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Azahares rojos (1961)
Character: Rosauro's wife
Family with young-adult children returns to Mexico after many years in Spain.
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La guarida del buitre (1958)
Character: N/A
Cowboy-policeman-hero interferes with the bad guy's plans and prevents his engaging in monkeyshines. Part of the series "Mauricio Rosales, el rayo justiciero."
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La entrega (1954)
Character: Eulalia (sirvienta)
Through hard work, the Spaniard Alejandro has become wealthy and powerful. In contrast, the banker Don Victorino—who once refused a loan to the then-poor Alejandro—has fallen on difficult times. Victorino is married to Ana, who spends her life playing the piano, and they are the parents of the proud Julia, who is engaged to Enrique Régules. Julia is forced to marry Alejandro in order to save her family’s financial situation. Despite her husband’s blunt and often harsh honesty, Julia gradually finds herself falling in love with him, and vainly tries to make him jealous with Licenciado Héctor, who courts her. Julia becomes nervously ill, troubled by the fact that Alejandro does not love her in the romantic, storybook way she longs for.
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La mujer del puerto (1949)
Character: Vecina (uncredited)
Orphaned, abandoned by her fiance, forced into prostitution by the absence of "respectable" alternatives.And the-e-en...
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¡Acá las Tortas! (1951)
Character: Chole
College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrounds.
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Misericordia (1953)
Character: Limosnera chismosa (uncredited)
Faded rich family has a housekeeper who struggles to keep them fed and comfortable after their fortune disappears; she also sacrifices herself on behalf of sick and disabled friends.
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La loca (1952)
Character: Paciente que no respira
Mentally-ill woman went over the edge 15 years earlier, as a result of family traumas and the disappearance of her daughter. Now, present day, evil relatives are trying to take control of money she's inherited...
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Prisión de sueños (1949)
Character: Vecina (uncredited)
Luis el Roto is a laborer who, due to a lack of money, cannot marry his girlfriend Rosa; they live in a poor alleyway with their respective mothers. Luis is loved by the prostitute Carlota, and for this reason he despises the pimp Rodolfo, who beats Luis in the public restrooms. Tragedy looms over Luis.
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De pecado en pecado (1948)
Character: N/A
This post-World War II drama, (released to a world-wide audience on July 9, 1949), is definitively unique for the caliber of each of its contributing writers, who are clearly better-known for their cinematic talents in black and white . For instance, the film's Director Chano Urueta ( who became an acclaimed actor in his own right), actually co-wrote the script along with one of its principal actresses, namely Esther Fernandez, as well as adding in the literary abilities of a well-known movie-producer of the era named Luis Marique.
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La culpa de los hombres (1955)
Character: Celadora
A factory worker gets pregnant by the son of her boss, who forces his son to marry a rich girl he doesn't love.
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El sol sale para todos (1950)
Character: Cabaretera
A bullfighter suffers an accident during an afternoon of bullfighting in a town square and his ex-lover tells his story.
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La edad de la tentación (1959)
Character: N/A
By the negligence of parents who not assume their responsibility in sex education, many lives are ruined
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Lágrimas robadas (1954)
Character: Empleada hospicio (uncredited)
Melodrama involving a young woman returning to Mexico from abroad after a failed romance and dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and a meddling Aunt.
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Del suelo no paso (1959)
Character: Vecina
Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.
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El mariachi desconocido (1953)
Character: Doña Chona
This film is considered one of Tin Tan's funniest comedies. This time, the charismatic comedian incarnates a mariachi musician that lives the most entertaining an extraordinary adventures while traveling from Mexico to the paradisaic island of Cuba. An example of the excellent cinematographic comedy that only Tin Tan can achieve.
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Se Los Chupo La Bruja (1958)
Character: N/A
Brothers Viruta and Capulina inherit, along with their distant cousin Reynaldo, an eerie mansion in which a hidden treasure is located.
