Marta Romero

Acting

Marta Romero

Born 1927-03-08 · Ponce, Puerto Rico

Marta Romero (February 17, 1928 - May 31, 2013) was a Puerto Rican actress and singer, considered one of the pioneers in Puerto Rican television. In cinema she is known for her participation in films such as Ayer amargo (1959) Amor perdóname (1968) and El señor doctor (1965). Romero retired from the art world in 1976, to enter the Evangelical Church Defenders of the Faith. At the time of his death, she had lived for seven years in a charity home as a result of the death of her husband, Elías Najul Bez, and being suffering from Alzheimer's disease. On September 21, 2013, almost four months after her death, the city of Ponce dedicated the 2013 edition of her World Ponce Day to her. On December 12, 2013, Romero was honored with a ceremony and was added to the list of illustrious citizens of Ponce in the Park of the Illustrious Citizens of Ponce in the Tricentennial Park of Ponce

Acting credits

Mother with Us poster
NR

In the midst of the COVID-19 post-pandemic, an image of Mary Immaculate traveled 10,800 kilometers over six months through much of the country.

Mother with Us

2022

Amor perdóname poster
5.7

Businessman Carlos meets Ana María in a Mexico City nightclub. He escorts her home, and makes a date for the next day. Ana María is actually a prostitute whose pimp, Arturo, thinks Carlos would be a good client, and urges her to be nice to him. They fall in love, and Carlos proposes marriage to her, indicating he must return to Puerto Rico soon.

Amor perdóname

1967

Matar es fácil poster
5.7

Among Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.

Matar es fácil

1966

El señor doctor poster
8.0

It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.

El señor doctor

1965

Detectives o ladrones..? poster
6.8

Two bumbling bozos with detective licenses get hoodwinked by a pair of jewel-thieves.

Detectives o ladrones..?

1967

The Vampire Girls poster
5.2

A wrestler tries to break up a covey of vampires, led by the King of Vampires.

The Vampire Girls

1969

The Shadow of the Bat poster
5.5

A former wrestler called "the bat" lives in hiding after being disfigured and plans to kidnap a beautiful female singer and a lucha libre star known as Blue Demon.

The Shadow of the Bat

1968

Slaves and Kings poster
2.0

The compelling story of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, a Spanish Roman Catholic Archbishop, writer and publisher, missionary, and confessor to Queen Isabella II of Spain. Declared a saint in 1950, Claret is the founder of the religious congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, known as the Claretians.

Slaves and Kings

2021

Petra de San José poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Petra de San José

2022

House of Women poster
5.5

The women of a brothel adopt a foundling baby.

House of Women

1966

Maruja poster
6.8

In a small rural town, everybody lays eyes on Maruja, the most beautiful woman there. After the son of the mayor comes back from France, he also notices Maruja, setting forth events of love, jealousy, guilt, and anger.

Maruja

1959

Un Latin lover en Acapulco poster
6.3

Roberto is tired of his life as an office worker in Mexico City, so he moves to Acapulco to try his luck as a "Latin lover".

Un Latin lover en Acapulco

1967

Cuando acaba la noche poster
6.0

In a New York hospital, a man is cured of heroin addiction after a grueling three-month treatment. Although no longer an addict, he has complete amnesia: the only clues to his past are an expensive ring he was wearing when admitted, and a book of matches from a Puerto Rican nightclub. He pawns the ring and buys clandestine passage on a boat to Puerto Rico in search of his identity.

Cuando acaba la noche

1964

No artwork available
5.7

From the hill of Tepeyac arise the most extraordinary miracles.

Retablos de la Guadalupana

1967

Bitter Yesterday poster
2.0

Follows the life of a loving couple that is childless. Juana consults help from many sources so she can conceive, but to no avail. However, her husband Manolo has an illegitimate son by a prostitute. He hopes to raise him as their mutual son, but the boy's arrival marks a profound change in the couple's life, as Juana struggles with her relationship with the child and her husband.

Bitter Yesterday

1960

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La fiebre del deseo

1966

Tabib poster
7.0

A tribute to all doctors around the world. At Al Quds Hospital in Aleppo, Syria, bombs fall relentlessly, but Dr. Mohammed refuses to flee. A child's life is in danger, and Mohammed will risk everything to save him.

Tabib

2017

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La piel desnuda

1966