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Las Islas Marias (1951)
Character: Rosa Suárez vda. de Ortiz
Las Islas Marias stars Pedro Infante as a man who must face time in jail, even though he never committed the crime. While on the inside, he learns important life lessons that actually make him a better man.
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El cuarto cerrado (1952)
Character: Regina (criada)
A man gives his testimony to a doctor, believing he hears the voice of his deceased wife, Diana.
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Balún Canán (1977)
Character: La nana
Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
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Muchachas de uniforme (1951)
Character: Mother Superior
Orphan Manuela's passionate crush on her teacher Lucila scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school.
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Lo mejor de Teresa (1977)
Character: Tía Licha
Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree.
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Sombrero (1953)
Character: Tia Magdalena
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
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Mina, viento de libertad (1977)
Character: N/A
Xavier Mina accepted the commission to lead a liberating expedition in support of General Morelos. He failed to arrive in Mexico until Morelos had died and the Mexican Congress (which in New Spain faced the absolutism of Fernando VII) was dissolved, but for eight months he directed a series of more or less brilliant military actions, in the face of the harassment of the Viceroy , Who finally got him arrested.
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El rebozo de Soledad (1952)
Character: Madre de niño operado
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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The Torch (1950)
Character: Faustina
The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as the girl is concerned, but this will soon change.
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Salt of the Earth (1954)
Character: Esperanza Quintero
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
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Un día de vida (1950)
Character: Mamá Juanita
A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.
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