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Rossy Mendoza
María del Rosario Mendoza (stage name, Rossy Mendoza; June 6, 1950) is a Mexican vedette, actress, dancer and singer. During the 1970s–1980s, she was one of the highest grossing artists in the Mexican sex comedy film genre. Biography Rossy Mendoza was born in Vícam, one of eight Yaqui villages in the south of the Mexican state of Sonora. She began her career in the mid-1960s when she was still a teenager, slowly making a name for herself in the entertainment industry by performing in the main cabarets of Sonora. She also appeared in well known Mexican magazines including ''Cinelandia'', ''Cine mundial'' and ''Siempre''. In the late 1960s her physique became athletic and voluptuous, in contrast to the slimness it had in her early years, and she had cosmetic surgery on her nose to improve her facial appearance. In 1964 she made her first appearance at the Teatro Lírico in Mexico City, where other prominent figures such as Tin Tan, El Santo and Sergio Corona performed. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vícam
Vícam is a town in the Mexican state of Sonora located in the municipio of Guaymas. It is one of the main settlements of the Yaqui people. Historically the Yaqui also ranged through what is now the American Southwest, and there is a federally recognized tribe in the United States state of Arizona. History Vícam is one of the eight mission villages in which the Yaqui were settled in the early seventeenth century by Spanish Jesuit missionaries, along with Pótam, Torim Bácum, Cócorit, Huiviris, Benem and Rahum. Today it is the second largest settlement in the municipality of Guaymas, and one of the main Yaqui settlements. Vícam hosted the Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas from October 11–14, 2007. Hundreds of people, few wearing face masks or keeping a healthy distance, attended the “Gran Bailazo 2021” featuring Norteño and dancing in Vícam on January 16–17, 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. No one was charged, and another event is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dámaso Pérez Prado
Dámaso is a Spanish masculine given name. The name is equivalent to that of Pope Damasus I in English. The name also exists in Italian as Damaso, though it is uncommon. People * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet * Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauen (1873–1953), Spanish soldier and politician * Dámaso Blanco (born 1941), Venezuelan baseball third baseman * Dámaso Centeno (1850–1892), Argentine politician and orphanage founder * Dámaso Espino (born 1983), Panamanian baseball catcher * Dámaso García (1957–2020), Dominican baseball player * Dámaso González (1948–2017), Spanish bullfighter * Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (1771–1848), Uruguayan priest, naturalist and botanist * Dámaso Marte (born 1975), Dominican Major League Baseball relief pitcher * Dámaso Pérez Prado (1916–1989), Cuban musician * Dámaso Rodríguez Martín "El Brujo" (1945–1991), Spanish serial killer * Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer (1949–2009), Spanish jurist * Dámaso de T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isela Vega
Isela Vega Durazo (5 November 1939 – 9 March 2021) was a Mexican actress,Televisa Espectáculos (in Spanish) singer-songwriter, and filmmaker. Career In 1957, she was chosen as "Princess of the Carnival" in Hermosillo. Shortly afterwards, she began modeling. In 1960, she began her acting career, which continued until her death. Her most widely known role is that of Elita in 's ''''. She also wrote the song, "Benni ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Luisa Peluffo
Ana Luisa Peluffo (born 9 October 1929) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than 200 films and television shows since 1949. She starred in the 1977 film '' Paper Flowers'', which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Tarzan and the Mermaids'' (1948) * '' La adúltera'' (1956) * ''Las esclavas de Cártago'' (1956) * ''La Diana Cazadora'' (1957) * ''Ama a tu prójimo'' (1958) * '' Las señoritas Vivanco'' (1959) * ''Sed de amor'' (1959) * '' To Each His Life'' (1960) * '' The Phantom of the Operetta'' (1960) * ''Las momias de Guanajuato'' (TV) (1962) * '' Farewell to Marriage'' (1968) * ''Vagabundo en la Lluvia'' (1968) * ''El crepúsculo de un Dios'' (1969) * ''Ángeles y Querubines'' (1972) * ''La satánica'' (1973) directed by Alfredo Crevenna * ''Pobre Clara'' (TV) (1975) * '' El valle de los miserables'' (1975) * ''La venida del Rey Olmos'' (1975) * ''La casta divina'' (1977) * '' Paper Flowers'' (1977) * ''Juana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Almada (actor)
Mario Almada Otero (January 7, 1922 – October 4, 2016) was a Mexican actor with a career lasting over seven decades. He appeared in over 300 films. He was most known for his roles in urban westerns, narco peliculas and action pictures. He was the brother of actor Fernando Almada. Biography Almada was born in Huatabampo, Sonora. Apart from acting he was also a director, writer and film producer. He began his artistic career in Mexico during the 1930s. He has appeared in over 200 films, with his first being ''Madre Querida'' in 1935. In this film he acted alongside his brother Fernando as children as an extra. He would not appear in another film again until a few decades later. Almada moved from his home city of Huatabampo to Ciudad Obregón and to Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he lived for many years until he settled down in Mexico City. Almada was born to a family connected to the film industry, and was exposed to film shootings from an early age and, when he moved to Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Alemán
Julio Méndez Alemán (November 29, 1933 – April 11, 2012) was a Mexican actor. Biography Alemán was born in . After studying to be an agronomical engineer, he turned to show business. His first film was '' El Zarco'' in 1957. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was the MC of the Mexican version of the |
Jorge Rivero
