Maria Antonieta Pons (July 11, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – August 20, 2004 in Mexico City, Mexico) was an actress and Rumba dancer.
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Born in Cuba in 1922, from Catalan origin, she was one of the most notorious rumba dancers of her times. Emigrated to Mexico City, she became a most popular movie actress during the golden age of Mexican Film. She died at age 82 at a private hospital in that capital. From 1979 she had been retired from the artistic activity. Her impressive physique as well as her extraorinbary faculties as a rumba dancer will not be forgotten. Her sensuous dancing can still be seen in movies such as María Cristina and Siboney, directed by her husband Juan Oriol. Among other films by her we have to mention: Una estrella y dos estrellados (1959), Las mil y una noches (1957), Teatro del crimen (1956), La mujer del puerto (1949), Konga roja (1943, Noche de ronda (1942) y Maria Cristina (1950) among many others, including some in the "ranchero" gender. Some of her partners were Pedro Armendáriz, Germán Valdés (Tin Tan), Enrique Rambal, Manuel Dondé y Luis Aguilar.
FILMOGRAPHY:
1938: Siboney (made in Cuba) [dir. Juan Orol (Pons' first husband)]
1942: La última aventura de Chaflán: Noche de ronda
1943: Konga Roja; Mi reino por un torero; Viva mi desgracia; Balajú; Cruel destino [dir. Juan Orol]; Toros, amor y gloria
1944: Rosalinda; Toda una vida; Los misterios del hampa [dir. Juan Orol]
1945: La reina del trópico; Pasiones tormentosas; Embrujo antillano [(Cuba-Mexican coprod) co-dir Juan Orol]
1946: La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra; La insaciable.
1947: Angel o demonio; La sin ventura; La bien pagada
1948: Flor de caña;
1949: La hija del penal; La mujer del puerto; Un cuerpo de mujer; Piña madura; Nuestras vidas
1950: El ciclón del Caribe [dir. Ramón Pereda (Pons' second husband)]; La reina del mambo [dir. Ramón Pereda]
1951: María Cristina [dir. Ramón Pereda]; La niña Popoff [dir. Ramón Pereda]
1952: Carnaval en Brasil [aka Carnaval Atlantida (Brazilian production)]
1953: Mi noche de bodas
1954: Necesito un marido; Gaviota; Qué bravas las costeñas; Casa de perdición; La culpa de los hombres
1956: ¡Nunca me hagan eso!; El teatro del crimen
1957: Sucedió en México; Flor de canela; Las mil y una noches; Los legionarios; La odalisca no.13
1958: Acapulqueña; Ferias de México; Las cuatro milpas
1959: Una estrella y dos estrellados; Viva Jalisco que es mi tierra! [dir. Ramón Pereda]
1960: Vámonos para la feria [dir. Ramón Pereda]; El centauro del norte [dir. Ramón Pereda}
1961: Romance en Puerto Rico [shot in Puerto Rico; dir. Ramón Pereda]
1962: Voy de gallo [dir. Ramón Pereda]
1965: Caña brava [shot in Puerto Rico; dir. Ramón Pereda]
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