MarÃa del Pilar Margarita Casajuana MartÃnez ( December â€"
October ), known professionally as Maria Alba, was a Spanish-American
film actress.Signed by the Fox Film Corporation after winning Fox Film
contest in Spain, Maria Casajuana came to the United States in a
second cabin class passenger on the S/S Suffern, which sailed from the
Port of Le Havre, France, on April, and arrived at the Port of New
York, April .Originally billed as Maria Casajuana, she appeared in
feature films, starting with Road House in and ending with La morena
de mi copla in . Her most notable appearances (as Maria Alba) were
probably as "Saturday" in the Douglas Fairbanks film Mr. Robinson
Crusoe, and as the exotic "Princess Nadji" in the Bela Lugosi serial
The Return of Chandu. Other Latin actresses working in films, like
Lupe Vélez or Dolores del RÃo, became fluent in English, but Maria
Alba spoke English with a thick accent, which limited her casting
opportunities.Publicity materials for The Return of Chandu, published
in , disclosed that Maria Alba's married name was Mrs. David Todd. On
July , , she married Richard J. Burk; the couple had three children.
October ), known professionally as Maria Alba, was a Spanish-American
film actress.Signed by the Fox Film Corporation after winning Fox Film
contest in Spain, Maria Casajuana came to the United States in a
second cabin class passenger on the S/S Suffern, which sailed from the
Port of Le Havre, France, on April, and arrived at the Port of New
York, April .Originally billed as Maria Casajuana, she appeared in
feature films, starting with Road House in and ending with La morena
de mi copla in . Her most notable appearances (as Maria Alba) were
probably as "Saturday" in the Douglas Fairbanks film Mr. Robinson
Crusoe, and as the exotic "Princess Nadji" in the Bela Lugosi serial
The Return of Chandu. Other Latin actresses working in films, like
Lupe Vélez or Dolores del RÃo, became fluent in English, but Maria
Alba spoke English with a thick accent, which limited her casting
opportunities.Publicity materials for The Return of Chandu, published
in , disclosed that Maria Alba's married name was Mrs. David Todd. On
July , , she married Richard J. Burk; the couple had three children.
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