Mecha Ortiz
Acting
Biography
María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, better known as Mecha Ortiz (1900-1987), was an Argentine theater and film actress. She was one of the most relevant figures of the golden age of Argentine cinema. She was consecrated in the 1940s and 1950s.
Born: September 23, 1900
Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known For
Vacaciones
A woman's dilemma between love for her mother and passion for a man.
La rubia Mireya
The misadventures of a woman and her failed relationships. Everything is represented through the tango mythology.
La sombra de Safo
To prevent a politician from winning, a journalist blackmails his wife with old love letters from his former lover. She feels cornered because her family's honor is at stake. The film includes excerpts from "Sappho, Story of a Passion" (1943), a film by Carlos Hugo Christensen.
Mujeres que trabajan
A rich lady is suddenly in the street after her father's suicide and moves to a pension with many working women from different origins whom she had previously humiliated.
The Furies
Five women whose lives revolve around an absent man constantly battle each other in their decaying old mansion.
Margarita, Armando and his father
A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.
Last Refuge
Albareda does not doubt to betray her lover running away after denouncing him.
Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic
Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.
Mi novia es un fantasma
A humble maid is confused with a millionaire from a misunderstanding in the hotel that works and a journalist falls madly in love with her.
Camino del infierno
A melodramatic, psychological thriller, the film tells the story of a young wealthy widow, who is unhappy. She meets a Bohemian artist who marries her to escape the poverty of his family, but is stifled by her possessiveness and jealousy.
Filmography
as Material de archivo
as Ella misma
as Amalia Pradere - Amalia Grande
as Mara Ordaz
as Mrs. Randall
as Tarotista
as Malú
as Tía Remedios
as Madre Superiora
as La madre
as María
as Irina Galowa
as Lucrecia Vélez
as Directora Interventora
as Gloria Rivas
as Antonieta Lear
as Alcaldesa Teresa Marquesa de Pinorrey
as Ana María Peña de Robles / La Rubia Mireya
as Princesa Fedora Romanov
as Ema
as Mercedes de la Fuente
as Flora Jordán
as Laura Simrok
as Raquel Miramar
as Cameo
as Selva Moreno ("Safo")
as Alicia Ortega Delafuente
as Malena
as Elena Ocampo
as Silvia
as Margarita
as Ana María del Solar
as Elena Acevedo de Lerena
as La rubia Mireya