María Blanca Estela Pavón Vasconcelos (February 21, 1926 – September 26, 1949) was a Mexican film actress and singer of the

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. She appeared in many classic films of the 1940s as a young woman. Her career peaked between 1948 and 1949. On September 26, 1949, she died in a plane crash near the

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volcano located between

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 o ...

and

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. She won 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 Best Actress in the 1947 film '' Cuando lloran los valientes'' and was nominated for another due to her successful performances in Mexican films. She starred alongside Mexican star

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in several films including ''

Nosotros los Pobres ''Nosotros los pobres'' ("We, the Poor") is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez, and starring Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz "Chachita" and Blanca Estela Pavón. The film is first in a trilogy of movies, with Ustedes los ricos f ...

'' in 1948. She died in a

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in 1949.

Filmography

* ''La Liga de las Canciones'' (1941) * ''El Niño de las Monjas'' (1944) * ''Cuando lloran los Valientes'' (1947) * ''Vuelven los Garcìa'' (1947) * ''Los Tres Huastecos'' (1948) * ''La bien pagada'' (1948) * ''Nosotros los Pobres'' (1948) * ''Cortesana'' (1948) * ''

The Well-paid ''The Well-paid'' (in Spanish ''La bien pagada'') is a Mexican drama film directed by Alberto Gout. It was filmed in 1948 and starring María Antonieta Pons and Víctor Junco. Plot The billionaire Fernando Jordan ( Victor Junco) marries Carola Ru ...

'' (1948) * ''En los Altos de Jalisco'' (1948) * ''Ustedes los Ricos'' (1948) * ''En cada puerto un amor'' (1949) * ''Las puertas del presidio'' (1949) * ''La Mujer que yo Perdi'' (1949) * ''Ladronzuela'' (1949)

Ariel Awards

References

External links

* Mexican film actresses 1926 births 1949 deaths Ariel Award winners Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Mexico Actresses from Veracruz 20th-century Mexican actresses People from Minatitlán, Veracruz {{mexico-film-actor-stub