Libertad Lamarque

Acting

Libertad Lamarque

Born November 24, 1908 · Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina

Died December 12, 2000 · aged 92

Libertad Lamarque (November 24, 1908 – December 12, 2000) was an Argentine actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and became known as “La Novia de América” (“The Sweetheart of the Americas”). By the time she died in 2000, she had appeared in 65 films (21 filmed in Argentina, 45 in Mexico and one in Spain) …

Known For

Mi campeónMi campeón · 1952
Mi campeón
5.51952
MovieComedyDrama
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
Help Me to LiveHelp Me to Live · 1936
Help Me to Live
5.91936
MovieMusicDrama
While studying at a Catholic boarding school, the young Luisa meets a boy, Julio, who talks to her from the street and through the gate. However, the girl's arrogant older brother removes her from the establishment and takes her to live in her family house. The beginning of love between Luisa and Julio is made even more difficult by what seems to be the beginning of a disease in her.
El alma del bandoneónEl alma del bandoneón · 1935
El alma del bandoneón
8.01935
MovieDramaMusic
Two brilliant tango singers struggle to the top of their profession and cope with obstacles to their personal romance.
Eclipse de solEclipse de sol · 1943
Eclipse de sol
7.61943
MovieComedy
A vaudeville singer secretly marries a wealthy landowner, who soon returns to his ranch, fearing the rejection of his snobbish family. To teach him a lesson, she shows up at his estancia pretending to be a maid.
Bello recuerdoBello recuerdo · 1961
Bello recuerdo
5.61961
MovieDramaMusic
Back from vacation, Lucy, a school's music teacher, misses a boy. People say he will not return because he recently lost his father. She is very affected by his favorite student, so she decides to go to see him, finding the house in utter ruin. But chance makes Lucy forced to take the child and immediately found in him the son that was kidnapped years ago in America when she was a famous artist.
La infameLa infame · 1954
La infame
6.51954
MovieDramaThriller
For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a normal child.
Bewitching KissesBewitching Kisses · 1937
Bewitching Kisses
6.41937
MovieDramaMusic
A singer is kidnapped by a rancher and her boyfriend comes to rescue her.
Puerta cerradaPuerta cerrada · 1939
Puerta cerrada
5.31939
MovieDrama
Nina Miranda leaves jail after spending 20 years imprisoned for a murder that she insists she did not commit and recalls the time of her youth.

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Beyond DeceptionsBeyond Deceptions · 1998
Beyond Deceptions
8.51998
SeriesDramaSoap
A few years pass after Paulina Martinez gets married to Carlos Daniel. She is now Paulina Bracho and she is now going to school. She has two loving step-children who love her and a new child of her own with Carlos Daniel. Everything seems like a happy end to the original story. But, when Paulina goes to the Doctor to check up on an exam, only the worst happens, she thinks she has anemia, but the doctor has discovered that she has cancer and has only 6 months to live, now she must hide her secret from her husband, his children and her new baby. She then must find courage in herself to tell everyone who loves her the truth...she also must set up Carlos Daniel with a new woman, she chooses the new maid and tells her the truth, but strangely enough Paulina does not seem to deteriorate form her illness, the maid becomes anxious and wants Carlos Daniel to fall in love with her, she would do anything to get his hands on him even if it meant ending Paulina's life...

Abuela Piedad vda. de Bracho