Movita

Biography

Movita, born Maria Luisa Castaneda on April 12, 1916, was an American actress of Mexican descent. She began her acting career singing alongside Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Flying Down to Rio (1933) and went on to play exotic women in films like Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Tower of Terror (1941). Her notable roles as Rosita in Apache Ambush (1955) and Marie Durand in another film.