Virginia Luque (born Violeta Mabel Domínguez; 4 October 1927 – 3 June 2014) was an
Argentine tango singer and film actress. She made nearly 20 appearances in tango films of
Argentina
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between 1943 and 1976.
Born in
Buenos Aires
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, she began her career in film in 1943 in ''
La guerra la gano yo'', later appearing in ''
Arriba el Telón o el Patio de la Morocha'' (1951). She starred alongside
Arturo de Córdova in ''
La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde'', a 1949 Venezuelan–Argentine film directed by
Carlos Hugo Christensen, which entered into the
1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Death
Virginia Luque died on 3 June 2014 from
natural causes in her native Buenos Aires, aged 86.
Selected filmography
* ''
Back in the Seventies'' (1945)
* ''
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon'' (1949)
* ''
Arriba el Telón o el Patio de la Morocha'' (1951)
* ''
Del cuplé al tango'' (1958)
References
External links
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1927 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Argentine women singers
Argentine film actresses
Singers from Buenos Aires
Tango singers
Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery