Biography
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".
Filmography
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Rita (madre de Luna)
Black Is My Color (1951)
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Rita, la directora
To the Sound of the Mambo (1950)
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Cubana
Pobre corazón (1950)
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María la O (1948)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-05-22
Deathday
1958-04-17 (57 years old)
Birth Name
Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda
Birth Place
Guanabacoa, Cuba
Relationships
Xavier Cugat (1918 - 1920)
Citizenships
Cuba
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