Jorge Rivero (born Jorge Pous Rosas; June 15, 1938) is a Mexican actor, with a career spanning two continents (America and Europe), primarily in Spanish-language media. He has been also credited as George Rivers and George Rivero. Early life Rivero was raised in Mexico City and proved to be an excellent athlete, excelling in track, jai alai and water polo. At an early age, he became a bodybuilder and has used weightlifting to maintain his physique throughout his life. Graduating from Colegio Universitario Mexicano in 1960 with a degree in chemical engineering, Rivero then became an actor. Acting roles For Rivero's first film, he was cast in René Cardona's movie ''The Invisible Assassin'' (1965) where he wears a mask throughout the film. His breakthrough role came in ''El Mexicano'' (1966; directed by René Cardona), making him a star overnight in Mexico. This movie was followed by ''Pistoleros de la frontera'' (1967). He appeared in wrestling films with Santo in ''Operación ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés García
Andrés García (born May 24, 1941) is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He has formerly served as a scuba diving instructor in Acapulco. Career García was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is the son of Spanish exiles from the Spanish Civil War who received refuge in the country during the regime of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. His father was a Spanish Republican combat aviator named Andrés García La Calle. Garcia emigrated to Mexico, where he obtained Mexican nationality and pursued a career in show business. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he became a sex symbol in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, participating in movies, Spanish soap operas and photo-romance novels (magazine featuring photos of actors who create a story—a popular phenomenon across Latin America during the 1970s). In 1985 García participated in ''Tú o nadie'', with Lucía Mendez and Salvador Pineda. ''Tú o nadie'' became a major hit and helped García to receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez (17 February 1940 – 12 December 2021) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente" (short for Vicente), "El Charro de Huentitán" (The Charro from Huentitán), "El Ídolo de México" (The Idol of Mexico), and "El Rey de la Música Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music), Fernández started his career as a busker, and went on to become a cultural icon, having recorded more than 100 albums and contributing to more than 30 films. His repertoire consisted of rancheras and other Mexican classics. Fernández's work earned him four Grammy Awards, nine Latin Grammy Awards, fourteen Lo Nuestro Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He sold over 50 million copies worldwide, making him one of the best-selling regional Mexican artists of all time. In 2016, Fernández retired from performing live, although he continued to record and publish music. Early life Vicente Fernández was born on 17 February 1940 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricio Garcés
Mauricio Feres Yázbek (December 16, 1926 – February 27, 1989), known professionally as Erasmo Perez, was a Mexican actor and comedian. Personal life and career Garcés was of Lebanese descent and was born in the Mexican port of Tampico, Tamaulipas. With the support of his uncle, the producer José Yázbek, he was included in the production of ''La Muerte Enamorada'' ("Death In Love", 1950), a comedy starring Miroslava and Fernando Fernández. After that film, Mauricio adopted the artistic last name "Garcés", believing the letter "G" would bring good luck and turn him into a star at the level of his idols Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant. His famous image as elegant, worldly, and gallant arose thanks to the vision from the producer Angélica Ortiz, mother of the actress Angélica María, who hired Mauricio to star in ''Don Juan 67'' (1966), the first of a series of films in which he played his alter-ego "Mauricio Galán". ''El matrimonio es como el demonio'' ("Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspar Henaine
Gaspar Henaine (6 January 1927 – 30 September 2011), more commonly known by his pseudonym Capulina, was a Mexican comedian, actor, singer, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for partnering with Marco Antonio Campos as the double act Viruta and Capulina and for his subsequent solo career. He was later given the nickname "''El Rey del Humorismo Blanco''" (The King of White Humor), due to his clean, innocent style of comedy. Early life Capulina was born in Chignahuapan, Puebla, the son of Antonio Henaine Helú, a Lebanese businessman, and Concepción Pérez de León (c. 1893 – 27 February 1983), who was also born in Chignahuapan. He and his family later moved to Mexico City. At age 10, he made his acting debut with a small part in Fernando de Fuentes' ''Allá en el rancho grande'' (1936). He studied acting and later won the "best dramatic child actor" award bestowed by the academy he attended. He started his musical career as one of the vocalists of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotonovela
Photo comics are a form of sequential storytelling that uses photographs rather than illustrations for the images, along with the usual comics conventions of narrative text and word balloons containing dialogue. They are sometimes referred to in English as fumetti, photonovels, photoromances, and similar terms. The photographs may be of real people in staged scenes, or posed dolls and other toys on sets. Although far less common than illustrated comics, photo comics have filled certain niches in various places and times. For example, they have been used to adapt popular film and television works into print, tell original melodramas, and provide medical education. Photo comics have been popular at times in Italy and Latin America, and to a lesser extent in English-speaking countries. Terminology The terminology used to describe photo comics is somewhat inconsistent and idiosyncratic. ''Fumetti'' is an Italian word (literally "little puffs of smoke", in reference to word ballo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
