Mona Maris

Acting

Mona Maris

Born November 7, 1903 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died March 23, 1991 · aged 87

Rosa Emma Mona María Marta Capdevielle, artistically known as Mona Maris (November 7, 1903, Buenos Aires - ibid., March 23, 1991), was an Argentine film actress who acted in Europe and the USA during the first period of cinema. She became known in Argentina as The Pride of the Pampas.

Known For

My Gal SalMy Gal Sal · 1942
My Gal Sal
★ 5.81942
MovieComedyMusic
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
CamilaCamila · 1984
Camila
★ 7.21984
MovieDramaRomance
In 1847 Buenos Aires, a young noblewoman and a young Jesuit fall in love, much to the disapproval of her family and the Church.
SecretsSecrets · 1933
Secrets
★ 5.21933
MovieDramaWestern
In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle rustling gang, as well as the tragic loss of their only son. With Mary's help, John defeats the gang, which propels him to political power that, over the years, gradually erodes the once-happy marriage.
Law of the TropicsLaw of the Tropics · 1941
Law of the Tropics
★ 7.31941
MovieRomanceDrama
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a telegram from her telling him she has married someone else. He goes to a waterfront café where he meets a singer, Joan Madison, and tells her his troubles. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation with him using the name of the girl he was to marry. This strikes her as a great idea as she is a wanted fugitive.
Once in a LifetimeOnce in a Lifetime · 1932
Once in a Lifetime
★ 7.31932
MovieComedy
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
The Death KissThe Death Kiss · 1932
The Death Kiss
★ 5.21932
MovieMysteryComedy
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
Kiss and Make-UpKiss and Make-Up · 1934
Kiss and Make-Up
★ 5.41934
MovieComedyRomance
Dr. Maurice Lamar is a noted plastic surgeon who makes his rich clients beautiful, and also makes them. He makes Eve Caron, the wife of Marcel Caron, so satisfied with his skilled hands that she leaves Marcel and marries Maurice. They go on a Mediterranean honeymoon, where he soon finds the effects of his own beauty regulations are more than he can handle. He bids adieu to his new bride, and wings it back to Paris with the intention of giving up his practice and becoming a scientific researcher... after winning back the love of his simple, unadorned secretary, Anne.
The AvengersThe Avengers · 1950
The Avengers
★ 8.51950
MovieAdventure
The attractive Argentine Don Careless is an adventurer and an excellent swordsman. Don is in love with Maria Moreno, since he had to emerge her jewels and had thereby to kill a shark. Don tries to prevent the forced marriage of Mary with the ruthless revolutionary Colonel Luis Corral. An armed clash between Don and Luis seems inevitable.

Filmography

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Insure Your WifeInsure Your Wife · 1935
Insure Your Wife
★ 7.01935
MovieComedy
This Fox Film comedy – based on a play by Argentinean writer Julio Escobar – features an international cast that includes actor and singer Raúl Roulien and his fiancée in both the movie and real life, actress and dancer Conchita Montenegro. The plot centers on Ricardo Randall (Roulien), who concocts a scheme to establish an insurance policy to protect men from their wives’ infidelity. The plot thickens when Ricardo’s secretary and love interest, Camelia Cornell (Montenegro), is faced with the return of Rita Martín (Maris), a former lover of Ricardo, whose husband Eduardo (Moreno) has purchased an insurance policy on her. The film features tango songs performed by Roulien, with lyrics by Spanish playwright Enrique Jardiel Poncela, who also collaborated on the film’s screenplay.

Rita Martin