Tita Merello

Actor · Writer

San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

October 10, 1904

Biography

Tita Merello (born Laura Ana Merello) was a prominent Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. In her 6 decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, she had filmed over thirty movies, premiered twenty plays, had nine television appearances, completed three radio series and had had countless appearances in print media. She was one of the singers who emerged in the 1920s and created the female voices of tango. She is primarily remembered for the songs "Se dice de mí" and "La milonga y yo".