Rita Montaner

Actor

August 20, 1900 — April 17, 1958 (57 years)
Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most popular artists between the late 1920s and 1950s, renowned as Rita de Cuba. Though classically trained as a soprano for zarzuelas, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cuban salon songs including "The Peanut Vendor" and "Siboney".

Known For

  • Victims of Sin
    Victims of Sin1951
  • Black Angels
    Black Angels1948
  • Black Is My Color
    Black Is My Color1951
  • Píntame angelitos blancos
    Píntame angelitos blancos1954
  • To the Sound of the Mambo
    To the Sound of the Mambo1950
  • Anacleto Gets Divorced
    Anacleto Gets Divorced1950

Filmography

1951
Victims of Sin · as Musician