Maria Alba was a Spanish-American film actress. Originally named Maria Casajuana, Alba was born in, Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Cataluña, Spain

Spain

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 on March 19, 1910, and died of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

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 at the age of 89 in San Diego, California

California

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 on October 26, 1999. She appeared in 25 feature films, starting with Road House in 1928 and ending with La morena de mi copla in 1946. Her most notable appearance was probably as "Saturday" in the 1932 Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

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 film Mr. Robinson Crusoe.

Mr. Robinson Crusoe

Mr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 American film. It is one of the few "talkie" films starring Douglas Fairbanks in his penultimate film role, who also produced the film and provided the story. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silent film director, for Fairbanks's Elton...

Maria Alba married Richard J. Burk on July 9, 1950; the couple had three children.

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