Tita Merello
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She began her acting career in theater and may have made silent films. She debuted on the first sound movie produced in Argentina, ''¡Tango!'', with Libertad Lamarque in 1933. After making a series of films throughout the 1930s, she established herself as a dramatic actress in La fuga (1937), directed by Luis Saslavsky. In the mid-1940s, she moved to Mexico, where she filmed ''Cinco rostros de mujer'' (1947), which earned her an Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film. She returned to Argentina and starred in ''Don Juan Tenorio'' (1949) and ''Filomena Marturano'' (1950), which were subsequently taken to the theater. Her period of greatest popularity came in the following decade, when she led films like ''Los isleros'' (1951), considered her best performance, ''Guacho'' (1954) and ''Mercado de abasto'' (1955). She also received praise for her work in ''Arrabalera'' (1950), ''Para vestir santos'' (1955) and ''El amor nunca muere'' (1955).
From the 1960s, most of her work was directed by Enrique Carreras. During the period, she had a recurring role in the television series ''Sábados Circulares'' and continued making films, like ''Amorina'' (1961). Her role in 1974 as ''La Madre María'', directed by Lucas Demare, was highly acclaimed as was her collaboration with Alejandro Doria in ''Los miedos'' (1980). She retired from theater in 1984 and films in 1985 but continued to act on TV and radio and was honored as "Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires" in 1990. Until her death at age 98, she continued to make appearances on television and radio. Provided by Wikipedia