Mecha Ortiz
Born: 1900-09-23 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 1987-11-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, better known as Mecha Ortiz, was an Argentine theater and film actress. She was one of the most relevant figures of the golden age of Argentine cinema. She was consecrated in the 1940s and 1950s.
Filmography
2003
- Safo as Material de archivo
1984
- Aquel cine argentino as Ella misma
1976
- Piedra libre as Amalia Pradere - Amalia Grande
- House of Shadows as Mrs. Randall
- Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic as Mara Ordaz
1974
- Painted Lips as Tarotista
1972
- Rolando Rivas, taxista as Malú
1966
- Las locas del conventillo as Tía Remedios
1962
- Bajo un mismo rostro as Madre Superiora
1960
- The Furies as La madre
1957
1956
- Blessed be you as María
1955
- Pájaros de cristal as Irina Galowa
- El mal amor
1954
- El abuelo as Lucrecia Vélez
1952
- Dishonor as Directora Interventora
1951
- Cartas de amor as Antonieta Lear
- Mi vida por la tuya as Gloria Rivas
1950
- Sangre en Castilla as Alcaldesa Teresa Marquesa de Pinorrey
1948
- La rubia Mireya as Ana María Peña de Robles / La Rubia Mireya
- María de los Ángeles
1947
- Vacaciones
- El precio de una vida as Princesa Fedora Romanov
- Madame Bovary as Ema
1946
- Las tres ratas as Mercedes de la Fuente
1945
- Una mujer sin importancia as Raquel Miramar
- Camino del infierno as Laura Simrok
- Swan Song as Flora Jordán
1944
- Mi novia es un fantasma as Cameo
1943
- Safo, historia de una pasión as Selva Moreno ("Safo")
1942
- Vidas marcadas as Malena
- El gran secreto
1941
- Last Refuge as Silvia
- Joven, viuda y estanciera as Elena Ocampo
1939
- Margarita, Armando y su padre as Margarita
1938
- Maestro Levita as Elena Acevedo de Lerena
- Mujeres que trabajan as Ana María del Solar
- Con las alas rotas
1937
- Melgarejo
- Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina as La rubia Mireya