Rita Montaner

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Biography: Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a vedette (a star), and was well known in Mexico City, Paris, Miami and New York, where she performed, filmed and recorded on numerous occasions. She was one of Cuba's most popular artists between the late 1920s and 1950s, renowned as Rita de Cuba. Though classically trained as a soprano for zarzuelas, her mark was made as a singer of Afro-Cuban salon songs including "The Peanut Vendor" and "Siboney".

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Cuba

Birthday: August 20, 1900

Deathday: April 17, 1958

Adult: No

Gender: Female

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Known For:

Angelitos Negros
Victims of Sin
Black Is My Color
Píntame angelitos blancos
To the Sound of the Mambo
Anacleto Gets Divorced
It Happened in Havana
Pobre corazón
Caribbean Rhythms