Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a
Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of
Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a
Silver Ariel Award.
Acted in some of
Fernando de Fuentes most important movies, like ''
El prisionero trece'' and ''
El compadre Mendoza'', both from his
Revolution Trilogy, and first Mexican box-office ''
Allá en el Rancho Grande''.
Early life
A
San Luis Potosí native, Roldán was born Emma Roldán Reyna to hotel owners José María Roldán and Virginia Reyna, the second of four siblings.
Her parents' hotel was located in front of the "Teatro de la Paz" in San Luis Potosí, where theatrical companies would perform.
It is there where she met her husband Pedro Jesús Ojeda with whom she procreated two children, Emma Ojeda Roldán and Pedro Ojeda Roldán.
She and her husband moved to
Monterrey
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, but they would tour across the country, a life she disliked.
They later divorced and Roldán relocated to her parents' home in Potosí.
Selected filmography
* ''
El prisionero trece'' (1933) as Margarita Ramos
* ''
El compadre Mendoza'' (1934) as ''the mute''
* ''
Allá en el Rancho Grande'' (1936) as Ángela
* ''
Women of Today'' (1936)
* ''
These Men'' (1937)
* ''
Jesusita in Chihuahua'' (1942) as Tula Tulares de Tulancingo
* ''
Romeo and Juliet
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'' (1943)
* ''
Les Misérables'' (1943)
* ''
Santa'' (1943)
* ''
The Escape'' (1944)
* ''
The Hour of Truth'' (1945)
* ''
Adam, Eve and the Devil'' (1945)
* ''
The Museum of Crime'' (1945) as Enfermera
* ''
Dizziness'' (1946) as Nana Joaquina
* ''
The Queen of the Tropics'' (1946)
* ''
The Flesh Commands'' (1948)
* ''
The Newlywed Wants a House'' (1948)
* ''
Jalisco Fair'' (1948)
* ''
Rough But Respectable'' (1949)
* ''
The Masked Tiger'' (1951)
* ''
Beauty Salon
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Beauty treatme ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Los hijos de María Morales'' (1951) as María Morales
* ''
Victims of Divorce'' (1952)
* ''
A Tailored Gentleman'' (1954) as Doña Pelos, portera
* ''
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa'' (1959) as Comadrona
* ''
Beyond All Limits'' (1959) as Carmela
* ''
Black Skull'' (1960)
* ''
Chucho el Roto'' (1960)
* ''
Dangers of Youth'' (1960)
* ''
Invincible Guns'' (1960)
* ''
Immediate Delivery'' (1963)
* ''
El rey del tomate'' (1963) as Tía Mila
* ''
El miedo no anda en burro'' (1976) as Doña Paz
* ''
El lugar sin límites'' (1978) as Ludovinia
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
1893 births
1978 deaths
Mexican film actresses
Mexican television actresses
20th-century Mexican actresses
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Actresses from San Luis Potosí
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