Martha Roth

Acting

Martha Roth

Born May 29, 1932 · Padua, Veneto, Italy

Died October 7, 2016 · aged 84

Martha Roth (29 May 1932 – 7 October 2016) was an Italian-born Mexican film actress. She became a star during the Golden age of Mexican cinema.

Known For

El abandonadoEl abandonado · 1949
El abandonado
6.01949
Movie
Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.
The Black PiratesThe Black Pirates · 1954
The Black Pirates
4.91954
MovieAdventure
Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the townspeople to dig for it, but there are more surprises in store for them than they counted on.
El jineteEl jinete · 1954
El jinete
6.01954
Movie
Farmhand and plantation-owner's daughter fall in love, but class differences and stuff.
Cuando se quiere se quiereCuando se quiere se quiere · 1959
Cuando se quiere se quiere
5.71959
Movie
RosarioRosario · 1971
Rosario
5.61971
MovieDrama
Rosario and Carlos, husbands, are part of a theater company. In a scene of jealousy, she should shoot and kill him. Carlos has had an affair with Zulma, another acriz of the company. On opening day, in the final scene, Rosario accidentally kills her husband. Someone change the gun ...
Se le pasó la manoSe le pasó la mano · 1952
Se le pasó la mano
6.01952
Movie
Un trío de tresUn trío de tres · 1960
Un trío de tres
5.81960
Movie
Three murder-mystery fans team up to play detective together; they catch some thieves at the workplace of one of them, then get caught up in an old-dark-house situation...
El jardín de la pazEl jardín de la paz · 1989
El jardín de la paz
5.81989
Movie
An American's couple who live peaceful and quiet in their summer house in Cuernavaca, Mexico, see how their peace and security is broken when a band of delinquents break inside their home violently with the only purpose of extortion.

Movies

El abandonadoEl abandonado · 1949
El abandonado
6.01949
Movie
Based on a popular song. An unhappy love affair becomes an excuse for heavy drinking and all-round debauchery.
The Black PiratesThe Black Pirates · 1954
The Black Pirates
4.91954
MovieAdventure
Pirates searching for treasure take over a small town in Central America where they believe the loot is buried, but discover that a church has been built over the spot. They force the townspeople to dig for it, but there are more surprises in store for them than they counted on.
El jineteEl jinete · 1954
El jinete
6.01954
Movie
Farmhand and plantation-owner's daughter fall in love, but class differences and stuff.
Cuando se quiere se quiereCuando se quiere se quiere · 1959
Cuando se quiere se quiere
5.71959
Movie
RosarioRosario · 1971
Rosario
5.61971
MovieDrama
Rosario and Carlos, husbands, are part of a theater company. In a scene of jealousy, she should shoot and kill him. Carlos has had an affair with Zulma, another acriz of the company. On opening day, in the final scene, Rosario accidentally kills her husband. Someone change the gun ...
Se le pasó la manoSe le pasó la mano · 1952
Se le pasó la mano
6.01952
Movie
Un trío de tresUn trío de tres · 1960
Un trío de tres
5.81960
Movie
Three murder-mystery fans team up to play detective together; they catch some thieves at the workplace of one of them, then get caught up in an old-dark-house situation...
El jardín de la pazEl jardín de la paz · 1989
El jardín de la paz
5.81989
Movie
An American's couple who live peaceful and quiet in their summer house in Cuernavaca, Mexico, see how their peace and security is broken when a band of delinquents break inside their home violently with the only purpose of extortion.
No me quieras tanto...No me quieras tanto... · 1949
No me quieras tanto...
6.01949
MovieDramaCrime
A ruthless nightclub owner involved in drug trafficking exploits a naive singer while plotting to kill his rival, who's been hiding for five years due to his own drug-related past.
Romance de fierasRomance de fieras · 1954
Romance de fieras
6.81954
MovieCrimeDrama
Newly-graduated lawyer gets caught up in the personal drama surrounding a rich industrialist and his sociopathic son.
Nunca debieron amarseNunca debieron amarse · 1951
Nunca debieron amarse
5.81951
Movie
Ranchera romance; two young lovers whose families are hostile to each other.
Y si ella volviera (Guantanamera)Y si ella volviera (Guantanamera) · 1957
Y si ella volviera (Guantanamera)
6.31957
MovieDrama
Sonia, a school teacher, is excited about her new post in the Cuban beach town of Caibarien since her childhood friend Guillermo lives there. However she finds Guillermo a tormented soul and evil lurks in town.
Los ángeles de la tardeLos ángeles de la tarde · 1972
Los ángeles de la tarde
6.31972
MovieDrama
Love Me Because I DieLove Me Because I Die · 1953
Love Me Because I Die
6.21953
MovieComedyRomance
El monstruo en la sombraEl monstruo en la sombra · 1955
El monstruo en la sombra
6.01955
MovieHorror
A Family Like Many OthersA Family Like Many Others · 1949
A Family Like Many Others
6.81949
MovieDrama
The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.
The Sea and YouThe Sea and You · 1952
The Sea and You
6.41952
MovieDrama
A man long thought dead returns to his fishing village home to find the love he left married to the village’s top power broker, a man who control’s the fish production with an iron fist.
La madrecitaLa madrecita · 1974
La madrecita
6.71974
MovieComedy
Las coronelasLas coronelas · 1959
Las coronelas
5.51959
Movie
Two young women 'forced' to masquerade as soldiers in military troop.
Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III)Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III) · 1994
Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III)
6.31994
MovieDramaComedy
Five stories that tell the tale of winning the lottery in Mexico and how it changes lives.
MassacreMassacre · 1956
Massacre
5.41956
MovieWestern
Lawmen and their captured gunrunners take refuge at a deserted mission to fend off attacking Indians. Western.
Meat in PrisonMeat in Prison · 1952
Meat in Prison
6.21952
MovieCrime
Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will face difficult times, as will he when he entrusts his freedom to the one he shouldn't.
The Case of the Wee Murdered WomanThe Case of the Wee Murdered Woman · 1955
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
6.81955
MovieDrama
Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent murder. It's a comedy.
Ojos de juventudOjos de juventud · 1948
Ojos de juventud
4.91948
MovieDrama
A bad woman exploits her husband's love. Infidelity, illegitimate children, self-sacrificing fatherhood... Also: Cabarets!

