Amelia del Carmen Pita Vega

Known as Amelita Pita. Outstanding Cuban actress in radio, television, film, and theater.

She was born in La Habana. Daughter of Francisco Pita Rodríguez, known as "Pacopé" and brother of the great Cuban writer Félix Pita Rodríguez, he was a popular commentator on artistic entertainment in newspapers of his time, such as El País.

Her connection to art began in childhood when she received acting, ballet, and singing lessons.

Amelita was founder of the Rita Montaner Theater Company, in which in 1964 — just two years after the theater group was founded — she starred in the production Arsenic and Old Lace, a work by Joseph Kesselring directed artistically by Cuqui Ponce de León and Rogelio Rodríguez, and in which she performed alongside José Hermida and Fernando Robles.

She was also a member since its creation of the Bertolt Brecht Political Theater Group, under the general direction of Mario Balmaseda, in which she participated in many of its works, such as The Kremlin Chimes.

At the end of the 1980s she performed with great success from both the public and critics a monologue by playwright Héctor Quintero titled That's Fantastic, with which she traveled to several countries, including México and Ecuador.

On television, her appearances in Cuban telenovelas The Year That Comes and If You Could Love Me are remembered.

Cinema was also enriched by Amelita's presence in some films:
The Compass. Comedy based on the original by Gloria Parrado. Teleplay for Cuban TV.
1968
Lucía. Dir. Humberto Solás.
1983
Se permuta. Dir. Juan Carlos Tabío.
1988
Letters from the Park. Dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.
2000
Waiting List. Dir. Juan Carlos Tabío.
2002
Love the Cuban Way (Germany).
Among Cyclones. Dir. Enrique Colina.
2003
Although You Are Far Away. Dir. Juan Carlos Tabío.

She also did extensive work as host and conductor of artistic programs at the Cuban Fund for Cultural Property, the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), the National Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Museum of Decorative Arts, among other cultural promotion centers.

She died, of sudden death, on the afternoon of Thursday, October 18, 2002 at her residence in the Havana neighborhood of El Vedado.

Awards and Recognition
That's Fantastic. Diploma from the Association of Performing Arts for her outstanding participation in theater.
Letters from the Park. Mention in the X Acting Contest of the Association of Performing Arts of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba.
The Year That Comes. Diploma from Cuban Television for her performance in a television novel.