Rosita Moreno

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Rosita Moreno (March 18, 1907 - April 25, 1993) was a Spanish

film actress who worked in Hollywood, Argentinian, Mexico, and Spaniard cinema.

She was born Gabriela Victoria Viñolas in Madrid, Spain.

Moreno was the daughter of Spanish character actor Francisco

Moreno, who also developed a Hollywood career. As a child she devoted herself

to acting in revue and zarzuela genres.

Moreno appeared in more than 30 films in a career that

spanned more than 20 years, often travelling through several countries in quick

succession. She made her screen debut alongside his father in the 1930 film

Amor audaz, co-starring Adolphe Menjou. The same year she appeared in the

Spanish-language version of Paramount on Parade, released by Paramount

Pictures. In 1931, Moreno co-starred in Stamboul released by Paramount British.

In 1935, Moreno paired Carlos Gardel in two significant

films, El día que me quieras and Tango Bar. The same year, she was selected for

the main role in Piernas de seda.

In addition, she worked in other films with Richard Arlen

(The Santa Fe Trail, 1930), Clara Bow (Her Wedding Night, 1930), Cary Grant (Ladies

Should Listen, 1934), Mona Maris (Un capitan de Cosacos, 1934) and Noël Coward

(The Scoundrel 1935), among others.

She made her last appearance in 1949 in an episode of The

Clock, a suspense/anthology TV-series based on an ABC Radio Network series

which ran from 1946 through 1948. In this episode she shared leading roles with

George Reeves. Little is known about her after that point.

Rosita Moreno died in 1993 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, at the

age of 86.

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