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María del Pilar Margarita Casajuana Martínez (28 December 1905 – 26 October 1999), known professionally as Maria Alba, was a Spanish-American film actress.[1]

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2013)

Maria Alba
Alba in 1930
Born	María del Pilar Margarita Casajuana Martínez (1905-12-28)December 28, 1905 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Died	October 26, 1999(1999-10-26) (aged 93) San Diego, California, U.S.
Other names	Maria Casajuana
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1928–1946
Spouse(s)	David Todd ​ ​ (m. 1931; div. 1937)​ Richard J. Burk ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 1996)​
Children	3

Biography

Signed by the Fox Film Corporation after winning Fox Film contest in Spain, Maria Casajuana came to the United States in 1927 a second cabin class passenger on the S/S Suffern, which sailed from the Port of Le Havre, France, on 16 April, and arrived at the Port of New York, 26 April 1927.

Originally billed as Maria Casajuana, she appeared in 25 feature films, starting with Road House in 1928 and ending with La morena de mi copla in 1946. Her most notable appearances (as Maria Alba) were probably as "Saturday" in the 1932 Douglas Fairbanks film Mr. Robinson Crusoe, and as the exotic "Princess Nadji" in the Bela Lugosi serial The Return of Chandu. Other Latin actresses working in films, like Lupe Vélez or Dolores del Río, became fluent in English, but Maria Alba spoke English with a thick accent, which limited her casting opportunities.

Publicity materials for The Return of Chandu, published in 1934, disclosed that Maria Alba's married name was Mrs. David Todd. On July 9, 1950, she married Richard J. Burk; the couple had three children.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

References

External links

• Maria Alba at IMDb
• Maria Alba at Virtual History

На других языках

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- [en] Maria Alba

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[es] Maria Alba

Maria Alba (19 de marzo de 1910, Barcelona, Cataluña, España–26 de octubre de 1999, San Diego, California, EE. UU.[1]) fue una actriz cinematográfica española-estadounidense. Originalmente llamada Maria Casajuana Martínez,[2] la Fox se lo cambió usando el de la duquesa de Alba.[3] Apareció en 25 películas, comenzando con Road House en 1928; y, finalizando con La morena de mi copla en 1946.[4] Su aparición más notable fue probablemente como "Saturday" en la película de 1932, de Douglas Fairbanks Mr. Robinson Crusoe.

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[ru] Альба, Мария

Мария Альба (англ. Maria Alba, урожд. Мария Касахуана Мартинес (исп. Maria Casajuana Martínez); 19 марта 1910, Барселона — 26 октября 1999, Сан-Диего, Калифорния) — американская актриса испанского происхождения.

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