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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-01-04

Place of Birth

Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Carlos Altavista

Biography

Juan Carlos Altavista (1929-1989) was an Argentine humorist. He is best remembered for his character Minguito, who was censored during the country's last dictatorship for his "slang language". The truth was that he was persecuted for being a Peronist. Minguito participated in the hit television comedy show "Polémica en el bar" and formed a comic duo with Juan Carlos Calabró's character Aníbal.

Known for

Vacaciones

Vacaciones

A woman's dilemma between love for her mother and passion for a man.

Che, OVNI

Che, OVNI

A porteño tango singer is kidnapped by a UFO and taken to Madrid, London and Paris.

Amor libre

Amor libre

A beautiful young girl tired of waiting for his boyfriend to propose to her, will generate a series of amorous misunderstandings.

El andador

El andador

A late pregnancy disrupts the routine of a mature marriage.

El salame

El salame

A submissive and unhappy man is mistaken for a famous assailant and people who despised him begin to respect him.

La murga

La murga

The director of a murga falls ill with poliomyelitis and to help him the members donate the money they earned.

La novia

La novia

Paraíso robado

Paraíso robado

The four children of a married couple hatch a plan to prevent their father from leaving with another woman

Accused Women

Accused Women

A terrifying story based on a fact occurred in Buenos Aires, early 1967. Reported in "La Nación" and all the other newspapers, after the death of a woman interned at the Instituto de Detención para Mujeres. Doctor Vallejos, the magistrate in charge of the inquest, gets enmeshed in personal intrigue, organized corruption, lust and vice in which apparently all the penitentiary personnel and an organized gang of dangerous inmates are involved, operating within the prison itself.

Corazón

Corazón

Each month a school teacher narrates a new story to his students, with a moral in each of them.

Coche cama, alojamiento

Coche cama, alojamiento

A magazine company and some in-love couples board a night train where a gang of bandits is traveling.

Mingo y Aníbal en la mansión embrujada

Mingo y Aníbal en la mansión embrujada

Mingo and Anibal are hired to embellish a mansion's garden, but a series of spooky events will soon take place.

Juvenilia

Juvenilia

A group of young people from the Colegio Nacional Buenos Aires recount their wanderings and their days in high school at the time of the National Organization in Buenos Aires.

Los hijos del otro

Los hijos del otro

A mother hires a psychologist to be the father of 3 children, and he performs his role excellently, providing affection.

La casa de Madame Lulú

La casa de Madame Lulú

In the 1930s a young revolutionary falls in love with a young woman of innocent appearance but who really works in a brothel.