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Jovita Luna

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Birth name
  
María Eugenia Luna

Occupation(s)
  
singer, dancer

Genre
  
Folk

Origin
  
Argentinian

Died
  
12 January 2006

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Born
  
11 June 1924 (age 92) (
1924-06-11
)

Similar
  
Alba Solís, Elba Berón, Sofía Bozán, Mario Abramovich, Beba Bidart

María Eugenia Luna (11 June 1924, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 12 January 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina), also known as Jovita Luna, was an Argentinian singer, star, and actress.

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Biography

She started her artistic career in the popular group Marilyn in 1932, beside Nelly Prince and Alba Solís. Afterwards, she started in the theatre heading with Drink Bidart and Nélida Rock. In 1941, through the EPT company, she played a Palomita integrating the duet "The Palomitas" in the drama Joven, viuda y estanciera, with direction of Luis José Bayón Herrera and the lead of Fuse Ortiz. The plot indicated that Elena (Ortiz) goes to return to his house and confronts León (Santiago Arrieta) and the person to charge of the ranch (Santiago Gómez Cou) with a struggle for winning her love.

In 1951, she starred in musical pictures that included El patio de la morocha, or also known as Arriba el telón, a film based on a tango of Mariano Dwell and Cátulo Castle, who also were the screenwriters. In this decade, she acted in France, Italy and Brazil, performing tangos and participating of performing in music-halls. Also she developed a big theatrical career, in works like Two hearts (1944), in the Theatre President Alvear, The history of the sainete (1946), with Malvina Pastorino, The another I of Marcela (1962), in the Theatre The National, Lights of Buenos Aires (1969), of Hugo of the Lane, Promises, promises (1972), in the Theatre Odeon, The true history of Salomé (1972), in the Saint General Theatre Martín, The neighbours of Currents (1974), with the comic Pablo Palitos, Chicago (1977), where she played Mum Morton in the Theatre The National, with Àmbar the Fox, Nélida Lobato and Juan Carlos Thorry, Violated and abandoned (1981), in the Theatre Maipo, Annie (1982), in the Theatre Buenos Aires, among others.

In 1962 she played a Dancer in Different, favoured by Àguila Films. In 1971 she was hired to sing in Argentinísima, a cinematographic version of the program issued by Chronic TV with Julio Mahárbiz, the one who to his time commissioned to present the film. With a cast of Atahualpa Yupanqui, Mercedes Sosa, Eduardo Falú, Astor Piazzolla and Norma Viale, under the musical direction of Oscar Cardozo Ocampo, this would be the last cinematographic work of luna. In 1985, she fulfilled her television work more important in Prowess mum, playing the role of Catalina at the side of María Aurelia Bisutti, and in 1986, she collaborated with the world-wide show Tango Argentinia, that toured in diverse countries including the United States. In 1993, she toured seven years, in France beside the Greater Sextet, the Duet Salgán-Of Lio, and voices like the ones of Roberto Goyeneche, María Graña, accompanied by the choreography of Juan Carlos Copes. Afterwards, she continued in Italy, and later returned to Paris.

With little fanfare, Jovita Moon withdrew of the artistic activity. She died at the 81 years old, on 12 January 2006. She was buried in the Panteón of the Argentinian Association of Actors of the cemetery of the Chacarita.

Filmography

  • Argentinísima (1972)
  • Different (1962)
  • The hand that tightens (1953)
  • The playground of the morocha (1951)
  • Youngster, widowed and estanciera (1941)
  • Songs

    Balada para mi muerte
    Viejo Madrid
    De mi barrio

    References

    Jovita Luna Wikipedia