Rita Montaner

Film & TV

Cuba

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…

Known for

• Píntame angelitos blancos1954
• Victims of Sin — Rita1951
• Black Is My Color — Rita1951
• To the Sound of the Mambo — Rita1950
• Anacleto Gets Divorced1950
• Pobre corazón1950
• Caribbean Rhythms1950
• Black Angels — Mercé1948
• It Happened in Havana1938

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

CU

Active from

1900-08-20

Active to

1958-04-17

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Listeners

4,868

Total plays

13,209

Rita Montaner, born Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (Guanabacoa, 20 August 1900 – Havana, 17 April 1958), was a Cuban singer, pianist, actress and star of stage, film, radio and television. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and she was well-known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on various occasions. She was probably the best-loved female star in Cuba of the period 1920–1960; they called her Rita de Cuba. <a href="https://ww

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Aurelia

Gender

female

Citizenship

Cuba

Place of birth

Guanabacoa

Place of death

Havana

Spouse

Xavier Cugat

Occupation

vedette

Languages spoken

Spanish

Genre

zarzuela

Instrument

voice

Image

RitaD.jpg

Voice type

mezzo-soprano

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