Lina Marín (August 12, 1944 – June 23, 1989) was a Mexican actress of Zapotec descent, known for her performance in '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970) and for her starring role opposite Gaspar Henaine "Capulina" in '' El bueno para nada'' (1973).

Biography

Marín was born Felipa Cartas Orozco in the region of the

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on August 12, 1944, in the municipality of

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. At age 14 she moved to

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, where she began her acting career with a small role in the drama film ''El derecho de nacer'' in 1966. She had prominent supporting roles in ''La marcha a Zacatecas'' and ''El último pistolero'' (both 1969) before playing a

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named Thorn Rose in '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970), the film that gave her international exposure. She also acted in ''Espérame en Siberia, vida mía'' (1971), with Mauricio Garcés; ''Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro'' (1972), with

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; ''Tacos al carbon'' (1972), with

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; ''El rey de Acapulco'' (1972), with Capulina; and ''El Payo - un hombre contra el mundo'' (1972), with Jorge Rivero. Her greatest achievement in Mexican cinema was her performance in her second film co-starring Capulina, '' El bueno para nada'' (1973), in which she played the main female role: María, Capulina's Native Mexican girlfriend who works as a maid in the house of

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and

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. Her performance showed that, in addition to being a great beauty, she also had talent for comedy. She returned to acting in the mid-1980s with a supporting role in the film ''Lo que importa es vivir'' (1987). She died of

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on June 23, 1989 at age 44, and is survived by two children.

Legacy

A movie theater in the Herón Ríos Cultural Center in

Juchitán de Zaragoza Juchitán de Zaragoza (; Spanish name; Isthmus Zapotec: ''Xabizende'' ) is an indigenous town in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region. With a 2020 cens ...

bears her name. In 2016, she was honored with a mural and a short film in

, her hometown.

Selected filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marin, Lina 1944 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Mexican actresses Actresses from Oaxaca Deaths from breast cancer Mexican film actresses Zapotec people Indigenous Mexican women 20th-century Native American people