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Sister Alegría
''Sister Alegría'' (Spanish: ''Sor Alegría'') is a 1952 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Rosita Quintana, Carmen Montejo and Andrea Palma.Riera p.199 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gunther Gerszo. It was nominated for three Ariel Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Carmen Montejo. Synopsis A young party girl's carefree life changes when she discovers the poverty that exists in the city. She chooses to become a nun to do good in the world. Cast * Rosita Quintana as Sor Verónica / Ana María * Carmen Montejo as Sor Angélica * Andrea Palma as Doña Mercedes * Carmelita González as Sor Mónica * Anita Blanch as Madre superiora * Carlos Agostí as Rafael * Prudencia Grifell as Sor Úrsula * Virginia Manzano as Mujer de la calle * Roberto Cobo as El Ratón * Francisco Jambrina as Obispo * Magda Donato as Madre vicaria * Aurora Walker as Doña Isabel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Davison
Tito Davison (14 November 1912 – 21 March 1985) was a Chilean-born Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1982. Selected filmography * ''Thus Is Life'' (1930) * ''Shadows of Glory'' (1930) * ''Murió el sargento Laprida'' (1937) * ''Educating Niní'' (1940) * ''He Who Died of Love'' (1945) * ''¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!'' (1946) * ''The Road to Sacramento'' (1946) * ''Ramona (1946 film), Ramona'' (1946) * ''I Am a Charro of Rancho Grande'' (1947) * ''The Golden Boat (1947 film), The Golden Boat'' (1947) * ''Bel Ami (1947 film), Bel Ami'' (1947) * ''The Private Life of Mark Antony and Cleopatra'' (1947) * ''Midnight (1949 film), Midnight'' (1949) * ''The Devil Is a Woman (1950 film), The Devil Is a Woman'' (1950) * ''Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951) * ''The Three Happy Friends'' (1952) * ''Sister Alegría'' (1952) * ''When I Leave'' (1954) * ''The Price of Living'' (1954) * ''La Dulce Enemiga'' (1957) * ''The White Sister (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Award For Best Supporting Actress
The Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress (Spanish: Premio Ariel a Mejor Coactuación Femenina) is an award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a Supporting actor, supporting role while working within the Mexican film industry. In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with Lilia Michel winning in both ceremonies for the films ''Un Beso en la Noche'' and ''Dizziness (film), Vértigo'', respectively. With the exception of the years 1959 to 1971, when the Ariel Awards were suspended, the award has been given annually. Nominees and winners are determined by a committee formed every year consisting of academy members (active and honorary), previous winners and individuals with at least two Ariel nominations; the committee members submit their votes through the official AMACC website. Since its inception, the award has been given to 52 actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidia Franco
Lidia may refer to: * Lidia (given name) * ''Lidia'' (spider), a spider genus * Hurricane Lidia, multiple storms * ''Comoedia Lydiae'', a medieval Latin elegiac comedy from the late twelfth century * Spanish Fighting Bull The Spanish Fighting Bull is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle (''Bos taurus'') population. It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in countries where bullfighting is organized. Fighting bulls are selected primarily for a certai ..., also known as ''toro de lidia'', an Iberian heterogenous cattle population See also * Lydia (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberto González (actor)
Gilberto González (1906 - 21 March 1954) was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1933 to 1954. Biography Gilberto González was born in 1906 in México City, México. After several attempts, in 1933 he found a spot as an extra in the film Su última canción. In his third film (Janitzio (1935)) he gets the antagonistic role, which made life impossible for the protagonist, played by Emilio “Indio” Fernández. He was given the opportunity to play the major villain in other films as a result of this performance. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1933 to 1954. Among the films in which he acts, Rebel Souls (1937) stands out, where three of the future pillars of Mexican cinema made their debut: Raúl de Anda, Alejandro Galindo (director), Alejandro Galindo and Víctor Manuel Mendoza, as producer, director and actor respectively; The Bandits of Cold River (1938), Sota, horse and king (1944), in which Luis Aguilar (actor), Luis Aguilar made his debut, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatriz Ramos
Beatriz Ramos (1914–2000) was a Mexican film actress. She was active during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.Wilt p.27-106 She was married to the actor Albert Carrier. Selected filmography * '' The Call of the Blood'' (1934) * '' Gold and Silver'' (1934) * '' The Mystery of the Ghastly Face'' (1935) * '' The Associate'' (1946) * '' Music, Poetry and Madness'' (1948) * ''Marked Cards'' (1948) * '' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1950) * ''Engagement Ring'' (1951) * ''History of a Heart'' (1951) * ''Tropical Delirium'' (1952) * ''Sister Alegría'' (1952) * ''Sombrero'' (1953) * ''La Calle de los amores ''La Calle de los amores'' ("The Street of Love") is a 1954 Mexican film. It stars Carlos Orellana. Cast * Luis Beristáin * Victorio Blanco * Armando Calvo * Jorge Casanova * Felipe de Flores * Teresa de Sevilla * Rafael Estrada * Jac ...'' (1954) * '' The Rapture'' (1954) References Bibliography * Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio. ''Mexican Cinema''. British Film Institute, 1995. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Ferriz
