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Amalia Aguilar
Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera (3 July 1924 – 8 November 2021), known professionally as Amalia Aguilar, was a Cuban-Mexican dancer, actress and comedian. Early life Amalia Isabel Rodríguez Carriera was born in Matanzas Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east ..., Cuba. She and her sister Cecilia were stimulated artistically by their parents from their childhood. She studied ballet in Havana, with teachers like Lita Enhart, Lalo Maura and Jorge Harrison. She began her career next to her sister Cecilia. They were called "The Aguilar Sisters". The two girls were part of the Cuban Theatre Company. In Havana, the Aguilar Sisters met the famous Cuban dancer Julio Richard, who was looking for young dancers for his ballet. Initially, Amalia was rejected by Richard due to her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matanzas
Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero. Matanzas is called the ''City of Bridges'', for the seventeen bridges that cross the three rivers that traverse the city (Rio Yumuri, San Juan, and Canimar). For this reason it was referred to as the "Venice of Cuba." It was also called "La Atenas de Cuba" ("The Athens of Cuba") for its poets. Matanzas is known as the birthplace of the music and dance traditions danzón and rumba. History Matanzas was founded in 1693 as ''San Carlos y San Severino de Matanzas''. This followed a royal decree ("''real cédula''") issued on September 25, 1690, which decreed that the bay and port of Matanzas be settled by 30 families from the Canary Islands. Matanzas was one of the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritmos Del Caribe
''Ritmos del Caribe'' (''Caribbean Rhythms'') is a Mexican musical film directed by Juan José Ortega. It was released in 1950 and starring Amalia Aguilar and Rafael Baledón. Plot A Cuban rumbera undergoes an ordeal to fall in love with a Mexican doctor. The problem between the two is that the man is married. Cast * Amalia Aguilar * Rafael Baledón * Susana Guízar * Rita Montaner * Roberto Cobo * La Sonora Matancera * Los Panchos Reviews Shortly before starring in the film ''Al son del mambo'' (1950), the Cuban rumbera Amalia Aguilar highlights of this musical film with a minimal plot. Fortunately, the dramatic moments of the film are buried by musical interventions of Daniel Santos, Bienvenido Granda, La Sonora Matancera, Los Panchos, Rita Montaner Rita Aurelia Fulcida Montaner y Facenda (20 August 1900 – 17 April 1958), known as Rita Montaner, was a Cuban singer, pianist and actress. In Cuban parlance, she was a '' vedette'' (a star), and was well known in Mexico C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luz María Zetina
Luz María Zetina (born Luz María Zetina Lugo on May 28, 1973, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, model, TV hostess, TV personality and former Nuestra Belleza México, Miss Mexico 1994 of Italian descent. She represented her country in the 1995 Miss Universe pageant, held in Windhoek, Namibia on May 12, 1995. She later studied acting at Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística. Her first role was in the telenovela ''Ángela (telenovela), Ángela''. She currently hosts ''Sale el Sol (TV program), Sale el Sol'', a morning show that airs on Mondays through Fridays on Imagen Televisión. Filmography Film Television Theatre * 2001 – ''Cómo defraudar al Gobierno'' * 2008 – ''Chicas católicas'' Awards and nominations External links 1973 births 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses Actresses from Mexico City Living people Mexican female models Mexican film actresses Mexican people of Italian descent Mexican stage actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Sánchez Navarro
Rafael Sánchez Navarro (born 1958) is a Spanish- Mexican actor. He is the son of Manolo Fábregas, an actor from Spain who established himself in Mexico. Sanchez Navarro is also the cousin of Manuel Sánchez Navarro, who in turn is the son of Fábregas' sister, famous actress Viviana Fábregas, his aunt. Biography Growing up along many famous people, Sanchez Navarro was introduced to show business world early on. He got used to nights spent at the television and film studios, interviews, and seeing his relatives on television much of the time, among other things. Sanchez Navarro decided from very early in his life that he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. At the age of twenty-two, Navarro found a job with Televisa – playing a supporting role in the ''Secretos de Confesion'' (''Secrets to Confess'') telenovela. He did not work in telenovelas again until 1982's ''Por Amor'' (''For love''). In 1983, he participated in four telenovelas, ''Manana es Primavera'', (''Tomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Carmina
Rosa Carmina Riverón Jiménez (born November 19, 1929) is a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer. She was discovered in Cuba by the Spanish filmmaker Juan Orol, and made her debut in Mexican cinema in Orol's film ''A Woman from the East'' in 1946. She quickly achieved great popularity in the Mexico thanks to her talent, demeanor, and unconventional stature (being very tall for an actresses of the time). For several years, she was part of the film crew of Juan Orol in his best gangster films. Among these are the classic ''Gangsters Versus Cowboys'' (1948), considered one of the best Mexican films and considered a cult film in several film clubs around the world. Additionally, Rosa Carmina was one of the principal stars of the Rumberas film of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Among her principal Rumberas films are ''Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl'' (1947), '' Wild Love'' (1949), ''In the Flesh'' (1951), '' Voyager'' (1952) and '' Sandra, the Woman of Fire'' (1954 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
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Silvia Pinal
Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (born 12 September 1931) is a Mexican actress. She began her career in the theater, venturing into cinema in 1949. Her film work and popularity in her native country led her to work in Europe (Spain and Italy). Pinal achieved international recognition by starring in a famous film trilogy by director Luis Buñuel: ''Viridiana'' (1961), ''El ángel exterminador'' (1962) and ''Simón del desierto'' (1965). In addition to her film career, she has also excelled in other areas. She was a pioneer of musical theatre in Mexico, ventured into television, and held some political office charges. Early life Silvia Pinal Hidalgo was born in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, on 12 September 1931. Her parents were María Luisa Hidalgo Aguilar and Moisés Pasquel. Pasquel was an orchestra conductor at the Mexican radio station XEW. Pinal's mother became pregnant with Pasquel when she was only 15 years old. Her father did not recognize her and Pinal did not know him until she was 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilia Prado
Lilia (Latin plural, meaning "lilies" in English; singular, ''lilium'') are pit traps arranged in a quincunx pattern dug by the Roman armies in front of their defences. Frequently they had sharpened stakes set inside them as an extra obstacle to attackers. Lilia have been found in front of both Hadrian's Wall in England and the Antonine Wall The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as ''Vallum Antonini'', was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twe ... in Scotland. External links Images of lilies at the Antonine Wall Fortification (obstacles) {{Fort-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Three Merry Widows
''My Three Merry Widows'' (in Spanish ''Mis tres viudas alegres'') is a Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés. It was filmed in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar, Lilia del Valle and Silvia Pinal. Plot Don Jose Samaniego ( Adalberto Martinez), an old and ridiculous man, marries Silvia (Silvia Pinal), a 20-year-old girl. On their wedding night before the marriage be consummated, Don José died after suffering a seizure. Through the obituaries many people learn about his death and go to the cemetery. Among the visitors is Amalia (Amalia Aguilar), with her marriage certificate and says that in their wedding day, Don José got a call, went and never returned. Also coming Lilia ( Lilia del Valle), another widow, saying that her husband was kidnapped on their wedding night. The day when the will of Don José is read, the three women learns that the man also had a child with a cook. He asks who seek this woman and wait five years to take part in the inheritance. Cast * Amalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Junco
Víctor Ciriaco Junco Tassinari (18 June 1917 – 6 July 1988), known professionally as Víctor Junco, was a Mexican actor. He was considered a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, Junco received two Ariel Award nominations for his supporting performances in ''La Otra'' (1946) and ''Misterio'' (1980), he won for the latter. Selected filmography * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * ''The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (1947) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1948) * ''The Well-paid'' (1948) * ''Coquette'' (1949) * '' The Woman of the Port'' (1949) * ''Love for Love'' (1950) * '' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1950) * '' Wild Love'' (1950) * ''Lost Love'' (1951) * '' Adventure in Rio'' (1953) * ''The Loving Women'' (1953) * '' Bandido'' (1956) * ''Ash Wednesday'' (1958) * ''La señora Muerte ''La señora Muerte'' (released in English in the US as ''Madame Death'' and in the UK as ''The Death Woman'') is a 1969 Mexican horror film directed by Jaime Salvador and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amor Perdido (film)
''Amor perdido'' (''Lost Love'') is a 1951 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Amalia Aguilar and Víctor Junco. The plot is inspired by the famous bolero of the same name by Pedro Flores. Plot A young rumba dancer named Amalia (Amalia Aguilar), is supported by her friend, a young composer named Ernesto (Tito Novaro) to become a cabaret dancer. She meets and falls in love with the gangster Luis (Victor Junco). She has an accident on her face caused by the jealous lover of Luis, Celia (Yadira Jiménez), and has to wear a maskso she decides to leave without telling anyone. The gangster discovers her dancing in a cabaret and decides to kill her, not knowing the reason for her disappearance. Cast * Amalia Aguilar ... ''Amalia'' * Víctor Junco ... ''Luis'' * Tito Novaro ... ''Ernesto'' * Yadira Jiménez ... ''Celia'' * María Victoria María Victoria Gutiérrez Cervantes (born 26 February 1927 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvira Quintana
Elvira Catalina Quintana Molina (7 November 1935 – 8 August 1968) was a Spanish-Mexican actress and singer. Early life and career Born in Montijo, Spain, Quintana and her family migrated to Mexico when she was 5 years old. She began her career working in theatre and later participated in films as an extra. Her first important role was as Carmen Ochoa in "Una solución inesperada", a segment of the drama film ''Canasta de cuentos mexicanos'' (1956). She then enrolled in the National Association of Actors' theatre and film institute (Instituto Teatral y Cinematográfico). She was given her first starring role in ''El buen ladrón'' (1957) before her breakthrough in ''Bolero inmortal'' (1958), in which she debuted as a singer; the film's soundtrack album, for which she recorded songs, was a commercial success throughout Hispanic America. She starred opposite Pedro Armendáriz, her favorite actor, in ''Dos hijos desobedientes'' (1960). Greatly admired by audiences for her beauty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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