Meche Barba
Acting
Biography
Meche Barba (New York City, New York September 24, 1922 – Mexico City January 14, 2000) (born Mercedes Barba Feito), was an American-born Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was considered one of the icons of the "Rumberas film".
Born: September 25, 1922
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
El cristal empañado
¡Acá las Tortas!
College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrounds.
Músico, poeta y loco
An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulfilling the conditions of her father's will. Meanwhile, a street-vendor gets mistaken for an eminent psychologist and is hired to teach at that reformatory.
María la del Barrio
A brave, poor young girl is welcomed into a rich family and develops a romance with their misogynist youngest son, driving a woman already in love with him to go to great lengths to destroy their relationship.
Maria Mercedes
María Mercedes, a poor girl who sells lottery tickets, meets a rich man who hates his own family and sees in María Mercedes an opportunity to make their lives miserable.
Reportaje
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Rosalinda
Having to serve a sentence for a murder she did not commit but took the blame for, a woman gives her baby to her sister to be raised without knowing the truth. 20 years later she is freed and try to be once again part of her life. But things get complicated when the daugther, Rosalinda, and Fernando, the son of the man that was killed, become close.
As negro
Two poor children swear an oath: one will study, the other will work and support them both. The worker turns to crime...
Los años de Greta
Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.
Póker de ases
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother.
Filmography
as Angustias
as Guadalupe "Lupe" Linhares
as Doña Chonita
as Gloria
as Yolanda
as Woman accusing her servant
as Magda
as Estela Durán
as Mercedes Rios
as Aurora López
as María
as Queta
as Margarita
as Laura
as Lola Casanova
as Camelia