Agustín de Anda (b. 13 August 1933 in Mexico City, d. 29 May 1960) was a Mexican actor and one of the sons of actor and producer
Raúl de Anda
Raúl de Anda (1908–1997) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.Pick p.225 He enjoyed a lengthy and prolific career in the Mexican Cinema that party included its Golden Age.
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Agustin was the eldest of Raul de Anda's five sons. He launched his career with small roles in his father's films. His starring debut was in 1956 in the film ''"Bataclán mexicano'''' alongside former Miss Universe
Christiane Martel
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On the night of May 29, 1960, de Anda accompanied his girlfriend
Ana Bertha Lepe
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to the cabaret "La Fuente'' located in Insurgentes Sur, where the actress was presenting her show. Le[e went to her dressing room and de Anda to a table where Guillermo Lepe, his girlfriend's father, was already seated. They began to talk but soon after they got into a heated argument before separating. Soon after, Lepe fatally shot De Anda on the stairs of the cabaret. After Agustín's murder, Ana Bertha Lepe's career was severely affected; as she suffered a boycott led by her late boyfriend's father Raúl de Anda, which was joined by all the film producers, and she was no longer given work.
Filmography
* ''Frontera norte (1953)''
* ''El diablo a caballo (1955)''
* ''La venganza del Diablo (1955)''
* ''Enemigos (Los valientes de Jalisco) (1956)''
* ''Bataclán mexicano (1956)''
* ''Las manzanas de Dorotea (1957)''
* ''La máscara de carne (1958)''
* ''Quietos todos (1959)''
* ''Estampida (1959)''
* ''Los desarraigados (1960)''
* ''La cárcel de Cananea (1960)''
* ''Remolino (1961)''
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References
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1933 births
1960 deaths
20th-century Mexican male actors
Mexican male film actors
People murdered in Mexico
Male murder victims
Deaths by firearm in Mexico