Virginia Fábregas García (17 December 1871 – 17 November 1950) was a Mexican film and stage actress active in the early 20th-Century. She appeared in films between 1931 and 1945.
Personal life
Virginia Fábregas García was born on 17 December 1871 Oacalco,
Yautepec, Morelos
Yautepec is a municipality located in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The municipal seat is the city of Yautepec de Zaragoza. It stands at .
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Yautep ...
, Mexico. Her father was Ricardo Fábregas, originally from Spain, and her mother was Úrsula García. After her mother's death, she spent part of her childhood on the hacienda Apanquetzalco in
Morelos
Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...
, where the owner built a small theater for her.
She attended the
Normal school
A normal school or normal college is an institution created to Teacher education, train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. In the 19th century in the United States, instruction in normal schools was at the high s ...
in Mexico City, graduating in 1896. She married actor and director Francisco Cardona on July 4, 1902. They had a daughter and two sons, including Manuel Sánchez-Navarro, who married actress
Fanny Schiller
Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for bes ...
.
Virginia Fábregas died at the age of 79 in Mexico City, and on 18 November 1950 she was buried in the
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(Rotunda of Illustrious Persons) in that city.
Acting career
In 1891 Fábregas García participated in a benefit in the ''Teatro Nacional,'' attracting the attention of the actor Leopoldo Burón, who hired her for his theater company. Her professional debut was on 30 April 1892, at the age of 21, appearing in ''Divorciémonos'' by Victoriano Sardou.
She soon became popular not only in Mexico but also in Latin America and Europe, and she became known as the
"Mexican Sarah Bernhardt". Mexican President
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...
was in the audience when she inaugurated her theater in Mexico City.
Filmography
See also
*
List of people from Morelos, Mexico
The following are people who were born, raised, or who gained significant prominence for living in the Mexican state of Morelos:
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References
External links
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Bound for Glory: Virginia Fabregas, a life dedicated to the theater (in Spanish)
1871 births
1950 deaths
20th-century Mexican actresses
Actresses from Morelos
Mexican film actresses
Mexican stage actresses
Mexican people of Spanish descent
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