Karina Duprez (born Karina Julia Descalzó Guzmán on December 23, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a

Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...

director and former actress.

Early life

Duprez was born on December 23, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico. She is a daughter of actress

Magda Guzmán María Magdalena Guzmán Garza (16 May 1931 – 12 March 2015), better known as Magda Guzmán, was a Mexican film and television actress. She died of a myocardial infarction. Filmography Films Television Archive footage Awards ...

and Julián Duprez. She has two siblings, Gerardo and Mirtha Duprez, and one half-brother, Carlos Falcón, from her mother's second marriage. She is the mother of actress

Magda Karina Magda Karina (born Magdalena Karina Talamantes Descalzó on July 27, 1966, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress.

. In 1979, she married actor

Carlos Ancira Carlos Ancira (20 August 1929 – 10 October 1987) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1950 to 1986. Selected filmography Awards *TVyNovelas Award for Best First Actor Winners and nominees 1980s 1 ...

. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1987. At the age of 5, she participated in the theatrical production of ''Juegos prohibidos''. He later studied acting at the Andres Soller Academy, then at the National Institute of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

. She then went to London to study theater directing. She made his television and film debut in the mid-1960s.

Filmography

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