Virginia Luque
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| name = Virginia Luque
| image = Virginia Luque.jpg
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| birth_name = Violeta Mabel Domínguez
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|10|04}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|06|03|1927|10|04}}
| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| other_names =
| occupation = actress, singer
| years_active = 1943-1976
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.diariouno.com.ar/espectaculos/Murio-a-los-86-aos-la-actriz-y-cantante-de-tangos-Virginia-Luque-20140603-0132.html |title=Murió a los 86 años la actriz y cantante de tangos Virginia Luque|date=3 June 2014 |publisher=DiarioUno.com.ar|access-date=5 June 2014|language=es}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4126/year/1951.html|title=Festival de Cannes: The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon|access-date=2009-01-11|work=festival-cannes.com}}
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
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0527052|name=Virginia Luque}}
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Category:20th-century Argentine women singers
Category:Argentine film actresses