Virginia Luque Explained

Virginia Luque
Birth Name:	Violeta Mabel Domínguez
Birth Date:	4 October 1927
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation:	actress, singer
Years Active:	1943-1976

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 between 1943 and 1976.^[1]

Born in Buenos Aires, 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.^[2]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Murió a los 86 años la actriz y cantante de tangos Virginia Luque. DiarioUno.com.ar. 5 June 2014. es.
2. Web site: Festival de Cannes: The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon. 2009-01-11. festival-cannes.com.