Mecha Ortiz

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Mecha Ortiz

Acting September 23, 1900

Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, better known as Mecha Ortiz (1900-1987), was an Argentine theater and film actress. She was one of the most relevant figures of the go…

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The Furies

The Furies

7.5 1960 Movie
Piedra libre

Piedra libre

7.0 1976 Movie
Painted Lips

Painted Lips

6.6 1974 Movie
Blessed be you

Blessed be you

8.0 1956 Movie
Mi novia es un fantasma

Mi novia es un fantasma

7.6 1944 Movie
Women Who Work

Women Who Work

8.2 1938 Movie
Vidas marcadas

Vidas marcadas

9.0 1942 Movie
Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic

Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic

7.6 1976 Movie
Vacaciones

Vacaciones

8.5 1947 Movie
Las tres ratas

Las tres ratas

7.1 1946 Movie
Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

6.1 1947 Movie
Safo, historia de una pasión

Safo, historia de una pasión

7.0 1943 Movie

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María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, better known as Mecha Ortiz (1900-1987), was an Argentine theater and film actress. She was one of the most relevant figures of the golden age of Argentine cinema. She was consecrated in the 1940s and 1950s.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2003
    Safo

    Movie Material de archivo

  2. 1984
    Aquel cine argentino

    Movie Ella misma

  3. 1976
    Piedra libre

    Movie Amalia Pradere - Amalia Grande

  4. 1976
    Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic

    Movie Mara Ordaz

  5. 1976
    House of Shadows

    Movie Mrs. Randall

  6. 1974
    Painted Lips

    Movie Tarotista

  7. 1972
    Rolando Rivas, taxista

    TV show Malú

  8. 1966
    Las locas del conventillo

    Movie Tía Remedios

  9. 1962
    Bajo un mismo rostro

    Movie Madre Superiora

  10. 1960
    The Furies

    Movie La madre

  11. 1957
    La sombra de Safo

    Movie Safo

  12. 1956
    Blessed be you

    Movie María

  13. 1955
    El mal amor

    Movie

  14. 1955
    Pájaros de cristal

    Movie Irina Galowa

  15. 1954
    El abuelo

    Movie Lucrecia Vélez

  16. 1952
    Dishonor

    Movie Directora Interventora

More credits
  1. 1951
    My Life for Yours

    Movie Gloria Rivas

  2. 1951
    Cartas de amor

    Movie Antonieta Lear

  3. 1950
    Sangre en Castilla

    Movie Alcaldesa Teresa Marquesa de Pinorrey

  4. 1948
    La rubia Mireya

    Movie Ana María Peña de Robles / La Rubia Mireya

  5. 1948
    María de los Ángeles

    Movie

  6. 1947
    El precio de una vida

    Movie Princesa Fedora Romanov

  7. 1947
    Vacaciones

    Movie

  8. 1947
    Madame Bovary

    Movie Ema

  9. 1946
    Las tres ratas

    Movie Mercedes de la Fuente

  10. 1945
    Swan Song

    Movie Flora Jordán

  11. 1945
    Camino del infierno

    Movie Laura Simrok

  12. 1945
    Una mujer sin importancia

    Movie Raquel Miramar

  13. 1944
    Mi novia es un fantasma

    Movie Cameo

  14. 1943
    Safo, historia de una pasión

    Movie Selva Moreno ("Safo")

  15. 1942
    El gran secreto

    Movie Alicia Ortega Delafuente

  16. 1942
    Vidas marcadas

    Movie Malena

  17. 1941
    Joven, viuda y estanciera

    Movie Elena Ocampo

  18. 1941
    Last Refuge

    Movie Silvia

  19. 1939
    Margarita, Armando and his father

    Movie Margarita

  20. 1938
    Women Who Work

    Movie Ana María del Solar

  21. 1938
    Con las alas rotas

    Movie

  22. 1938
    Maestro Levita

    Movie Elena Acevedo de Lerena

  23. 1937
    Melgarejo

    Movie

  24. 1937
    Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina

    Movie La rubia Mireya