Sofía Álvarez

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.359

Gender

Female

Birthday

23-May-1913

Age

(111 years old)

Place of Birth

Bogotá, Colombia

Also Known As
  • Sofía Álvarez Caicedo

Sofía Álvarez

Biography

Carmen Sofía Álvarez Caicedo, better known as Sofía Álvarez (Bogotá, Colombia May 23, 1913 - Mexico City, Mexico April 30, 1985) was a Mexican film actress and singer of Colombian origin. Born and raised in Colombia, she moved with her family to Mexico in 1928. Her film debut was a small part, in the role of a prostitute in Santa (1930), the first talkie of Mexican cinema. Popularly known as the lady of the long braids, she enjoyed popularity during the 1930s and 1940s as an actress and singer. Subsequently she performed with Mario Moreno Cantinflasin the popular film Ahí está el detalle (1940). In the 1940s, Álvarez is characterized by her interpretation of elegant ladies in films like El sombrero de tres picos and México de mis recuerdos (1943). She performed with the popular Pedro Infante in three films: Si me han de matar mañana (1946), La barca de oro (1947) and Soy charro de Rancho Grande (1947). One of her most celebrated films was La Reina de la Opereta (1945). In 1950 she left the cinema to continue as a radio singer. She returned to the cinema between 1957 and 1966, when she retired from the scenes. Her last film was El Gángster (1965), with Arturo de Córdova. She was noted for her excellent voice also that delicate features that printed her characters.


Credits

Tres muchachas de Jalisco Tres muchachas de Jalisco (1964) Character: doña Lupe
Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.
La ley del más rápido La ley del más rápido (1959) Character: N/A
Young gunslinger gets his hero on. #2 in a series ("El Puma.")
Los dos cuatreros Los dos cuatreros (1965) Character: N/A
Two wandering cowboys are falsely accused of murder.
La hermana impura La hermana impura (1948) Character: N/A
Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he discovers that the man who owns the land he's interested in has a daughter who's identical to a bad, troubled woman from his bad, troubled past.
Flor de fango Flor de fango (1942) Character: N/A
Wicked man seduces virtuous young woman; she leaves home in disgrace. Etc.
Martín Garatuza Martín Garatuza (1935) Character: N/A
Sixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of opposition from her father's widow and co-conspirators.
La niña de mis ojos La niña de mis ojos (1947) Character: N/A
Classic movie of Mexican cinema.
Un ángel de la calle Un ángel de la calle (1967) Character: Dona Margarita Fontanares
Doña Margarita, a lady of high society, wants for her son Pablo a wife of the same social level. He, however, loves the dressmaker’s daughter, whom he secretly marries thanks to the services of a priest friend. The couple must continue fighting against the matron’s crooked plans, until in an unfortunate accident, Pablo kills his wife’s stepfather and must flee to Europe. Years pass, and Pablo is unaware that he has a son. When he finally returns, thanks to the child, he reunites with the love of his life and definitively puts an end to the perverse plans of his mother.
Un corazón en el ruedo Un corazón en el ruedo (1950) Character: Raquel de Alba
Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining romantic triangle.
Ángeles de arrabal Ángeles de arrabal (1949) Character: Lupe, La Tapatía
Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.
El Hombre Búfalo El Hombre Búfalo (2020) Character: Julieta
After a threat, a journalist stops publishing. His search for justice leads him to meet his destiny and a mythological being who takes care of the abandoned childhood.
La barca de oro La barca de oro (1947) Character: N/A
Ranch-heiress chooses a husband.
Ladies' Night Ladies' Night (2003) Character: Evelyn
Two girls find love in the most unexpected places in modern-day Mexico City.
Ahí está el detalle Ahí está el detalle (1940) Character: Dolores del Paso de Lastre
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
México de mis recuerdos México de mis recuerdos (1944) Character: Rosario Medina
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
El gángster El gángster (1965) Character: Margot / Maggie la verde
An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.
El corazón de la noche El corazón de la noche (1984) Character: Paralítica II
A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.
Ana y Bruno Ana y Bruno (2017) Character: Betsy Rocola / Viuda Negra / Plañidera 1 / Plañidera 3
Ana, a nine year old girl, arrives with her mother to an isolated beach with the intention to rest and to know the sea. There, she discovers that they are under a terrible threat, therefore she is obligated to look for help with her father in order to save her mother.
Santa Santa (1932) Character: Prostitute 1
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
El diario El diario (2024) Character: Grafóloga
Olga discovers the unfinished diary of a notorious killer and becomes captivated by its dark secrets. As she delves deeper, she uncovers a mysterious connection between them, putting her life—and the lives of those around her—in grave danger.
Revolución Revolución (1933) Character: Valentina
A 1933 film.
El puma El puma (1959) Character: N/A
Son of a ranching family returns home after studying in the city for a law degree. He sides with the peons in a labor dispute and his father disowns him; he sets up a law office in another town. First of three movies in a masked-avenger series.
Si me han de matar mañana Si me han de matar mañana (1947) Character: N/A
Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.



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