the film Carnaval Atlántida In the 1950s, she had famous film collaborations with Evangelina Elizondo in ¡Que bravas son las costeñas! (1955); Antonio Espino Clavillazo in Nunca me hagan eso (1956); and with Germán Valdés "Tin Tan" in Teatro del crímen (1956), Las mil y una noches (1957), La Odalísca no. 13 (1957), and Una estrella y dos estrellados (1959). Pons began alternating performances in films with performances in major theaters in Mexico City, like The Margo (today Blanquita) or the Follies Bergere. With the decline of the Rumberas films, Pons retired from the cinema in the early sixties. Her last film was Caña brava (1965), alongside the singer Javier Solís. Retirement After Caña Brava, Pons's public appearances were limited. Speculation regarding the location of her residence appeared: Los Angeles, Miami, and New York have been proposed. Starting in the 1970s, she refused to have contact with the public. When her husband Ramon Pereda died, her isolation was higher. She even refused to receive a Diosa de Plata Award. Her reason was: All that can be said of me, was reflected in my films. After the death of Ramon Pereda she remarried in 1989, this time to Benjamin Alvarez. Death María Antonieta Pons died in Mexico City on 20 August 2004. Pons had started to have mental lapses, but her death was caused by a heart attack. At her request, her death was announced after the funeral services had concluded. In several interviews, her widower denied that Pons was overweight, and held that she kept the statuesque figure that characterized her in her films. She is survived by her only daughter, Maria Guadalupe Pereda, from her second marriage. Filmography Siboney (1938) La última aventura de Chaflán (1942) Noche de Ronda (1942) Red Konga (1943) Balaju (1944) ¡Viva mi desgracia! (1944) Toros, amor y gloria (1944) Cruel Destino (1945) Los misterios del hampa (1945) Rosalinda (1945) Embrujo antillano (1946) Pasiones Tormentosas (1946) La reina del trópico (1946) The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra (1947) La sin ventura (1947) La insaciable (1947) Ángel o demonio (1947) The Well-paid (1948) Nuestras vidas (1948) La hija del penal (1948) Flor de caña (1948) The Woman of the Port (1949) Un cuerpo de mujer (1949) Piña madura (1950) El ciclón del Caribe (1950) La reina del mambo (1950) María Cristina (1950) La niña popoff (1951) Carnaval en la Atlántida (1952) Me lo dijo