The National Association of Actors (, ANDA) is the Mexican actors
guild
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. It is a member of the
Bloque Latinoamericano de Actores (BLADA, the Latin American Actors' Block) that includes all of the actors'
unions in
Latin America
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.
The ANDA is headquartered in the ''colonia'' (borough)
San Rafael of
Mexico City
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and currently presided by Yolanda Cianí as
general secretary
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.
ANDA began in 1934 as an independent union of actors guilds from throughout Mexico. When
Angel T. Sala became its secretary general in 1936, the union was subsumed into the Union of Cinema Studio Workers (''Unión de los Trabajadores de Estudio Cinematográficos'', UTEC), which was under the control of the
CTM, a labor confederation with allegiance to the ruling
Institutional Revolutionary Party
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. The actors, however, continued their struggle for independence and for
union democracy.
In 2005, the ANDA had a conflict with
Grabaciones y Doblajes Internacionales, which is in charge of the Spanish language-dubbing of the show ''
The Simpsons
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''. The conflict revolved around changing voice actors of the Mexican version of the show.
Raymundo Capetillo, Secretary of Work and Conflict promised to defend the cause of the voice actors.
[''Defiende la ANDA voces de Los Simpson'']
("ANDA defends the voices of ''The Simpsons'') '' El Universal'', January 11, 2005. Accessed on February 10, 2006
General Secretaries
Some of the most famous General Secretaries of the ANDA are:
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Fernando Soler (1934-1935)
*
Mario Moreno Reyes "
Cantinflas
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well ...
" (1942-1944)
*
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno (; 30 November 1911 – 5 December 1953) was a Mexican singer and actor. He specialized in the musical genre of ranchera. His posthumous album "Fiesta Mexicana Volumen II" has been ranked by critics at No. 163 on t ...
(1944-1947) (1949-1953)
*
Rodolfo Echeverría, brother of
President
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*'' Præsident ...
Luis Echeverría
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*
David Reynoso (1977-1984)
*
Ignacio López Tarso (1984-1990)
*
Julio Alemán (1990-1994)
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Humberto Elizondo (1994-1998)
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Juan Imperio (1998-2002)(2002-2006)
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Lilia Aragón (2006-2010)
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Silvia Pinal (2010-2014)
*
Yolanda Cianí (2014-2018)
See also
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SAG-AFTRA
The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists –
United States
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actors guild
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Associación Nacional de Intérpretes (ANDI) – Singers guild of Mexico
Footnotes
External links
BLADA
Actors' trade unions
Trade unions in Mexico
1936 establishments in Mexico
Trade unions established in 1936
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