Mecha Ortiz

Acting

Mecha Ortiz

Born 1900-09-23 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, better known as Mecha Ortiz (1900-1987), was an Argentine theater and film actress. She was one of the most relevant figures of the golden age of Argentine cinema. She was consecrated in the 1940s and 1950s.

Acting credits

Blessed be you poster
8.0

María has a powerful reason to hide the fact that she is Enrique's mother.

Blessed be you

1956

Vidas marcadas poster
9.0

Two men define the destiny of a woman in a card game.

Vidas marcadas

1942

Bajo un mismo rostro poster
5.8

Two twin sisters have completely different ways of loving: to one love is profound, to the other is carnal.

Bajo un mismo rostro

1962

The Furies poster
7.5

Five women whose lives revolve around an absent man constantly battle each other in their decaying old mansion.

The Furies

1960

Vacaciones poster
8.5

A woman's dilemma between love for her mother and passion for a man.

Vacaciones

1947

Piedra libre poster
7.0

Eugenia's parents die. She goes to live with Amalita, her close friend. Her grandmother Amalia Pradere a wealth landlady, takes the orphan under her protection. After a chain of events, disappearing her grandchild, Eugenia will take Amalita's place. She will inherit not only Amalia's possessions but also Ezequiel's love, Amalita's widower.

Piedra libre

1976

Maestro Levita poster
8.0

A school teacher tries to support his school against unjust measures by the government and a rich woman helps him.

Maestro Levita

1938

El gran secreto poster
7.0

A meteorologist's wife hurts her sister so she won't reveal who the real mother of her child is.

El gran secreto

1942

María de los Ángeles poster
7.0

Set in 1825, the romance between a Creole woman and a Spaniard, during the Argentine War of Independence.

María de los Ángeles

1948

El mal amor poster
9.0

Widow meets her husband's family for the first time after his death; her mother-in-law hates her and her husband's son from earlier marriage falls in love with her.

El mal amor

1955

Aquel cine argentino poster
9.0

A compilation of the origins of Argentine cinema up to the 1960s.

Aquel cine argentino

1984

Margarita, Armando and his father poster
7.8

A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.

Margarita, Armando and his father

1939

Las tres ratas poster
7.1

Three sisters become orphans. The eldest one will undertake the protection of the rest which involves a very hard task . Eventually, she will have to resign to her happiness.

Las tres ratas

1946

Pájaros de cristal poster
NR

A great dancer, unable to continue dancing, takes as a disciple a girl who wants to succeed.

Pájaros de cristal

1955

La rubia Mireya poster
9.5

The misadventures of a woman and her failed relationships. Everything is represented through the tango mythology.

La rubia Mireya

1948

Joven, viuda y estanciera poster
9.0

Elena is coming back to her country house while León and the person in charge of the estate fight to gain her love.

Joven, viuda y estanciera

1941

Sangre en Castilla poster
10.0

During the war against Napoleon the brave Therese of Pinorrey is erected as Alcaldesa in Castilla, Spain

Sangre en Castilla

1950

Painted Lips poster
6.6

The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.

Painted Lips

1974

Una mujer sin importancia poster
8.0

Raquel is let down during her pregnancy. Twenty years have passed and the man comes up claiming for his paternity.

Una mujer sin importancia

1945

Las locas del conventillo poster
7.3

The neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, is divided in two sectors: one is where decent people live under the tutelage of Magdalena, in the other, Manuel,ir responsible of a nightclub. Among decent people live Manolo, the milkman, awaiting the arrival of a Spanish woman to marry her. At the same time, the villain of Manuel also hopes for a Spanish nightclub. Women Arrivals weapon confusion.

Las locas del conventillo

1966

House of Shadows poster
4.3

Audrey investigates a murder that occured 23 years ago in a dark mansion. She searches for the dead body, the killer, and the truth.

House of Shadows

1976

El abuelo poster
7.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós.

El abuelo

1954

Women Who Work poster
8.2

A rich lady is suddenly in the street after her father's suicide and moves to a pension with many working women from different origins whom she had previously humiliated.

Women Who Work

1938

Safo, historia de una pasión poster
7.0

The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.

Safo, historia de una pasión

1943