María Antonieta Pons

Maria Antonieta Pons
Born	Maria Antonieta Pons November 6, 1922(1922-11-06) La Habana, Cuba
Died	August 20, 2004(2004-08-20) Mexico City, México
Occupation	film actress, dancer
Years active	1942–1966

Maria Antonieta Pons (July 11, 1922 – August 20, 2004) was a Cuban born Mexican film actress and Rumba dancer.

Career

Born in Cuba in 1922, from Catalan origin, she was one of the most notorious rumba dancers of her times. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish film director Juan Orol. Emigrated to Mexico City to film Siboney (1938). She became a most popular movie actress during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Her impressive physique as well as her extraordinary faculties as a rumba dancer will not be forgotten. She starred numerous Orol's films in the 1940s. After break her relationship with Orol, she passing the baton from her second husband, the Cuban director Ramón Pereda.

Her sensuous dancing can still be seen in movies such as La Reina del Mambo (1950), María Cristina (1951) and La Niña Popoff (1952), directed by Pereda. Among other films by her we have to mention: Noche de ronda (1942), Konga roja (1943, La mujer del puerto (1949), La Sinventura (1949), Una estrella y dos estrellados (1959), Las mil y una noches (1957), Teatro del crimen (1956), and Caña Brava (1964) among many others, including some in the "ranchero" gender. Some of her partners were Pedro Armendáriz, Tin Tan, Enrique Rambal and Luis Aguilar.

From 1964 she had been retired from the artistic activity. She died at age 82 at a private hospital in Mexico City.

Pons (together with Meche Barba, Amalia Aguilar, Ninón Sevilla and Rosa Carmina), is considered as one of the "Tropical Queens" of the Rumberas film of Mexican Cinema.

Filmography (Selected)

• Siboney (1938)
• Noche de Ronda (1942)
• Konga Roja (1943)
• Balaju (1944)
• ¡Viva mi desgracia! (1944)
• Cruel Destino (1945)
• Pasiones Tormentosas (1945)
• Los misterios del hampa (1945)
• Rosalinda (1945)
• Embrujo Antillano (1946)
• La Reina del Trópico (1946)
• Vida intima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (1947)
• Un cuerpo de mujer (1947)
• El ciclón del Caribe (1948)
• La sinventura (1948)
• La Bien pagada (1949)
• La mujer del puerto (1949)
• La hija del penal (1949)
• La Reina del Mambo (1950)
• Maria Cristina (1950)
• La niña popoff (1951)
• Me lo dijo Adela (1952)
• Nunca me hagan eso (1952)
• ¡Que bravas son las costeñas! (1953)
• Una estrella y dos estrellados (1955)
• Las mil y una noches (1956)
• La Odalisca No. 13 (1957)
• Teatro del Crimen (1958)
• Acapulqueña (1959)
• Ferias de Mexico (1961)
• Caña Brava (1964)

Bibliography

• Muñoz Castillo, Fernando (1993). Las Reinas del Tropico: María Antonieta Pons, Meche Barba, Amalia Aguilar, Ninón Sevilla & Rosa Carmina. Grupo Azabache. ISBN 968-5077-11-8. 
• Agrasánchez Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema.. Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8. 

External links

• María Antonieta Pons at the Internet Movie Database
• Filmography and photos
• María Antonieta Pons video

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Name	Pons, Maria Antonieta
Alternative names
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Date of birth	November 6, 1922
Place of birth	La Habana, Cuba
Date of death	August 20, 2004
Place of death	Mexico City, México