Maria Alba (born Maria Casahuana Martinez , Spanish Maria Casajuana Martínez ; March 19, 1910 , Barcelona - October 26, 1999 , San Diego , California ) is an American actress of Spanish descent.
| Maria Alba | |
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| English Maria alba | |
| Birth name | Maria Casahuana Martinez |
| Date of Birth | March 19, 1910 |
| Place of Birth | Barcelona , Spain |
| Date of death | October 26, 1999 (89 years old) |
| Place of death | San Diego , California , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Profession | actress |
| IMDb | |
Maria Casahuana worked as a telephone operator in Barcelona until she won the Fox beauty contest. In 1927, Maria participated in an international beauty contest in Texas , representing Spain. After that, she moved to the USA, learned English, took the pseudonym Maria Alba and began acting in films. During her short Hollywood career, she starred in 25 feature films, starting with the Roadhouse in 1928 and ending with the Golden of the Great God in 1935. Her most prominent role is that of Saturday in the movie Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932), in which she played with Douglas Fairbanks . In the 1940s, Maria starred in two Hispanic films.
On July 9, 1950, she married Richard Burke; three children were born in this marriage.
Links
- Maria Alba on the Internet Movie Database
- Maria Alba in the archives of Virtual History