Amelita Vargas

Acting

Amelita Vargas

Born 1928-01-15 · Havana City, Cuba

Amelia Graciela Vargas Ipaneca was a Cuban actress, vedette and dancer nationalized from Argentina.

Acting credits

La procesión poster
5.8

The pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján causes the meeting of people of different classes.

La procesión

1960

La obertura poster
NR

A man is kidnapped when he is mistaken for another and his wife tries to collect a large life insurance but he reappears alive.

La obertura

1977

When My Husband Kisses poster
7.7

A high society woman discovers a fiery romantic letter in a raincoat pocket seemingly written by a rumba dancer to the woman’s doctor husband. He tries to cover by saying that the letter is addressed to a more conservative friend of his, leading to rumours of his friend’s (supposed) incredible passion becoming intriguing to the local women, even the Doctor’s own jealous wife.

When My Husband Kisses

1950

Novio, marido y amante poster
8.0

A young woman marries an older man on a whim; the marriage is not consummated. She falls in love with her husband's son.

Novio, marido y amante

1948

Luces de candilejas poster
9.5

Three supposed brothers ( a bolero singer, a tango singer and a mabo singer) are called for a musical magazine.

Luces de candilejas

1958

Música, alegría y amor poster
NR

A young bohemian who dreams of succeeding as a painter will eventually succeed as a singer.

Música, alegría y amor

1956

Luisita Photo Studio poster
6.7

The celebrities who visited Luisita Escarria's photo studio in Buenos Aires for decades are countless. Sol, a young photographer, discovers there more than 25,000 unpublished negatives, an archive of incalculable value that opens a window through which to look at the true artistic epicenter of Argentinean popular culture…

Luisita Photo Studio

2019

Arroz con leche poster
7.8

A runaway bride poses as a married woman and mother of twins to woo a suitor who only falls in love with married women.

Arroz con leche

1950

Devil in the Flesh poster
6.6

Young newlywed girl about to embark on her honeymoon persuades older family friend to assist her in an extensive search for her missing husband. A road-trip full of comical misadventures ensues.

Devil in the Flesh

1947

How to Make an Argentine Film poster
7.0

Institutional short film planned and directed by Arturo S. Mom for the First Argentine Film Festival in Mar del Plata. The film shows the technical process by which an Argentine film is produced and emphasizes the professionalism and power of the national film industry. In this way, the story explains in a pedagogical way what is a script, a frame, a camera, a set sketch and a projected background, among others, and how a scene and the soundtrack of a film are recorded.

How to Make an Argentine Film

1948

¡Qué rico el mambo! poster
NR

A rumbera falls in love with a dentist who wants to sing boleros despite her father's opposition.

¡Qué rico el mambo!

1952

Un hombre solo no vale nada poster
7.0

An employee progresses in the factory where he works by having his wife pass by an attractive Cuban singer.

Un hombre solo no vale nada

1949

The Hand that Squeezes poster
10.0

Spanish horror comedy from 1953.

The Hand that Squeezes

1953

The Phantom of the Operetta poster
5.2

A killer stalks chorus girls.

The Phantom of the Operetta

1955

Los tres mosquiteros poster
8.0

A young provincial and two comedians replace the main actors in the theatrical performance of The Three Musketeers.

Los tres mosquiteros

1953

Cleopatra era Cándida poster
9.5

Cándida marries a widowed millionaire. She is in full exercise of being the housewife, when her husband's daughter arrives, with the company of Amelita Vargas with 2 purposes: to find out what her father is hiding and that she marry him..

Cleopatra era Cándida

1964

Miguitas en la cama poster
9.5

A young woman must alternately live with her separated parents and while her mother gives her a severe upbringing, her father amuses her with his carefree life.

Miguitas en la cama

1949

¡Qué hermanita! poster
NR

The admirer of a singer does her best to see him and be with him.

¡Qué hermanita!

1951

Piantadino poster
10.0

An insurance broker and his misadventures for trying to finalize a policy.

Piantadino

1950

Escuela de sirenas y tiburones poster
7.0

Mistakes, songs and intrigues in a mixed boarding school.

Escuela de sirenas y tiburones

1955

The Clover Sect poster
7.3

A writer gets involved in a police case related to some jewelry belonging to a Chinese sect.

The Clover Sect

1948

Romeo y Julita poster
7.0

A couple rents a department that turns out to be owned by another person.

Romeo y Julita

1954

Ritmo, amor y picardía poster
10.0

A grumpy father has an attitude change when a young man who marries one of his daughters alters the home lifestyle.

Ritmo, amor y picardía

1955

La mujer del león poster
7.0

A banker's mistress falls in love with a colorful writer, but to hide the situation from him, she pretends to be the banker's daughter, which causes many complications, until the situation is cleared up for the good of the young couple.

La mujer del león

1951