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Marta Elba(1920-1954)

  • Actress
  • Writer
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Marta Elba was born in 1920 in Cuba. She was an actress and writer, known for La que murió de amor (1943), The Balloon of Cantoya (1943) and It Happened in Havana (1938). She died on 19 April 1954 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Born1920
DiedApril 19, 1954
Born1920
DiedApril 19, 1954
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La que murió de amor
  • Actress(as Martha Elba Fombellida)
  • 1943
The Balloon of Cantoya (1943)
The Balloon of Cantoya
6.8
  • María
  • 1943
It Happened in Havana (1938)
It Happened in Havana
5.8
  • Cigarrera(as Martha Elba Fombellida)
  • 1938
La monja alférez (1944)
El monje blanco
6.9
  • Anabella
  • 1945

Credits

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Actress

  • La monja alférez (1944)
    El monje blanco
    6.9
    • Anabella
    • 1945
  • Juan José Martínez Casado and Paquita de Ronda in Sierra Morena (1945)
    Sierra Morena
    • 1945
  • The Intruder (1944)
    The Intruder
    5.1
    • Matilde
    • 1944
  • Murallas de pasión (1944)
    Murallas de pasión
    • 1944
  • El amor de los amores (1944)
    El amor de los amores
    6.2
    • Isabel (as Martha Elba)
    • 1944
  • La que murió de amor
    • (as Martha Elba Fombellida)
    • 1943
  • The Balloon of Cantoya (1943)
    The Balloon of Cantoya
    6.8
    • María
    • 1943
  • It Happened in Havana (1938)
    It Happened in Havana
    5.8
    • Cigarrera (as Martha Elba Fombellida)
    • 1938

Writer

  • Gloria Lozano and Emilio Tuero in Sentencia (1950)
    Sentencia
    6.1
    • story (as Martha Elba Fombellida)
    • 1950

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Martha Elba
  • Born
    • 1920
    • Cuba
  • Died
    • April 19, 1954
    • Mexico City, Mexico(cancer)

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    Stage actress and newspaper columnist.

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