Alicia Rodríguez Fernández (born 2 May 1935) is a Spanish-Mexican former actress. She appeared in a number of theaters, films, and television series.http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/biografias/256286/alicia-rodriguez She was active during the

Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 1930 and 1969 when the Mexican film industry reached high levels of production, quality and economic success of its ...

Life and career

Rodríguez was born in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

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on 2 May 1935 as Alicia Rodríguez Fernández. While she was still a baby, her family immigrated to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

due to the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

. Rodríguez began her acting career in

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

as a

child actress The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated t ...

. In 1946, she received an

Ariel Award The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

for her performance in the film ''

El secreto de la solterona ''El secreto de la solterona'' (also known as ''The Secret of the Spinster'' or ''The Secret of the Old Maid'') is a 1945 Mexican mystery romantic drama film directed and co-written by Miguel M. Delgado, based on an 1868 book of the same name by ...

''. Then, she was very well-known and loved among her fans.

Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Alicia 1935 births Living people People from Málaga Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish emigrants to Mexico