TV Shows

Distilling LoveDistilling Love · 2007
Distilling Love
7.72007
SeriesDrama
A romance blossoms between a young country woman and the grandson of the late owner of a tequila company. The young man promises to return and marry his girlfriend once he finishes his studies abroad, unaware that she has become pregnant.
The OutsiderThe Outsider · 2001
The Outsider
6.92001
SeriesDrama
Rodrigo Junquera finds out he is close to death, he decides to ask the nanny of his young child, Virginia Martínez, a beautiful and honest woman, to marry him with the intention of preparing the road so she can look after his children when he's gone. Virginia has to deal with the contempt of Rodrigo's children who acuse her of being an ambitious woman who married their father for his money. Virginia is in love with Rodrigo's eldest son, Carlos Alberto, who has come to mistreat her after finding out she married his dad.
El Noveno mandamientoEl Noveno mandamiento · 2001
El Noveno mandamiento
6.12001
SeriesDrama
El Noveno Mandamiento is a Mexican soap opera produced by Lucero Suárez in 2001. As of June 24th, 2013, Unimas is broadcasting 2 hour episodes of this soap opera.
Mi Pequeña TraviesaMi Pequeña Traviesa · 1997
Mi Pequeña Traviesa
7.01997
SeriesDrama
Mi Pequeña Traviesa is a Mexican youth and family telenovela produced and directed by Pedro Damián for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from December 8, 1997, to April 24, 1998. It is an adaptation of the Argentine telenovela Me llaman Gorrión, created by Abel Santa Cruz. The telenovela stars Michelle Vieth and Héctor Soberón. The story follows Julia González, a young woman whose dreams of pursuing a professional career are interrupted after her father is left paralyzed in an accident. To support her family, she disguises herself as a boy in order to find work. Along the way, she falls in love with Alberto Miranda, and together they must overcome social differences, family conflicts, and the many obstacles that stand in the way of their happiness.
Los años pasanLos años pasan · 1985
Los años pasan
8.51985
SeriesDrama
Gotita de AmorGotita de Amor · 1998
Gotita de Amor
6.31998
SeriesDrama
Isabel is abandoned at the door of an orphanage a few days after birth. There she grows between the jokes of the other girls and the mistreatment of the harsh director called "Justa." One day her classmates show her a false birth certificate where it says that her father's name is Jesús García, that he is alive and resides in Mexico City, so she, with the hope of having a family, escapes from the orphanage towards Mexico City to look for her supposed father.
El pecado de OyukiEl pecado de Oyuki · 1988
El pecado de Oyuki
7.81988
SeriesDrama
El Pecado de Oyuki is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 1988. It was based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, who also adapted the screenplay for television. The original comic book series was in the style of the foto-novela. For the role of Oyuki, the photographer selected the Mexican Japanese Sachiko Tsuchiya. Born in Tepic, Nayarit, she became the most recognizable Asian Mexican of her time. The telenovela was shown in the United States in 1988 through Univision. Dulché's story was also adapted for Brazilian television in 1967 and as a comic published starting April 11, 1975 by Grupo Editorial Vid. The Brazilian version was called "Yoshiko, um poema de amor" and starred actors Luis Gustavo and Rosa Miake.
En carne propiaEn carne propia · 1990
En carne propia
6.51990
SeriesDramaMystery
The year is 1972: Magdalena Dumont and Octávio Muriel are celebrating the birthday of their daughter, little Estefanía, at a party in the family mansion. However, this party is merely a backdrop and an opportunity to commit a crime.