
Acting
Tita Merello
Born 1904-10-10 · San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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".
Acting credits
10.0An italian man is unfairly imprisoned and his wife must work to maintain the family.
Pasó en mi barrio
1951
6.5Disenfranchised working-class woman leaves a bad man and finds a good one. Twenty years later...
Arrabalera
1950
8.5A woman feels abandoned by her husband and children.
Amorina
1961
8.3Filomena, a former prostitute in her 40s, tricks a wealthy shopkeeper to marry her and support her three children.
Filomena Marturano
1950
9.0A late pregnancy disrupts the routine of a mature marriage.
El andador
1967
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
NRA touching tribute to a fundamental figure of the Argentine show, which shows “Tita” in the intimacy of the Carreras family and at the same time, on stage in her last show.
Merello x Carreras
2015
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
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
8.0Different love stories that take place in a radio station.
Idols of the Radio
1934
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
The story of different episodes that happen in each of the sections of a newspaper.
Ceniza al viento
1942
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Al corazón
1996
6.0A woman and a man are involved in trafficking.
Vivir un instante
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
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
5.0A widowed mother cannot prevent her child from dying from an overdose.
Las barras bravas
1985
