Enriqueta Reza (3 April 1893 – 17 September 1968) was a Mexican actress, performing 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 ...

. She acted in a total of 67 films and won the

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 A Family Like Many Others in 1950.

Biography

Enriqueta Reza was born on 3 April 1893. Her first cinema appearance was in 1943 in the movie ''Toros'', ''Amor'' y ''Gloria''. She acted in a total of 67 movies. In her youth she had established her own theater company and managed to create unforgettable characters for the Mexican scene. She won the Ariel Award as a best supporting actress in 1950 with the movie ''Una famila de tantas''. Her most notable films were "In the palm of your hand", "La maquerida", "El siete Machos", "Los bandidos de Rio Frio", "El ahijado de la muerte", and "Lluvia roja" The last part she took in a film was during 1968 – "Los recuerdos del porvenir".

Legacy

Annually, in Mexico, there is a film festival de San Sebastian in which movies from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema are viewed. Pictures and movies of the actress are presented there in front of the audience.

Filmography

Partial filmography

Ariel Awards

References

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