Acting
Mercedes Simone
Born — Died
1904-04-20 — 1990-10-02
Place of birth
La Plata, Argentina
Known for
Acting
Credits
5 titles
Mercedes Celia Simone was an Argentine actress, tango singer, composer and lyricist. She was nicknamed “La Dama del Tango.” She was one of the emblematic female figures of Argentine tango.
Known for
8.0A murderer takes refuge with his friend in a town on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapí, but she falls in love with another man and will return to the city alone.
Sombras Porteñas
1936
6.0The struggle to succeed and a love story of some Argentines who live in the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris.
Ambición
1939
An impulsive actress abandons a film shoot and is replaced by a dressmaker, and the former's husband hires her to impersonate her in front of his future in-laws.
La otra y yo
1949
10.0A sailor and a tango singer fall in love. To protect her, the man takes her to live with his family. But before embarking, he is robbed, and the circumstances accuse the girl of being an accomplice of the criminals.
La vuelta de Rocha
1937
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
Film credits
1930s · 4 titles
8.0A murderer takes refuge with his friend in a town on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapí, but she falls in love with another man and will return to the city alone.
Sombras Porteñas
1936
6.0The struggle to succeed and a love story of some Argentines who live in the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris.
Ambición
1939
10.0A sailor and a tango singer fall in love. To protect her, the man takes her to live with his family. But before embarking, he is robbed, and the circumstances accuse the girl of being an accomplice of the criminals.
La vuelta de Rocha
1937
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