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Maria Antonieta Pons (November 6, 1922 – August 20, 2004) was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer. She was the first actress in the Rumberas films in the 1940s and 1950s, in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. The Rumberas film genre offered a societal perspective on Mexico during the 40s-50s.
María Antonieta Pons y Morales (La Habana, 11 de junio de 1922-Ciudad de México, 21 de agosto de 2004) fue una rumbera y actriz cubanomexicana. María Antonieta fue descubierta en Cuba en 1938 por el cineasta de origen español Juan Orol, quién decide lanzarla como actriz de cine en México.
María Antonieta Pons was born on 11 June 1922 in Havana, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Teatro del crimen (1957), La vida íntima de Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (1947) and Embrujo antillano (1946). She was married to Ramón Pereda and Juan Orol. She died on 20 August 2004 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Aug 26, 2004 · Maria Antonieta Pons, 82, a Cuban-born actress who helped define the 1940s tropical dancer movie genre known as rumbera, died Friday at a Mexico City hospital of natural causes. The Havana...
Aug 20, 2004 · Maria Antonieta Pons (July 11, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – August 20, 2004 in Mexico City) was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer. She was the first actress in the Rumberas films in the 1940s and 1950s, in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Mar 23, 2022 · María Antoineta Pons, also known as The Caribbean Cyclone, was one of the most important rumberas of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, so her retirement and even more so her reluctance to...
Aug 30, 2004 · Pons starred in dozens of films from Mexico's Golden Age of cinema, often playing dancers and showcasing Caribbean rhythms. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and worked with leading actors and directors of the time.
