Elsa Cárdenas Rentería (born 3 August 1932) is a Mexican actress. Since 1954 she has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows. She starred in the film ''

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'', which was entered into the

7th Berlin International Film Festival The 7th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1957. The International Federation of Film Critics awarded FIPRESCI Award for the first time this year. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' 12 Angr ...

. She acted alongside many stars, including

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in ''

Fun in Acapulco ''Fun in Acapulco'' is a 1963 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress. The film featured the Top 10 ''Billboard'' hit "Bossa Nova Baby" and reached No. 1 on the national weekly box office charts a week after the ass ...

'' and

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in ''

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''. She claimed to have had a love affair with

during the filming of ''Fun in Acapulco'' (1963). She later married Guy Patton. She is a star from classic films from 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 ...

and from

Classical Hollywood cinema Classical Hollywood cinema is a term used in film criticism to describe both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking which became characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s (rapidly after World War I) and the 1960s. It eventually be ...

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1956) * '' The Brave One'' (1956) * ''

'' (1957) * '' Have Gun-Will Travel'' (1959) as “Lahri” * ''

'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1963) * ''

Casa de Mujeres ''Casa de Mujeres'' ("House of Women") is a 1966 Mexican drama film directed by Julián Soler and starring Dolores del Río. In some countries the film was named ''El Hijo de Todas'' ("The Son of All"). Plot At a Christmas party, the women of a l ...

'' (1966) * ''

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 starring John Carradine and Regina Torné.Weaver & Mank, p. 275 Plot When ...

'' (1969) * ''

The Wild Bunch ''The Wild Bunch'' is a 1969 American epic Revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on th ...

'' (1969) * '' La Pachanga'' (1981)

Telenovelas

* '' Mar de amor'' (2009) – Luciana de Irazabal

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardenas, Elsa 1932 births 20th-century Mexican actresses Living people Mexican film actresses Mexican television actresses Actresses from Baja California People from Tijuana