stood up at the altar, a young heiress hires a burglar to pose as her husband to help her save face.
Necesito un marido
1955
6.7The Emir of Beirutistan gets the hots for a Mexican singer and arranges to have her kidnapped. Her costar and manager tag along to rescue her.
La odalisca No. 13
1958
7.1Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy.
Carnaval Atlântida
1952
6.2In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.
Teatro del crimen
1957
Gloria sells dolls in benefit of UNICEF and is interested in putting on an international show. In a hotel in Acapulco the ranchero Javier, the Muslims Mustafa and Ali, the Brazilian Mr. Carioca and the charro José Lorenzo meet to carry out the project. Among the men there will be a series of entanglements to dispute the love of the young woman.
Acapulcan
1959
6.8Professional story-teller falls afoul of a sultan, but saves himself from execution using the tricks of his trade.
Las mil y una noches
1958
5.5A factory worker gets pregnant by the son of her boss, who forces his son to marry a rich girl he doesn't love.
La culpa de los hombres
1955
Woman has plastic surgery and reevaluates her relationships with husband and lover while pretending to be a different person.
Sucedió en México
1958
6.0Local gal in a fishing/seaport resort has to decide between a local fisherman and a doctor who comes for vacations.
La gaviota
1955
5.8A dancer surrenders herself to a wealthy, depraved man to save the life of her true love.
Piña madura
1950
6.0No synopsis available yet.
La engañadora
1955
6.0Frivolous woman falls in reallytruly love for the first time, but her past catches up with her and her fiancé kicks her to the curb. Then joining a convent and amnesia and stuff.
Nuestras vidas
1950
5.6Nightclub entertainer discovers the truth about her birth mother while making the right choice in her love life, choosing the good guy over the slimy, exploitative hoodlum.
Flor de canela
1959
5.5Decent, hard-working young woman gradually finds her way toward love and happiness. With occasional spasms of Afro-Cuban dancing.
María Cristina
1951
5.8Malicious gossip drives a wedge between a rising star in musical comedy and her songwriter boyfriend.
La niña popoff
1952
1940s · 22 titles
6.4A young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island and try life in the real world. Romance, bad luck and astonishing coincidences wait in her path.
La hija del penal
1949
5.6Melodrama about marital infidelity.
The Well-paid
1948
6.4No synopsis available yet.
La reina del trópico
1946
6.2After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.
Viva Mi Desgracia
1944
5.4Farmhand moves to the city to be with his mother. He falls in love with the daughter of the rich family for whom she works as housekeeper, and decides to take advantage of his skill as a bullfighter to earn money and status enough to be able to court her.
Toros, amor y gloria
1944
6.3A dangerous gangster, called Álvaro Rambal, is captured by the police. Hoping to be forgiven before his execution, he tells the story of his life to his wife, going from his tragic childhood to the rise and fall of his criminal empire.
Los misterios del hampa
1945
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Balajú
1944
No synopsis available yet.
La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra
1947
5.8No synopsis available yet.
La insaciable
1947
6.2Orphaned, abandoned by her fiance, forced into prostitution by the absence of "respectable" alternatives.And the-e-en...
La mujer del puerto
1949
6.0Wealthy young gentleman falls in love with a cabaret girl of no breeding; he overcomes his prejudices and accepts her in spite of her past... will she live up to his expectations of her?
Ángel o demonio
1947
6.5In a small tropical town, two sisters fight over the love of a young man named José. Fabiola is a noble woman but Sandra will do anything to get him, including witchcraft.
Pasiones tormentosas
1946
6.0Professional bullfighter pretends to his girlfriend that he's a doctor, because her father hates bullfighters and would never let her marry one. Meanwhile...
Mi reino por un torero
1944
6.8Rural-community gal is being courted by a peon and by a land-owner.
Flor de caña
1948
6.0Two children grow up together and when the girl gets married, the young man realizes that he has always been in love with her.
Cruel destino
1944
5.4A new supervisor arrives at a banana plantation to find out the truth behind a series of strange events.
Konga Roja
1943
6.3Mexican movie
La sin ventura
1948
5.8Two adventurers visit a small coastal village in 1850 in hopes of getting access to a shipwreck that took place 100 years earlier. Also, local girlfriends.
Rosalinda
1945
5.6A beautiful young woman, adopted as a child by a man, falls in love with her stepfather and wants to conceive a child with him.
Toda una vida
1945
5.5In 1868, while the Cuban War of Independence develops, Gaston de Montero, a noble Spanish knight, rescues a young girl named Siboney and he helps her to become a successful dancer. Over time, she discovers that she is the daughter of a prominent aristocrat.
Siboney
1940
Homeless singer-songwriter-piano-player gets a career boost with the support of a crippled waitress, and romance blossoms. Once he starts up the ladder of success, she starts feeling insecure about all the beautiful non-deformed women he's surrounded with.
Noches de ronda
1943
6.3Power struggles among the owners of a cigar factory;meanwhile, a society babe and a factory girl compete over the youngest of the executives.
Embrujo antillano
1946
