Mecha Ortiz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.7911

Gender

Female

Birthday

23-Sep-1900

Age

(126 years old)

Place of Birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Also Known As
  • María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro

Mecha Ortiz

Biography

María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro, better known as Mecha Ortiz (1900-1987), 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.


Credits

Una mujer sin importancia Una mujer sin importancia (1945) Character: Raquel Miramar
Raquel is let down during her pregnancy. Twenty years have passed and the man comes up claiming for his paternity.
Último refugio Último refugio (1941) Character: Silvia
Albareda does not doubt to betray her lover running away after denouncing him.
La sombra de Safo La sombra de Safo (1957) Character: Safo
To prevent a politician from winning, a journalist blackmails his wife with old love letters from his former lover. She feels cornered because her family's honor is at stake. The film includes excerpts from "Sappho, Story of a Passion" (1943), a film by Carlos Hugo Christensen.
Con las alas rotas Con las alas rotas (1938) Character: N/A
A man finds out his wife had a lover and abandons her, but first he gains custody of their daughter.
Cartas de amor Cartas de amor (1951) Character: Antonieta Lear
A young man must choose between the love of two women.
Vacaciones Vacaciones (1947) Character: N/A
A woman's dilemma between love for her mother and passion for a man.
El gran secreto El gran secreto (1942) Character: Alicia Ortega Delafuente
A meteorologist's wife hurts her sister so she won't reveal who the real mother of her child is.
Aquel cine argentino Aquel cine argentino (1984) Character: Ella misma
A compilation of the origins of Argentine cinema up to the 1960s.
Safo Safo (2003) Character: Material de archivo
A remake of the 1943 film of the same name.
Sangre en Castilla Sangre en Castilla (1950) Character: Alcaldesa Teresa Marquesa de Pinorrey
During the war against Napoleon the brave Therese of Pinorrey is erected as Alcaldesa in Castilla, Spain
La rubia Mireya La rubia Mireya (1948) Character: Ana María Peña de Robles / La Rubia Mireya
The misadventures of a woman and her failed relationships. Everything is represented through the tango mythology.
El precio de una vida El precio de una vida (1947) Character: Princesa Fedora Romanov
The story of the tragic love of Count Loris Ipanov, a Russian nihilist, for the Princes Fedora Romanov.
La casa de las sombras La casa de las sombras (1976) Character: Mrs. Randall
Audrey investigates a murder that occured 23 years ago in a dark mansion. She searches for the dead body, the killer, and the truth.
Bajo un mismo rostro Bajo un mismo rostro (1962) Character: Madre Superiora
Two twin sisters have completely different ways of loving: to one love is profound, to the other is carnal.
Piedra libre Piedra libre (1976) Character: Amalia Pradere - Amalia Grande
Eugenia's parents die. She goes to live with Amalita, her close friend. Her grandmother Amalia Pradere a wealth landlady, takes the orphan under her protection. After a chain of events, disappearing her grandchild, Eugenia will take Amalita's place. She will inherit not only Amalia's possessions but also Ezequiel's love, Amalita's widower.
Mi novia es un fantasma Mi novia es un fantasma (1944) Character: Cameo
A humble maid is confused with a millionaire from a misunderstanding in the hotel that works and a journalist falls madly in love with her.
Safo, historia de una pasión Safo, historia de una pasión (1943) Character: Selva Moreno ("Safo")
The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.
Camino del infierno Camino del infierno (1945) Character: Laura Simrok
A melodramatic, psychological thriller, the film tells the story of a young wealthy widow, who is unhappy. She meets a Bohemian artist who marries her to escape the poverty of his family, but is stifled by her possessiveness and jealousy.
Las locas del conventillo Las locas del conventillo (1966) Character: Tía Remedios
The neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, is divided in two sectors: one is where decent people live under the tutelage of Magdalena, in the other, Manuel,ir responsible of a nightclub. Among decent people live Manolo, the milkman, awaiting the arrival of a Spanish woman to marry her. At the same time, the villain of Manuel also hopes for a Spanish nightclub. Women Arrivals weapon confusion.
Vidas marcadas Vidas marcadas (1942) Character: Malena
Two men define the destiny of a woman in a card game.
Los muchachos de antes no usaban arsénico Los muchachos de antes no usaban arsénico (1976) Character: Mara Ordaz
Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.
Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina (1937) Character: La rubia Mireya
A Young man from a wealthy family hide them his attraction for tango culture of arrabal. In a milonga he fell in love with Mirella and he have a knife fight with all others guapos that want her, he won. Time pass and Mirella became a mistress but this situation is unstable because of the society prejudices.
Pájaros de cristal Pájaros de cristal (1955) Character: Irina Galowa
A great dancer, unable to continue dancing, takes as a disciple a girl who wants to succeed.
Mujeres que trabajan Mujeres que trabajan (1938) Character: Ana María del Solar
A rich lady is suddenly in the street after her father's suicide and moves to a pension with many working women from different origins whom she had previously humiliated.
El mal amor El mal amor (1955) Character: N/A
Widow meets her husband's family for the first time after his death; her mother-in-law hates her and her husband's son from earlier marriage falls in love with her.
Deshonra Deshonra (1952) Character: Directora Interventora
The woeful tale of a trained nurse falsely accused of murder and shipped off to prison for five years.
Melgarejo Melgarejo (1937) Character: N/A
An adultery-induced woman is helped by her driver who discovers the villains.
Bendita seas Bendita seas (1956) Character: María
María has a powerful reason to hide the fact that she is Enrique's mother.
Mi vida por la tuya Mi vida por la tuya (1951) Character: Gloria Rivas
After an accident in a Buenos Aires shipyard a young boy is in the hospital in critical condition, and the boy’s anxious mother has a dream that includes an actress named Gloria Rivas she saw on a poster. Her son, now grown, ends up involved with the actress. Will she be his downfall? Was the dream a premonition?
Margarita, Armando y su padre Margarita, Armando y su padre (1939) Character: Margarita
A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.
El abuelo El abuelo (1954) Character: Lucrecia Vélez
Based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós.
Maestro Levita Maestro Levita (1938) Character: Elena Acevedo de Lerena
A school teacher tries to support his school against unjust measures by the government and a rich woman helps him.
Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (1947) Character: Ema
Paris, 1857. While on trial for moral outrage, French writer G. Flaubert tells the court and the audience the true story of the heroine of his novel Madame Bovary, a sensitive but capricious woman whose desperate efforts to overcome the bourgeois conventions of a dull, provincial life led her family first to ruin and disrepute and finally to the abyss of tragedy.
Las tres ratas Las tres ratas (1946) Character: Mercedes de la Fuente
Three sisters become orphans. The eldest one will undertake the protection of the rest which involves a very hard task . Eventually, she will have to resign to her happiness.
Las furias Las furias (1960) Character: La madre
Five women whose lives revolve around an absent man constantly battle each other in their decaying old mansion.
Boquitas pintadas Boquitas pintadas (1974) Character: Tarotista
The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.
Joven, viuda y estanciera Joven, viuda y estanciera (1941) Character: Elena Ocampo
Elena is coming back to her country house while León and the person in charge of the estate fight to gain her love.
María de los Ángeles María de los Ángeles (1948) Character: N/A
Set in 1825, the romance between a Creole woman and a Spaniard, during the Argentine War of Independence.
El canto del cisne El canto del cisne (1945) Character: Flora Jordán
A middle-age woman and a young composer live a tragic romance.



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