Tita Merello
Argentine, actress and singer (1904-2002) · Argentina · On the map · Actors · Died at 98
Laura Ana "Tita" Merello was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Tita Merello is read about 141 times a day, in 22 languages.
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Las barras bravasFilm, Tita1976
El canto cuenta su historiaFilm1969
¡Viva la vida!Film, Luciana1967
El andadorFilm1964
Los evadidosFilm, Rosa1958
La morochaFilm, Mecha Gutiérrez1954GuachoFilm1951
Pasó en mi barrioFilm, Dominga1949
Don Juan TenorioFilm, Brígida1947
Cinco rostros de mujerFilm, Margot1937
Así es el tangoFilm, Tita1934
Idols of the RadioFilm1917Buenos Aires tenebrosoFilm1904Born11 October 1904People around Tita
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Lucas Demare Directed Los Isleros and Mercado de abasto
Enrique Carreras Directed The Escaped (1964)
Jorge Salcedo Also in The Escaped and Para vestir santos
Luis Saslavsky Directed La fuga and Ashes to the Wind
Manuel Romero Directed Historia del tango (1949)
Mercedes Carreras luisa Also in Ritmo nuevo y vieja ola (1965)
Juan Carlos Altavista Also in The Escaped and El Andador
Elcira Olivera Garcés Also in The Escaped and Ritmo nuevo y vieja ola
Hugo del Carril Directed Amorina (1961)
Luis César Amadori Directed Love Never Dies and Don Juan Tenorio
Sergio Renán Also in The Escaped and Pasó en mi barrio
Héctor Olivera Produced Pasó en mi barrio (1951)
Fernando Ayala Directed La Industria del matrimonio (1965)- Tulio Demicheli Directed Vivir un instante and Arrabalera
Olinda Bozán Also in Idols of the Radio and Así es el tango
Nathán Pinzón Also in The Escaped and ¡Esto es alegría!
Alberto Barcel Also in The Escaped, Deshonra and Guacho
Francisco Canaro Produced Idols of the Radio (1934)
Alberto de Mendoza Also in Filomena Marturano and Pasó en mi barrio
Bertha Moss Also in Mercado de abasto and Deshonra
Daniel Tinayre Directed Deshonra (1952)
Virginia Luque Also in Historia del tango and Don Juan Tenorio
Fanny Navarro Also in Deshonra, Morir en su ley and Dishonor
Luis Sandrini Also in ¡Tango! and El Canto cuenta su historia
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 37
38 credits on file
Media & music
Photos 9
Tita Merello in the center with her brother Pascual (left) and their mother, Ana (right)
Tita Merello working in the wardrobe room, c. 1930.
Merello in the influential ¡Tango! (1933), the first sound film in Argentine cinema.
Tita Merello and Francisco Petrone in La fuga (1937).
Guillermo Battaglia, Gloria Ferrandiz and Tita Merello in Filomena Marturano (1950)
Tita Merello in Los Isleros (1951)
Tita Merello in 1952About this person
In her six decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, she had filmed over thirty movies, premiered twenty plays, had nine television appearances, completed three radio series and had had countless appearances in print media. She was one of the singers who emerged in the 1920s along with Azucena Maizani, Libertad Lamarque, Ada Falcón, and Rosita Quiroga, who created the female voices of tango. She was primarily remembered for the songs "Se dice de mí" and "La milonga y yo".