Miguel Ángel Ferriz (29 November 1899 – 1 January 1967) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, p. 158. Selected filmography * '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939) * '' I Will Live Again'' (1940) * '' The Rock of Souls'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) * '' The Rebel'' (1943) * '' The Spectre of the Bride'' (1943) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1944) * ''Nana'' (1944) * '' Rosalinda'' (1945) * ''The Hour of Truth'' (1945) * '' Nocturne of Love'' (1948) * '' Red Rain'' (1950) * ''The Man Without a Face'' (1950) * ''Streetwalker'' (1951) * ''The Martyr of Calvary'' (1952) * ''Sister Alegría'' (1952) * '' The Boy and the Fog'' (1953) * ''The Strange Passenger'' (1953) * ''Forbidden Fruit'' (1953) *'' The Sword of Granada'' (1953) * ''Genius and Figure'' (1953) * ''Pain'' (1953) * ''The Price of Living'' (1954) * '' Camelia'' (1954) * ''When I Leave'' (1954) * ''The Murderer X'' (1955) * '' The Bandits of Cold River'' (1956) * '' Pablo and Carolina'' (1957) *''The Boxer'' (1958) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Walker
Aurora Walker García (1904–1964) was a Mexican film actress. She appeared in more than a hundred and twenty films during her career.Agrasánchez p.159 She was married to Mexican actor Julio Taboada until her death (suicide by electrocution) 2 January 1964. Their son is Mexican movie writer and director Carlos Enrique Taboada Carlos Enrique Taboada Walker (July 18, 1929 - April 15, 1997) was a Mexican screenwriter and director. He is best known for his supernatural Terror and suspense films including Hasta el viento tiene miedo, Más negro que la noche, Veneno para la .... Selected filmography * '' With Villa's Veterans'' (1939) * '' I Will Live Again'' (1940) * '' Voices of Spring'' (1947) * '' The Game Rooster'' (1948) * '' Beau Ideal'' (1948) * '' Jalisco Fair'' (1948) * '' The Woman I Lost'' (1949) * '' Red Rain'' (1950) * '' The Lone Wolf'' (1952) * '' The Justice of the Wolf'' (1952) * '' I Don't Deny My Past'' (1952) * '' The Wolf Returns'' (1952) * '' Nobody's Childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Donato
Carmen Eva Nelken Mansberger (6 February 1898 – 3 November 1966), known by the pseudonym Magda Donato, was a Spanish writer, journalist, playwright, and actress who went into exile in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War. She was the sister of writer and politician Margarita Nelken. Biography Carmen Eva Nelken Mansberger was born on 6 February 1898 in Madrid, to a merchant family of German Jewish ancestry. Her father was a Spanish jeweler. Her mother, born in France, was the daughter of a watchmaker who, in 1889, had gone to Madrid to work as a palace watchmaker, and also owned a watch and jewelry store on the Puerta del Sol, No. 15. Her wealthy family gave her access to higher education, which was uncommon for women at that time. In 1917 she began writing for '' El Imparcial'', a newspaper of the Gasset family, and later for other Madrid papers such as ''Estampa'', ''El Liberal'', and ''La Tribuna''. She signed these articles Magda Donato, as a self-affirmation against the str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Jambrina
Francisco Jambrina Campos (December 3, 1902 – January 21, 1967) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.Kohner p.355 Selected filmography * '' Every Madman to His Specialty'' (1939) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * ''Lightning in the South'' (1943) * ''Michael Strogoff'' (1944) * ''Twilight'' (1945) * '' Fly Away, Young Man!'' (1947) * '' Ecija's Seven Children'' (1947) * '' The Secret of Juan Palomo'' (1947) * '' The Genius'' (1948) * ''Gangster's Kingdom'' (1948) * '' Philip of Jesus'' (1949) * '' The Great Madcap'' (1949) * '' The Black Sheep'' (1949) * '' Traces of the Past'' (1950) * '' Women Without Tomorrow'' (1951) * '' Good Night, My Love'' (1951) * ''Soledad's Shawl'' (1952) * '' The Night Falls'' (1952) * '' Sister Alegría'' (1952) * '' The Woman You Want'' (1952) * ''The Three Perfect Wives ''The Three Perfect Wives'' (Spanish: ''Las tres perfectas casadas'') is a 1953 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Cobo
Roberto Garcìa Romero (20 February 1930 – 2 August 2002), better known as Roberto Cobo, was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than eighty films between 1947 and 2002. Partial filmography References External links * 1930 births 2002 deaths Best Actor Ariel Award winners Mexican male film actors 20th-century Mexican male actors Male actors from Nuevo León {{Mexico-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Manzano
Virginia Manzano (November 24, 1912 – February 18, 1985) was a Mexican film actress.Pitts p.212 Selected filmography * ''Les Misérables'' (1943) * ''The Eternal Secret'' (1942) * '' The Rock of Souls'' (1943) * ''María Eugenia'' (1943) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1944) * ''Mischievous Susana'' (1945) * ''Sister Alegría ''Sister Alegría'' (Spanish: ''Sor Alegría'') is a 1952 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Tito Davison and starring Rosita Quintana, Carmen Montejo and Andrea Palma.Riera p.199 It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. The film ...'' (1952) References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012. External links * 1912 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Mexican actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses Actresses from Guadalajara, Jalisco {{Mexico-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudencia Grifell
Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970) was a Spanish actress and comedian. Telenovelas * ''Plegaria en el camino'' (1969) * ''Estafa de amor'' (1967) * ''El despertar'' (1966) as Doña Remedios * ''Sonata de otoño'' (1966) * ''Las abuelas'' (1965) * ''Corona de lágrimas (1965 telenovela), Corona de lágrimas'' (1964) * ''Tres caras de mujer'' (1963) * ''Borrasca (telenovela), Borrasca'' (1962) * ''La cobarde'' (1962) * ''La madrastra (1962 telenovela), La madrastra'' (1962) * ''Estafa de amor'' (1961) * ''La Leona (Mexican telenovela), La leona'' (1961) * ''Niebla (telenovela), Niebla'' (1961) * ''Pensión de mujeres'' (1960) Films See also * Foreign-born artists in Mexico References External links * *Biography*Presentation of a book of her life {{DEFAULTSORT:Grifell, Prudencia 1879 births 1970 deaths Ariel Award winners Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican people of Galician des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
