
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
8.0María has a powerful reason to hide the fact that she is Enrique's mother.
Blessed be you
1956
9.0Two men define the destiny of a woman in a card game.
Vidas marcadas
1942
5.8Two twin sisters have completely different ways of loving: to one love is profound, to the other is carnal.
Bajo un mismo rostro
1962
7.5Five women whose lives revolve around an absent man constantly battle each other in their decaying old mansion.
The Furies
1960
8.5A woman's dilemma between love for her mother and passion for a man.
Vacaciones
1947
7.0Eugenia'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
8.0A school teacher tries to support his school against unjust measures by the government and a rich woman helps him.
Maestro Levita
1938
7.0A meteorologist's wife hurts her sister so she won't reveal who the real mother of her child is.
El gran secreto
1942
7.0Set in 1825, the romance between a Creole woman and a Spaniard, during the Argentine War of Independence.
María de los Ángeles
1948
9.0Widow 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
9.0A compilation of the origins of Argentine cinema up to the 1960s.
Aquel cine argentino
1984
7.8A 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
7.1Three 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
NRA great dancer, unable to continue dancing, takes as a disciple a girl who wants to succeed.
Pájaros de cristal
1955
9.5The misadventures of a woman and her failed relationships. Everything is represented through the tango mythology.
La rubia Mireya
1948
9.0Elena 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
10.0During the war against Napoleon the brave Therese of Pinorrey is erected as Alcaldesa in Castilla, Spain
Sangre en Castilla
1950
6.6The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.
Painted Lips
1974
8.0Raquel is let down during her pregnancy. Twenty years have passed and the man comes up claiming for his paternity.
Una mujer sin importancia
1945
7.3The 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
4.3Audrey 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
7.0Based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós.
El abuelo
1954
8.2A 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
7.0The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.
Safo, historia de una pasión
1943