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María Elena Marqués
María Elena Marqués Rangel (14 December 1926 – 11 November 2008) was a Mexican actress and singer who was a star during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Biography She was born on December 14, 1926 in Mexico City. She was discovered by the film director Fernando de Fuentes, who was her neighbor. Her first film was ''Dos corazones y un tango'' (1942) where she performed with the Argentine tango singer Andrés Falgás. In 1943 she worked in '' Doña Bárbara'' with María Félix, ''Romeo y Julieta'', with Cantinflas, and ''Así se quiere en Jalisco'', with Jorge Negrete. She worked again with Negrete in ''Me he de comer esa tuna'' (1945) and ''Tal para cual'' (1951). In her best-known role, Marqués starred in the 1947 film '' La perla'' (''The Pearl''); she played the wife of a fisherman who finds the ill-fated pearl. The film was based on John Steinbeck's book '' The Pearl''. The film was directed by Emilio Fernández and her co-star was Pedro Armendár ...
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Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ...
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Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Gable died of a heart attack at the age of 59; his final on-screen appearance was as an aging cowboy in '' The Misfits'', released posthumously in 1961. Born and raised in Ohio, Gable traveled to Hollywood where he began his film career as an extra in silent films between 1924 and 1926. He progressed to supporting roles for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and his first leading role in ''Dance, Fools, Dance'' (1931) was alongside Joan Crawford, who requested him for the part. His role in the romantic drama '' Red Dust'' (1932) with reigning sex symbol Jean Harlow, made him MGM's biggest male star. Gable won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Frank Capra's romantic comedy ''It Happened One Night'' (1934), co-starring C ...
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A Media Luz Los Tres
''A media luz los tres'' is a 1958 Mexican film directed by Julián Soler. It was written by Luis Alcoriza, adapted from the play by Miguel Mihura. Cast *Arturo de Córdova *Lilia Prado *María Elena Marqués *Martha Roth * Sofía Álvarez *Wolf Ruvinskis Wolf Ruvinskis (October 31, 1921 – November 9, 1999), born Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics, was a Latvian-Mexican actor and professional wrestler. He was married to dancer Armida Herrera. Born to a Latvian mother and a Ukrainian father, of Jewish backg ... *Guillermo Orea *Pedro de Aguillón *Luis Aragón *Carlota Solares *José Peña *Rosa María Moreno *Carlos Martínez Baena * Luis Otero *Silvia Carrillo References External links * 1958 films Mexican romantic comedy-drama films 1950s Spanish-language films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub ...
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Made For Each Other (1953 Film)
''Made for Each Other'' (Spanish:''Tal para cual'') is a 1953 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Jorge Negrete, María Elena Marqués and Luis Aguilar.Mora p.88 Main cast * Jorge Negrete as Melitón Galván; Paco * María Elena Marqués as Susana de la Rosa * Luis Aguilar as Chabelo Cruz * Rosa de Castilla as Rosaura * Queta Lavat as Paula * Ana María Villaseñor as Carmela * Georgina González as Luz * Lupe Carriles María Guadalupe Carriles, known as Lupe Carriles, (25 December 1913 – 6 February 1964) was a Mexican character actress. Career One of her many memorable roles is as "La Trompeta" in ''La cucaracha'' (1959), starring María Félix. Although she ... as Nana Joaquina * Armando Arriola as Don Rafael García, padre de Paula * Bertha Lehar as Maestra * Jesús Valero as Doctor * Rodolfo Calvo as Presidente municipal * Raquel Muñoz as Amiga polla de Paco * José Pidal as Señor cura * María Luisa Co ...
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The Two Orphans (1944 Film)
''The Two Orphans'' (Spanish:''Las dos huérfanas'') is a 1944 Mexican historical drama film directed by José Benavides hijo and starring Susana Guízar, Julián Soler and María Elena Marqués.Richard p.542 It is an adaptation of the play '' The Two Orphans'' by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon, one of a large number of film versions that have been made. Cast * Susana Guízar * Julián Soler * María Elena Marqués * Anita Blanch * Rafael Baledón * Virginia Zurí * Rafael Banquells * Virginia Manzano * Miguel Arenas * Víctor Junco * Manuel Noriega * Lidia Franco * María Luisa Serrano * Ramón G. Larrea * José Morcillo * Victoria Argota Victoria Argota was a Spanish-Mexican film actress.García Riera, p. 28, 129, 210 Selected filmography * ''In the Times of Don Porfirio'' (1940) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''My Memories of Mexico ''My Memories ... * Alma Riva References Bibliography * Alfred Charles Richard. ''Cen ...