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Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos (1956)
Character: Sirvienta (sin créditos)
Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.
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Una mujer en la calle (1955)
Character: Raquel (criada)
An unlikely friendship develops when respectable Doña Nena spends her days looking out her window across the street to the sex workers who spend their nights there. One night, she helps helps Alicia one of the girls, escape a police raid and spend several nights painting her portrait.
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Piña madura (1950)
Character: Posadera (uncredited)
A dancer surrenders herself to a wealthy, depraved man to save the life of her true love.
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Fruto prohibido (1953)
Character: Fan de Villareal (sin créditos)
A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.
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Rondalla (1949)
Character: Caritina (uncredited)
A woman who has been raped (Alicia Neira) sets out to rebuild her life with another man (Luis Aguilar), but the bandit who assaulted her (Enrique Zambrano) stands in her way.
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Vino el remolino y nos alevantó (1950)
Character: Blandinita, vecina tuerta (uncredited)
Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.
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Préstame tu cuerpo (1958)
Character: Marcela
Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be put her back on earth in a new body.
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Dos gallos de pelea (1950)
Character: Tía de Lupita (uncredited)
Two small-town hell-raisers get so out of hand the authorities have to step in to rein them in.
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Yo no me caso compadre (1960)
Character: Tiziana (uncredited)
Two ranch owners promised their offspring would marry. The intended refused and switched places with their respective servants. They don't discover their real identities till they marry.
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Una gringuita en México (1951)
Character: N/A
A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes she's seen in movies. When she gets there, everything isn't all charros and bandidos, though -- surprise, surprise!
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Paco, el elegante (1952)
Character: Portera, casa de Luis
Paco's ordered by a higher-up in his gang to beat up a journalist who wants to write exposes about Mexico City drug traffic, and that ends up opening a whole can of worms.
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Apasionada (1952)
Character: Madre de Silva
Returning veteran with PTSD/amnesia returns home and gets tangled up in a criminal investigation.
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Secreto profesional (1955)
Character: N/A
A film that tells how a woman who suffered blackmail her entire life kills a man. Her lawyer falls in love with her and does everything possible to uncover the truth, even though it is a professional secret that will make him lose everything.
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Coqueta (1949)
Character: Tendera solterona (uncredited)
Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.
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Asesinato en los estudios (1946)
Character: Mesera loncheria (uncredited)
During the filming of a movie an actor has to be attacked with blanks but dies because they were real bullets.
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Ella y yo (1951)
Character: Hermana Jiménez (uncredited)
Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them.
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La miel se fue de la luna (1952)
Character: Monja
Dr. Pablo, something womanizer, going to marry with Mini and cheats África, singer and his lover, telling her to wait while she is on tour in Cuba. With her, he poses as a friend industrial, Ricardo and his intention is not to see her again. While Africa is out he marries Mini, which proves to be terribly jealous. Complications ensue when Africa returns to Mexico and start searching for the fake Richard. By chance a friend of Mini will be in a beauty salon and this ensures she can take to "Ricardo" because is "a friend of her husband". A typical sitcom with a blistering pace.
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Los Jóvenes (1961)
Character: Mujer casa de empeño
A gang member is attracted to a beautiful young woman, but approaching her only causes problems that will be difficult to solve.
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Un rincón cerca del cielo (1952)
Character: Doña Eulalia (uncredited)
An honest man emigrates to the capital in search of a better life, but ends up mired in extreme poverty along with his family; forced to overcome tragedy and despair to find, even in misery, a glimmer of hope.
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La escondida (1956)
Character: Mujer en luto
Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is much-sought-after by high-society men, but she cannot forget her love for a rebel leader.
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Pueblerina (1949)
Character: Vecina chismosa (uncredited)
Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life by marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.
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El Portero (1950)
Character: Vecina chismosa (uncredited)
Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.
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Caballero a la medida (1954)
Character: María, clienta de Cantinflas (uncredited)
Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.
