Elena Lucena

Acting

Elena Lucena

Born September 25, 1914 · Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died July 10, 2015 · aged 100

Elena Lucena (1914-2015) was an Argentinian actress, dancer and singer. She started her career as a singer on Argentine radio in the 1930s and became famous for the personification of her character Chimbela, who was later adapted for cinema, theater, and television. She appeared in multiple films in the 1940s, usually playing the comic-relief character.

Known For

La murgaLa murga · 1963
La murga
7.51963
MovieDrama
The director of a murga falls ill with poliomyelitis and to help him the members donate the money they earned.
ChimbelaChimbela · 1939
Chimbela
9.01939
MovieDrama
A young woman protects and falls in love with a fugitive accused of murder.
La casa de Madame LulúLa casa de Madame Lulú · 1968
La casa de Madame Lulú
7.71968
MovieComedy
In the 1930s a young revolutionary falls in love with a young woman of innocent appearance but who really works in a brothel.
When My Heart CallsWhen My Heart Calls · 1942
When My Heart Calls
9.01942
MovieThrillerMusic
A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.
ValentinaValentina · 1950
Valentina
7.51950
MovieComedy
A young millionaire meets a mechanic who has invented a carburetor as a result of a breakdown in her car.
La Casa del AmorLa Casa del Amor · 1973
La Casa del Amor
10.01973
MovieDramaComedy
A house in Buenos Aires where the oldest profession in the world is in practice.
Brother and SisterBrother and Sister · 2010
Brother and Sister
6.72010
MovieComedyDrama
They are both alone. They need each other but, at the same time, they despise each other. Siblings Marcos and Susana are unable to heal the old wounds festering within them after the death of their mother. When Susana sells their mother's flat, she deprives her brother of the home where he had cared for their mother his whole life. Marcos's need to start living again surfaces when his sister forces him to leave Buenos Aires for Uruguay.
El galleguito de la cara suciaEl galleguito de la cara sucia · 1966
El galleguito de la cara sucia
10.01966
MovieDramaComedy
Amorous misadventures of a warehouse clerk rejected for his condition.

Movies

La murgaLa murga · 1963
La murga
7.51963
MovieDrama
The director of a murga falls ill with poliomyelitis and to help him the members donate the money they earned.
ChimbelaChimbela · 1939
Chimbela
9.01939
MovieDrama
A young woman protects and falls in love with a fugitive accused of murder.
La casa de Madame LulúLa casa de Madame Lulú · 1968
La casa de Madame Lulú
7.71968
MovieComedy
In the 1930s a young revolutionary falls in love with a young woman of innocent appearance but who really works in a brothel.
When My Heart CallsWhen My Heart Calls · 1942
When My Heart Calls
9.01942
MovieThrillerMusic
A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.
ValentinaValentina · 1950
Valentina
7.51950
MovieComedy
A young millionaire meets a mechanic who has invented a carburetor as a result of a breakdown in her car.
La Casa del AmorLa Casa del Amor · 1973
La Casa del Amor
10.01973
MovieDramaComedy
A house in Buenos Aires where the oldest profession in the world is in practice.
Brother and SisterBrother and Sister · 2010
Brother and Sister
6.72010
MovieComedyDrama
They are both alone. They need each other but, at the same time, they despise each other. Siblings Marcos and Susana are unable to heal the old wounds festering within them after the death of their mother. When Susana sells their mother's flat, she deprives her brother of the home where he had cared for their mother his whole life. Marcos's need to start living again surfaces when his sister forces him to leave Buenos Aires for Uruguay.
El galleguito de la cara suciaEl galleguito de la cara sucia · 1966
El galleguito de la cara sucia
10.01966
MovieDramaComedy
Amorous misadventures of a warehouse clerk rejected for his condition.
Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tiendaElvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda · 1942
Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda
7.51942
MovieComedy
Rich girl with progressive ideas goes undercover as a sales clerk at her father's department store.
La rubia MireyaLa rubia Mireya · 1948
La rubia Mireya
9.51948
MovieDramaMusic
The misadventures of a woman and her failed relationships. Everything is represented through the tango mythology.
Joven, viuda y estancieraJoven, viuda y estanciera · 1970
Joven, viuda y estanciera
9.51970
MovieComedyRomance
The foreman of a ranch, secretly in love with the owner, tries to protect her from the gold diggers.
A Madcap WidowA Madcap Widow · 1980
A Madcap Widow
3.51980
MovieDramaComedy
The attractive, exuberant and beautiful Flor Tetis Soutien de Gambeta (Isabel Sarli), an ostentatious woman who kills men, has just been widowed for the eighth time. All her fortune was fading little by little and she now she is about to be ruined. But suddenly he sees her good luck reappear: A little canillita (newspaper seller), Pepe Mangiabróccoli (Pepe Marrone), with a good heart, who suddenly becomes a millionaire by earning the prode and falls in love with her.
Una noche cualquieraUna noche cualquiera · 1951
Una noche cualquiera
8.01951
MovieComedyMusic
An unsuccessful actor wants to get money from his uncle to mount a play, and seeks a woman and a child to make them look like his wife and son.
Buscando a MónicaBuscando a Mónica · 1962
Buscando a Mónica
7.01962
MovieComedy
A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in the little town where he's stuck seem to know about his wife Mónica. He knows little about her past, but the reactions of the townsfolk towards him range from laughing at his back to practically don't want him around. He won't leave the town until he could learn more about the secret past of his wife. But the former life of the young beautiful mother of his daughter involves a turbulent story.
FrutillaFrutilla · 1980
Frutilla
7.01980
MovieComedy
A girl arrives in Buenos Aires from Catamarca and fulfills her dream of being an actress.
La que no perdonóLa que no perdonó · 1938
La que no perdonó
6.21938
MovieDrama
A mother takes her husband away from her daughter; the first falls into misery and this is forced to marry a man who does not love.
El ángel de trapoEl ángel de trapo · 1940
El ángel de trapo
7.01940
MovieDrama
Un nuevo amanecerUn nuevo amanecer · 1942
Un nuevo amanecer
10.01942
MovieDrama
A young man returns to his neighborhood after spending ten years locked up in a reformatory.
NapoleónNapoleón · 1941
Napoleón
7.01941
MovieComedy
Upon learning that he has two months to live, a man distributes his fortune among his pensioners, over time he is still alive and has been left without a penny.
La calle CorrientesLa calle Corrientes · 1943
La calle Corrientes
10.01943
MovieMusic
Going against his family's will, a lawyer becomes a tango singer.
Millonarios a la fuerzaMillonarios a la fuerza · 1979
Millonarios a la fuerza
9.01979
MovieComedy
Two men from the Chaco province win a fortune and travel to Buenos Aires.
Lua de OutubroLua de Outubro · 2001
Lua de Outubro
7.02001
MovieRomanceDrama
Arzabal wins land on the border. When he arrives to settle in, he finds himself confronted by the local political boss, unenthusiastic about his landing. Based on the play by Mario Arregui.
Pájaros sin nidoPájaros sin nido · 1940
Pájaros sin nido
7.01940
MovieDrama
The birds in question are a group of young ladies who, for different reasons, leave the convent where they grew up in order to face "the struggle of life".
Cinco besosCinco besos · 1946
Cinco besos
8.01946
MovieComedy
Love affairs in a theater: vedettes, sweethearts of chorus and scandals that include a millionaire.

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