Elvira Ríos

Elvira Ríos

Birth : 1913-11-15, La Lagunilla, Mexico City, Mexico

Death : 1987-01-13

History

María Elvira Gallegos Ríos was a Mexican singer and actress. One of the most notable performers of Agustín Lara's songs, Ríos was the first Mexican singer who achieved international success through radio, records, nightclub engagements, tours, and films

Profile

Elvira Ríos

Movies

The Tango Returns to Paris
Lupe Torres
Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.
When My Heart Calls
Sombra Rey
A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.
The Real Glory
Mrs. Yabo
In the wake of the Spanish-American war, military doctor Bill Canavan (Cooper) arrives at a war-torn Filipino outpost. Infested with cholera and under attack from a vicious local Moro chieftain, the troops are terrified and their commanding officer has all but given up hope. Outnumbered and out of supplies, Canavan decides to trade his scalpel for a rifle and rally the few remaining troops into one last stand before the outpost and everyone inside becomes just another footnote in history.
Stagecoach
Yakima (uncredited)
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
Tropic Holiday
Rosa
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
¡Esos hombres!
Cantante
A 1937 film.