Virginia Luque | |
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Born | Violeta Mabel Domínguez October 4, 1927 |
Died | June 3, 2014 | (aged 86)
Occupation(s) | actress, singer |
Years active | 1943-1976 |
Virginia Luque (born Violeta Mabel Domínguez; 4 October 1927 – 3 June 2014) was an Argentine tango singer and film actress. She made nearly 20 appearances in tango films of Argentina between 1943 and 1976.[1]
Born in Buenos Aires, she began her career in film in 1943 in La guerra la gano yo, later appearing in Arriba el Telón o el Patio de la Morocha (1951). She starred alongside Arturo de Córdova in La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde, a 1949 Venezuelan–Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen, which entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Death
[edit]Virginia Luque died on 3 June 2014 from natural causes in her native Buenos Aires, aged 86.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Back in the Seventies (1945)
- The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon (1949)
- Arriba el Telón o el Patio de la Morocha (1951)
- Del cuplé al tango (1958)
References
[edit]- ^ "Murió a los 86 años la actriz y cantante de tangos Virginia Luque" (in Spanish). DiarioUno.com.ar. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-11.