
Acting
Tita Merello
Born — Died
1904-10-10 — 2002-12-24
Place of birth
San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Acting
Credits
38 titles
Tita Merello (born Laura Ana Merello) was a prominent Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. In her 6 decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, she had filmed over thirty movies, premiered twenty plays, had nine television appearances, completed three radio series and had had countless appearances in print media. She was one of the singers who emerged in the 1920s and created the female voices of tango. She is primarily remembered for the songs "Se dice de mí" and "La milonga y yo".
Known for
8.3Filomena, a former prostitute in her 40s, tricks a wealthy shopkeeper to marry her and support her three children.
Filomena Marturano
1950
6.5Disenfranchised working-class woman leaves a bad man and finds a good one. Twenty years later...
Arrabalera
1950
6.8Leandro and Carancha inhabit the islands located in the Parana delta. When their son brings home a girlfriend, her presence makes Carancha jealous and dramatic consequences ensue.
The Islanders
1951
9.0A late pregnancy disrupts the routine of a mature marriage.
El andador
1967
8.0Different love stories that take place in a radio station.
Idols of the Radio
1934
7.0Movie divided in three episodes: a family mother becomes a successful singer; an Argentinian reporter follows a Spanish cupletista from the beginning of the XX century; the reunion of three old actors and their lies about their success.
Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola
1965
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 2 titles
6.5A plague ravages Buenos Aires. Those affected by it are executed on the spot; those who are healthy should report to the authorities. Escaping both from the authorities and from the disease, seven survivors head south.
Fears
1980
5.0A widowed mother cannot prevent her child from dying from an overdose.
Las barras bravas
1985
1970s · 2 titles
10.0A parade of musical paintings that includes fragments of Argentine films and a Proartel television program that Channel 13 broadcast in 1965.
El canto cuenta su historia
1976
6.5Based on the life of María Salomé Loredo, a figure famous for her healings and assistance to the poor of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century.
La madre María
1974
1960s · 8 titles
9.0A late pregnancy disrupts the routine of a mature marriage.
El andador
1967
7.0Movie divided in three episodes: a family mother becomes a successful singer; an Argentinian reporter follows a Spanish cupletista from the beginning of the XX century; the reunion of three old actors and their lies about their success.
Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola
1965
8.5A woman feels abandoned by her husband and children.
Amorina
1961
There are 3 stories about the intermediaries of marriage (the ads of magazines, seers and agencies): Sentimental mail, about an energetic woman who wants to marry a dominable man; Elixir of love, on the subject of the title; and Romantic about a melodic singer.
La industria del matrimonio
1965
7.0Inmates in a prison plan a massive break. When they put their plan into action, however, they find that they may have underestimated the guards and prison officials, and the situation quickly turns into a bloody gun battle. This action feature from director Enrique Carreras was the official entry for Argentina at the 1964 Berlin Film Festival.
Los evadidos
1964
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Los hipócritas
1965
8.0A couple of screenwriters try to find a new idea for a movie.
¡Viva la vida!
1969
9.5Three stories where optimism triumphs: a television director finds a new mother for his children, an old couple of artists deal with a sentimental crisis and an illustrator whose father is an alcoholic fights to educate his brother.
Esto es alegría
1967
1950s · 11 titles
8.3Filomena, a former prostitute in her 40s, tricks a wealthy shopkeeper to marry her and support her three children.
Filomena Marturano
1950
6.5Disenfranchised working-class woman leaves a bad man and finds a good one. Twenty years later...
Arrabalera
1950
6.8Leandro and Carancha inhabit the islands located in the Parana delta. When their son brings home a girlfriend, her presence makes Carancha jealous and dramatic consequences ensue.
The Islanders
1951
10.0An italian man is unfairly imprisoned and his wife must work to maintain the family.
Pasó en mi barrio
1951
7.3Three-episode film linked to each other by means of a medallion, where love is the engine that drives people to act the way they did.
Love Never Dies
1955
6.0A humble woman breaks her relationship with her boyfriend and dedicates herself to taking care of her siblings, as they grow up she is left alone.
Para vestir santos
1955
A handsome newcomer in a village marries a local girl. A year or so later an abandoned baby is left on the couple's doorstep, a baby the man had with another woman. They decide to raise the kid along with the one they had together.
Guacho
1954
5.8The woeful tale of a trained nurse falsely accused of murder and shipped off to prison for five years.
Dishonor
1952
9.0A prostitute persecuted by the police, receives the interested protection of a greedy merchant. He takes refuge in his house one night and meets his nephew, a sensitive boy who wants to be a musician.
La morocha
1958
7.0The action occurs in Abasto Market in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A grown up single woman marries a mafia man who promised her he would change. After they've married, his past come to ruin the wife's life.
Mercado de abasto
1955
6.0A woman and a man are involved in trafficking.
Vivir un instante
1951
1940s · 6 titles
6.7"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which one will it be?
Cinco rostros de mujer
1947
10.0A retired actor decides to donate his savings to his nephew and move to an old house, there he meets an old love.
Don Juan Tenorio
1949
5.5The director of a tango set is in love with the singer but she marries another man who eventually abandons her. In their old age, their children will fulfill their dreams.
La historia del tango
1949
9.0Desideria, a servant girl, dreams of traveling to Buenos Aires. Incredibly, Blas Pastrana, a relative of her employers, is dying in Argentina and expressly asks them to travel with her. When he arrives at his deathbed, he says that he inherits everything to the employee, confessing that she is his daughter, but on one condition: that in less than two weeks she gets married. Her employers try to convince her to marry the son of the family, Jorge, but Desideria is interested in Tito, a nice porteño. Everything ends in a surprise ending.
P'al otro lado
1942
6.0A policeman infiltrates a gang of criminals.
Morir en su ley
1949
The story of different episodes that happen in each of the sections of a newspaper.
Ceniza al viento
1942
1930s · 5 titles
8.0Different love stories that take place in a radio station.
Idols of the Radio
1934
5.4Two unfaithful husbands have to win their wives back while they take their revenge on them by going out with other people.
Así es el tango
1937
10.0Various love and crime stories take place in the context of a theater, between tango singers, musicians and dancers.
Noches de Buenos Aires
1935
8.0¡Tango! follows a formula established by Carlos Gardel with films such as Luces de Buenos Aires (The Lights of Buenos Aires, 1931) in which a melodramatic story is interspersed with tango songs. However, the film had less dialog and more music, making it more like a musical revue. This format would be copied by many subsequent films. The plot is derived from tango songs. Many of these songs tell of the seduction of an innocent slum girl by a rich man who promises her a glamorous life, but who abandons her when her looks fade. The stylized and sentimental plot of ¡Tango! revolves around a young man who is abandoned by his girlfriend for an older rich man and is heartbroken. The film follows his misfortunes.
¡Tango!
1933
10.0Daniel, a smuggler is chased by a policeman. In his escape are helped by the messages that his lover transmits to him in code by means of the tangos that sings in a radio program. To hide himself, he pretends to be a teacher in a small town in Entre Ríos, and by the time he discovers it, the police have already faced a new life.
La fuga
1937


