Elisa Christy (born Elisa Crochet Asperó, 30 September 1917 – 26 May 2018) was a cast

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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Career

Elisa Christy was involved in several movies, including "''La Valentina''" in 1938, " ''Juntos, pero no revueltos''" (which was also known as "''Together But Not Mixed''") in 1939, and "''La Viuda Celosa''" in 1946.

Personal life and death

Elisa Christy is the daughter of the actress Elisa Asperó and the great Spanish actor

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(Julio Crochet). Christy married

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 ...

, a Mexican

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and actor. She gave birth to their only child, Diana Negrete. They divorced in 1942, after which Christy remarried. She died on 26 May 2018, at the age of 100.

Selected filmography

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'' (1949)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christy, Elisa 1917 births 2018 deaths Actresses from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican actresses Mexican women centenarians Mexican people of Spanish descent Mexican film actresses