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Romeo And Juliet (1943 Film)
''Romeo and Juliet'' (Spanish: ''Romeo y Julieta'') is a 1943 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, María Elena Marqués and Ángel Garasa.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.263 It is loosely based on William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The film's dialogue is in verse. Cast * Cantinflas as Romeo * María Elena Marqués as Julieta * Ángel Garasa as Fray Lorenzo * Andrés Soler as Capulet * Emma Roldán as Lady Capulet * José Baviera as Paris * Pedro Elviro * Guillermo Familiar * Juan Garcia * Conchita Gentil Arcos * Rafael Icardo * Maria de la Paz Jarero * Tito Junco * Manuel Noriega * José Ortiz de Zárate * Jorge Reyes * Humberto Rodríguez * Estanislao Shilinsky Estanislao Schillinsky Bachanska (10 August 1911 – 27 September 1985), known as Estanislao Shilinsky or simply Shilinsky, was a Lithuanian-born Mexican comedian and the half of the 1940–1970 comedy duo '' Manolín y Shilinsky'' with ("Manolí . ...
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La Razón De La Culpa
''La razón de la culpa'' (English: "The reason for the blame") is a 1943 Mexican film directed by Juan José Ortega who also directed Corazón salvaje. The film stars Blanca de Castejón, Andrés Soler and María Elena Marqués as well as Pedro Infante as Roberto. This was one of Ricardo Montalbán's first films. Pedro Infante was still a novice when he was cast in the role of Roberto, a Spaniard gachupín is a Spanish-language term derived from a noble surname of northern Spain, the Cachopín of Laredo (present-day Cantabria). It was popularized during the Spanish Golden Age as a stereotype and literary stock character representing the Hidalgo (p ..., but it was his northern accent (Sinaloa) that caused the director Juan José Ortega to make the decision to overdub Infante's voice with that of Jesús Valero, who was from Spain. While it was Valero's speaking voice in the film, it was Infante's voice giving character to the songs he interprets. When the film was broadcast ...
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María Elena Marqués In Across The Wide Missouri
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play ...
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Miguel Torruco Marqués
Miguel Torruco Marqués (September 19, 1951 in Mexico City) is an entrepreneur, academic and Mexican public official. He was the Secretary of Tourism of the Federal District from 2012 to 2017. In 2017, he became a Tourism Adviser of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president of National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). Biography He is the son of actress Maria Elena Marques and captain and actor Miguel Torruco Castellanos. He studied hospitality at Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...; he specialized in Tourism Marketing at the American Center for Tourism Training (CICATUR) of the Organization of American States (OAS), and pursued graduate Top Management of Public Enterprises at the (INAP) and Teaching a higher level, given by the Ministry of Pub ...
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Miguel Torruco
Miguel Torruco (1920–1956) was a Mexican film actor.Goble p.8 He was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema until his sudden death at the age of thirty six after falling off a horse. He was married to the actress María Elena Marqués. Selected filmography * ''Acapulco'' (1952) * '' Remember to Live'' (1953) * ''The River and Death'' (1954) * ''When I Leave ''When I Leave'' (Spanish:''Cuando me vaya'') is a 1954 Mexican musical drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Libertad Lamarque, Miguel Torruco and Prudencia Grifell. It portrays the life of the bolero composer María Grever.Irwin & Ri ...'' (1954) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1920 births 1956 deaths Mexican male film actors Male actors from Chiapas {{Mexico-bio-stub ...
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Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' (Philippines), '' téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite, continuing runs. This makes them shorter than most other television series, but still much longer than a miniseries. This planned run results in a faster-paced, more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera. Episodes of ...
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