---
name: "Movita Castaneda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/movita"
roles: []
born: "12 April 1916"
died: "12 February 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T22:48:03.551236+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Movita Castaneda

Actor. Born 12 April 1916 in Nogales. Died 12 February 2015.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 April 1916, Nogales
- **Died:** 12 February 2015
- **Also known as:** Movita, Movita Castenada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movita_Castaneda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269037, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0610230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/939707

## Biography

Movita Castaneda, also credited as Movita, was an American actress of Mexican descent. Born Maria Luisa Castaneda in Nogales, Arizona, she began her career as a singer and dancer, making her film debut in Flying Down to Rio (1933).

She appeared in several films in the 1930s and 1940s, playing exotic or supporting roles, most notably as Tehani in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Other credits include Fort Apache (1948), The Hurricane (1937), Wagon Master (1950) and The Furies (1950). She later had a recurring role as Ana in the television series Knots Landing.

Castaneda was married to boxer Jack Doyle from 1939 to 1944 and to actor Marlon Brando from 1960 until the marriage was annulled in 1968; they had two children. She died in Los Angeles on 12 February 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), Fi1m 83, as Tehani — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Ana
- *Panic in Echo Park* (1977), Actor
- *Apache Ambush* (1955), as Rosita
- *Ride, Vaquero!* (1953), as Hussy (uncredited)
- *Dream Wife* (1953), as Rima
- *Wild Horse Ambush* (1952), as Lita Espinosa
- *Saddle Legion* (1951), as Mercedes
- *Soldiers Three* (1951), as Cabaret woman (as Movita Castenada)
- *The Petty Girl* (1950), as Carmelita Moray (uncredited)
- *A Lady Without Passport* (1950), as Lorena (uncredited)
- *The Furies* (1950), as Chiquita
- *Federal Man* (1950), as Lolita Martinez / Montez (as Movita Castaneda)
- *Wagon Master* (1950), as Young Navajo Indian
- *Red Light* (1949), as Trina (uncredited)
- *The Mysterious Desperado* (1949), as Luisa
- *Fort Apache* (1948), as Guadalupe
- *Tower of Terror* (1941), as Marie Durand
- *Girl from Rio* (1939), as Marquita Romero
- *Wolf Call* (1939), as Towana
- *Rose of the Rio Grande* (1938), as Rosita del Torre
- *The Hurricane* (1937), as Arai
- *Paradise Isle* (1937), as Ida
- *Captain Calamity* (1936), as Annana
- *The Devil of the Sea* (1935), as Maya
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), as Tehani — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)
- *La buenaventura* (1934), Actor
- *El escándalo* (1934), as Gregoria
- *Flying Down to Rio* (1933), as Singer (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Movita Castaneda](https://film.one/media/person/1227783/gallery-b901631782e6.jpg) Movita Castaneda — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Movita_in_Mutiny_on_the_Bounty_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Movita (aka Movita Castaneda) and John Carroll in Wolf Call - publicity still (original image cropped : see source) (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/1227783/gallery-e8d83d57ea45.jpg) Movita (aka Movita Castaneda) and John Carroll in Wolf Call - publicity still (original image cropped : see source) (1939) — unknown (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Movita-John_Carroll_in_Wolf_Call.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Movita Castaneda](https://film.one/media/person/1227783/gallery-9ac50dc2e087.jpg) Movita Castaneda — Image via TMDB
- ![Movita Castaneda](https://film.one/media/person/1227783/gallery-a890fc2c5512.jpg) Movita Castaneda — Image via TMDB
- ![Movita Castaneda](https://film.one/media/person/1227783/gallery-b23bf8b4bef7.jpg) Movita Castaneda — Image via TMDB

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/movita