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El río y la muerte (1954)
Character: Tía de Mercedes (uncredited)
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
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El vampiro sangriento (1962)
Character: Lupe
Count Cagliostro, whose family has tried for generations to rid the world of vampires, instructs his daughter and her fiance to protect several valuable documents.
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Muchachas de uniforme (1951)
Character: Madre Concepción
Orphan Manuela's passionate crush on her teacher Lucila scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school.
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Un par a todo dar (1961)
Character: Señora del pueblo
Comedy about two friends (Viruta and Capulina) who are swindled when they buy a plot of land. It turns out that the land they just purchased is actually the cemetery of a small town. Moreover, the two bumbling stooges cross paths with the local criminal, a masked robber known as "El Esqueleto" (the Skeleton). The film also stars Dacia Gonzalez.
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Días de otoño (1963)
Character: Vecina (uncredited)
Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...
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La Cucaracha (1959)
Character: Trompeta
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
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La sombra del Caudillo (1960)
Character: Cástula, sirvienta
In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.
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Mi campeón (1952)
Character: Invitada a fiesta (uncredited)
Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.
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Locos Peligrosos (1957)
Character: Bruja de los picachos
A cellist and a pianist, along with the daughter of the owner of a musical home, form a classical trio. A television producer challenges confronting the modern equipment. Accept and so begin a new career in popular music, so despises his former employer, thus limiting the affair between his daughter and one of them.
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El tejedor de milagros (1962)
Character: Maestra de coro
Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".
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Nazarín (1959)
Character: Prostituta (uncredited)
A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.
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El rebozo de Soledad (1952)
Character: Enfermera recepcionista
Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.
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El gato sin botas (1957)
Character: Vecina (uncredited)
Target of ridicule from fellow military academy, the cowardly Augustin did not want to return to their village for fear of confronting his grandfather, a revolutionary colonel. In love with the movie star Laura, Agustin flee to the capital but encounters the dangerous Humberto, another in love with the actress. Thanks to his "nine lives", he attains overcome perilous adventures and, incidentally, overcome their fears.
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El gran premio (1958)
Character: Francisca
Elderly home is struggling for funds; one of the residents competes on a game show to win a jackpot she can donate.
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Las Aventuras de Pito Perez (1957)
Character: Doña Huicha (uncredited)
After a long absence, a man returns to his village and recounts all his adventures with a touch of nostalgia.
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Ensayo de un crimen (1955)
Character: Maid at Carlota's home (uncredited)
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
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Si yo fuera diputado (1952)
Character: Mujer de vecindad (uncredited)
Cantinflas is a unique barber, who trades with an elderly neighbor, a lawyer by profession, laws lessons in exchange for haircuts and shaved. It proposes advice to defend in court the disadvantaged neighborhood. His success deputy seeks the votes as the other candidate, Don Próculo, it is not accepted by anyone but his own bodyguards. Don Próculo will use know how much ruse to win the election by the Council, and also for the love of 'Sarita'
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Dicen que soy comunista (1951)
Character: Vecina chismosa (uncredited)
A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious as typical, you will realize demagoguery and arrangements existing between union leaders to maintain the status quo unchanged and profit from mafia practices.
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El gran autor (1954)
Character: Actriz en obra (sin créditos)
A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.
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Angelitos Negros (1948)
Character: Profesora (uncredited)
Starring Mexican star Pedro Infante, "Black Angels" is about a couple formed by a beautiful woman and a singer, both white, who are parents of a black girl. The woman blames him, but the girl will suffer the racist treatment from her own mother. Mexican version of the famous novel by Fannie Hurst "Imitation of Life"
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El bruto (1953)
Character: Sirvienta de Andrés
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
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Marejada (1952)
Character: Doña Micaila
Recently-graduated doctor assigned to a small, backward fishing community.
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Víctimas del pecado (1951)
Character: Doña Longina
A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.
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La hija del engaño (1951)
Character: Mujer en la calle (uncredited)
In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.
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