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Armida is a Actor Mexicaine born on 29 may 1911 at Aguascalientes (Mexique)

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Birth name Armida Vendrell
Nationality Mexique
Birth 29 may 1911 at Aguascalientes (Mexique)
Death 23 october 1989 (at 78 years) at Victorville (USA)

Armida, born Armida Vendrell, (29 May 1911 – 23 October 1989) was an American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian born in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Biography

Elle naît au Mexique, puis arrive aux États-Unis avec sa famille lorsqu'elle est encore jeune. Son père est magicien.

Usually with

Frank Fay
Frank Fay
(2 films)
Jack La Rue
Jack La Rue
(3 films)
Anthony Warde
Anthony Warde
(2 films)
John Barrymore
John Barrymore
(2 films)
Luis Alberni
Luis Alberni
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Armida (21 films)

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Actress

Rhythm Inn
Rhythm Inn (1951)

Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jane Frazee, Kirby Grant, Charles Smith, Lois Collier, Fritz Feld, Ralph Sanford
Roles Specialty Dancer
Rating69% 3.456053.456053.456053.456053.45605
Congo Bill
Congo Bill (1948)
, 4h30
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Cleo Moore, Don McGuire, Jack Ingram, I. Stanford Jolley, Leonard Penn, Charles King
Roles Zalea
Rating62% 3.124463.124463.124463.124463.12446
A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Only then, family charges Congo Bill, an adventurer, to find her, and bring her back to civilization. He follows a legend about a mysterious White Queen, but his path is full of difficulties, by an inhospitable jungle, and the man who will lose the fortune if the girl is found alive...
Machine Gun Mama
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
, 1h1
Directed by Harold Young
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Armida, El Brendel, Wallace Ford, Jack La Rue, Luis Alberni, Julian Rivero
Roles Nita Cordoba
Rating51% 2.5573852.5573852.5573852.5573852.557385
Two truck drivers from Brooklyn travel to Mexico to deliver an elephant named "Bunny", but they have lost the address of where Bunny is to be delivered to. Adopting the elephant as their own, the two stumble into a traveling carnival headed by Alberto Cordoba and his daughter Nita. The carnival is destitute and menaced by loan sharks. The two Americans sell Bunny to the carnival to replace their recently departed flea circus but agree not to accept their payment until the carnival regains its fortune thanks to Bunny and Brooklyn "ballyhoo". The loan sharks attempt a variety of dirty tricks against the gringos.
The Girl from Monterrey
The Girl from Monterrey (1943)
, 58minutes
Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Armida, Edgar Kennedy, Veda Ann Borg, Jack La Rue, Anthony Caruso, Charles Williams
Roles Lita Valdez
Rating50% 2.5345052.5345052.5345052.5345052.534505
In a Mexican nightclub, some American fight promoters witness Alberto 'Baby' Valdez, the brother of Lita Valdez knock out a champion fighter. At first Lita is angered that her brother has quit his law studies to become a fighter, but the two move to the United States. Lita literally bumps into reigning champion Jerry O'Leary with the three becoming inseparable friends. However the American fight promoters force Alberto and Jerry to fight each other or face suspension.
Always in My Heart
Always in My Heart (1942)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kay Francis, Walter Huston, Gloria Warren, Frankie Thomas, Una O'Connor, Sidney Blackmer
Roles Lolita
Rating61% 3.098223.098223.098223.098223.09822
MacKenzie Scott (Walter Huston), a brilliant musician, is falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life. While Scott languishes in prison, his long-suffering ex-wife Marjorie (Kay Francis) raises their two children to adulthood. Out of respect for Scott, whom she still loves, Marjorie never reveals to the kids that their father is in jail, insisting instead that Scott has long since died.
Fiesta
Fiesta (1941)
, 45minutes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Musical films
Actors Jorge Negrete, Ann Ayars, Armida, George Givot, Antonio Moreno
Roles Cuca
Rating49% 2.4512152.4512152.4512152.4512152.451215
Don Juan Hernández's niece Cholita returns to her village from Mexico City announcing she will not marry José, her village boyfriend, bur rather the radio star Fernando Gómez who has accompanied her home. José enlists two of his friends to pose as bandits to frighten the arrogant and cowardly Fernando and win Cholita back.
South of Tahiti
South of Tahiti (1941)
, 1h15
Directed by George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Brian Donlevy, Andy Devine, Broderick Crawford, María Montez, Henry Wilcoxon, H. B. Warner
Roles Tutara
Rating56% 2.8309352.8309352.8309352.8309352.830935
Three pearl hunters wind up stranded on a South Pacific island.
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937)
, 1h1
Directed by Mack V. Wright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Armida, Monte Blue, Wally Wales, Charles King
Roles Rosa Montero
Rating53% 2.6768452.6768452.6768452.6768452.676845
Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his sidekick Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) decide to leave Gene's ranch in order to pursue cattle rustlers who have been terrorizing the range. The men they are following, the Apache Kid (Max Hoffman Jr.) and Black Jim (Charles King), kill two lawmen and exchange clothes with them. When Gene and Frog discover the bodies, they decide to take their clothes and, disguised as wanted outlaws, head for the border.
The Marines Are Coming
The Marines Are Coming (1934)
, 1h14
Directed by David Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Actors William Haines, Conrad Nagel, Esther Ralston, Armida, Edgar Kennedy, Hale Hamilton
Roles Rosita Hernández Consuelo Ibera y Buenaventura
Rating55% 2.7623752.7623752.7623752.7623752.762375
A brash marine is assigned to a new post which is now under the command of his former rival. The marine falls in love with his commanding officer's fiancée and romances her away from him. The day before their wedding, the fiancée calls it off after the marine is involved with an incident in Tijuana. The fiancée leaves for Central America to join her father, who is a diplomat, and the disgraced marine quits but re-enlists as a private. Assigned to a post in Central America, the marine discovers he must rescue his rival, who has been captured by the rebels plotting to overthrow the territorial governor, her former fiancée's father.