Biography
Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most popular artists between the late 1920s and 1950s, renowned as Rita de Cuba. Though classically trained as a soprano for zarzuelas, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cuban salon songs including "The Peanut Vendor" and "Siboney".
Filmography
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Movies 10
Actress
Píntame angelitos blancos (1954)
Movie
Rita (madre de Luna)
Black Is My Color (1951)
Movie
Rita / Musician
Victims of Sin (1951)
Movie
Rita
Caribbean Rhythms (1950)
Movie
Rita
To the Sound of the Mambo (1950)
Movie
Esperanza Castro
Anacleto Gets Divorced (1950)
Movie
Pobre corazón (1950)
Movie
Mercé
Angelitos negros (1948)
Movie
Actress
María la O (1948)
Movie
Fé
It Happened in Havana (1938)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.21
Based on 913 movie and tv ratings over time
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1950
1950
1954
1954
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1900-05-22
Deathday1958-04-17 (57 years old)
Birth NameRita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda
Birth PlaceGuanabacoa (Cuba), Cuba
RelationshipsXavier Cugat (1918-01-01 - 1920-01-01)
CitizenshipsCuba
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