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Lita Baron

Actress/dancer

Born - 11 August 1923, Almeria, Spain
Died - 16 December 2015

Diminutive but dynamic Spanish-born dancer and actress in Hollywood. Born Isabel Castro and originally billed as Isabelita, she came to America as a child, and edged into Hollywood films in the war years, at first as dancing senoritas, but later in 'second lead' acting roles: That's My Baby! (1944), Pan-Americana (1945), Don Ricardo Returns (1946), That's My Gal (1947), Jungle Jim (1948), Border Incident (1949), Savage Drums (1951), Jesse James' Women (1953), The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955), Red Sundown (1956), The Broken Star (1956), Compadece al Delincuente (1960) and, much later, Bitter Heritage (1979), her last. She married actor Rory Calhoun and had three children, but they divorced after 22 years. She died after breaking a hip in a fall.