 Originally billed as Maria Casajuana, she appeared in 25 feature films, starting with "Road House" in 1928 and ending with "La morena de mi copla" in 1946.Her most notable appearances (as Maria Alba) were probably as "Saturday" in the 1932 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 Velez or Dolores del Río, became fluent in English, but Maria Alba spoke English with a thick accent, which limited her casting opportunities.