Mercedes Simone

Mercedes Simone

Birth : 1904-04-20, La Plata, Argentina

Death : 1990-10-02

History

Mercedes Celia Simone was an Argentine actress, tango singer, composer and lyricist. She was nicknamed “La Dama del Tango.” She was one of the emblematic female figures of Argentine tango.

Profile

Mercedes Simone

Movies

Pecadora
Pecadora
Music
A tango singer is involved in the death of a lender.
La otra y yo
La otra y yo
Ambición
Ambición
Juanita Pacheco
The struggle to succeed and a love story of some Argentines who live in the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris.
La vuelta de Rocha
La vuelta de Rocha
Dora
A sailor and a tango singer fall in love. To protect her, the man takes her to live with his family. But before embarking, he is robbed, and the circumstances accuse the girl of being an accomplice of the criminals.
Sombras Porteñas
Sombras Porteñas
¡Tango!
¡Tango!
Herself
¡Tango! follows a formula established by Carlos Gardel with films such as Luces de Buenos Aires (The Lights of Buenos Aires, 1931) in which a melodramatic story is interspersed with tango songs. However, the film had less dialog and more music, making it more like a musical revue. This format would be copied by many subsequent films. The plot is derived from tango songs. Many of these songs tell of the seduction of an innocent slum girl by a rich man who promises her a glamorous life, but who abandons her when her looks fade. The stylized and sentimental plot of ¡Tango! revolves around a young man who is abandoned by his girlfriend for an older rich man and is heartbroken. The film follows his misfortunes.