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Raquel Torres (born Paula Marie Osterman; November 11, 1908 – August 10, 1987) was a Mexican-born American film actress. Her sister was actress Renee Torres. A half-German half-Mexican woman born in Hermosillo, Mexico, she grew up in Hollywood. She starred in late silent and early sound films like White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) and Duck Soup (1933). The former was a silent film shot in Tahiti but was MGM's first feature fully synchronized with pre-recorded music and effects. The latter was a famous 1933 Marx Brothers comedy, in which she played a would-be Mata Hari type. Torres... MORE

Raquel Torres (born Paula Marie Osterman; November 11, 1908 – August 10, 1987) was a Mexican-born American film actress. Her sister was actress Renee Torres. A half-German half-Mexican woman born in Hermosillo, Mexico, she grew up in Hollywood. She starred in late silent and early sound films like White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) and Duck Soup (1933). The former was a silent film shot in Tahiti but was MGM's first feature fully synchronized with pre-recorded music and effects. The latter was a famous 1933 Marx Brothers comedy, in which she played a would-be Mata Hari type. Torres began her acting career in 1928, playing the lead in White Shadows of the South Seas, MGM's first feature fully synchronized for dialogue, music, and sound effects. A 1930 movie, The Sea Bat, featured Torres with Charles Bickford. The story begins with the death of her lover in the huge wings of a bat, underwater. The movie was filmed in the tropics of southern Mexico. She received favorable reviews as the Spanish girl whose character exemplifies the voodoo superstitions of the natives. Other films Torres appeared in were Under A Texas Moon, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, So This Is Africa, and Red LESS