The Peanut Vendor, Armida, in Esp and Eng 1933

Amida Vendrell was a Mexican actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillianborn May 1911 in Aguascalientas, Mexico. She came from a theatrical family. Her mother was the performer Maria Camalich and her father was a well known magician"The Great Arnold" who emigrated to Mexico from Spain. Armida also had two younger sisters who were performers~Lydia and Lola. By the time she was 19 Armida had a lucrative long term screen contract and was able to purchase a beautiful home where she lived with her family. Vendrell was just five feet tall with heels and 4 ' 10" without. She had a small face with two dark eyes of radiant beauty. She started performing at a young age when her family moved to Douglas, Arizona where her father opened the first movie theater. She and her sisters would sing and dance during intermission and her father would perform his magic. After being discovered singing in the Plaza in Los Angeles by Gus Edwards, the stage and screen actor, songwriter, and dance instructor, she participated in as many as 24 vaudeville numbers a day in New York. Edwards then brought her back to Hollywood with him to feature her in colortone novelties. She was soon under contract to United Artists and at age 18, was offerred a 5 year contract from Warner Brothers. She appeared in films such as Border Romance (1929), The Show of Shows (1929), Under a Texas Moon (1930), Bad Men of the Border (1945) and her final film was Rhythm Inn (1951). She had appeared in westerns with Gene Autry and had the starring role in The Girl from Monterrey. She passed away in Victorville, California in 1989.