Carmelita González
Carmelita González | |
|---|---|
Golden Age of Mexican cinema actress | |
| Born | July 11, 1928 |
| Died | April 30, 2010 (aged 81) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Known for | "Primera actriz" (lead actress)[1][2][3] Cinema, telenovela |
| Spouse | Eduardo Fajardo |
| Awards | Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award), Dos tipos de cuidado (1953) Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress, Motel (1984) |
| Patron(s) | Luis Aguilar[1][2] |
Carmelita González (July 11, 1928 – April 30, 2010) was a Mexican lead actress known for her film roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.[1][2][4] She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete.[4] González began her career by earning $21[1] but went on to win an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her 1984 performance in Luis Mandoki's Motel.[1][2]
Golden age of Mexican cinema
[edit]Carmelita González made her debut in 1945 with Camino de Sacramento which starred Negrete.[1] Because she was uncredited, González only earned $21.[1] She earned her first film credit as Carmelita González in 1946 alongside comedian Cantinflas in Soy un prófugo.[3] Active throughout the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, González's film credits included 1952's Dos tipos de cuidado, co-starring Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante.[4] Her role as Rosario, a rape victim, in Dos tipos de cuidado garnered a Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) and considered a major performance.[5] González would appear uncredited with Mario Moreno in 1956's Around the World in 80 Days.[2] Her contemporary actresses were Charito Granados, Esther Fernández and Marga López.[5] Appearing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, these contemporaries like González were atypical heroines ahead of their time.[5]
In 1952, González starred in Huracán Ramírez, which was a black-and-white movie, in the then emerging genre of lucha libre masked wrestler films.[1][6] During the 1940s, a series of movies beginning with El Santo and El Hijo del Santo in 1942 popularized lucha libre, literally free-style fighting, masked wrestlers.[7] González would go on to star in the 1962 El misterio de Huracán Ramírez, 1966 El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez and 1967 La venganza de Huracán Ramirez remakes.
Telenovela career
[edit]González later worked on Mexican television, including telenovelas. She appeared as a supporting actress in various roles on the telenovelas Así son ellas, Amar otra vez and Alegrijes y rebujos.[4] González' last appearances were on Amar Otra Vez in 2004 as her health began to wane.[5]
Early life
[edit]
Gonzalez was born in Mexico City on July 11, 1928.[4] Her father insisted upon her earning a college degree in Industrial relations but González studied English and French in the United States.[1] He initially opposed her desire to work in field of drama but won the approval of her mother and appeared in the movie Bésame mucho.[1] González was married briefly to Eduardo Fajardo with whom she bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.[1][5]
Final years and death
[edit]González died of pneumonia at 5 am on April 30, 2010, at the hospital Santelena in Mexico City, where she had been hospitalized for several days.[4] She had been recovering from intestinal problems.[4] She was 81 years old.[4]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes and awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | The Road to Sacramento | ||
| Marina | Pueblerina | ||
| 1945 | |||
| Las cinco advertencias de Satanás | |||
| 1946 | I Am a Fugitive | as Carmen González | |
| It's Not Enough to Be a Charro | |||
| The Operetta Queen | |||
| 1946 | El puente del castigo | ||
| Las colegialas | |||
| 1946 | |||
| El barchante Neguib | |||
| 1947 | |||
| El ropavejero | |||
| 1947 | Una extraña mujer | ||
| Twilight on the Rio Grande | |||
| 1947 | La niña de mis ojos | Germana | |
| Tycoon | |||
| 1948 | E o Mundo se Diverte | as Carmen González | |
| El muchacho alegre | |||
| 1948 | |||
| Que Dios me perdone | Alicia | ||
| 1948 | Casbah | ||
| El cuarto mandamiento | |||
| 1948 | The Game Rooster | ||
| Se la llevó el Remington | Gloria | ||
| 1949 | Comisario en turno | as Carmen Gonzalez | |
| Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado | as Carmen Gonzalez | ||
| 1949 | El hijo del bandido | ||
| Angels of the Arrabal | |||
| 1949 | |||
| El charro Negro en el norte | Anita | ||
| 1950 | Matrimonio y mortaja | ||
| Yo también soy de Jalisco | |||
| 1950 | Aventuras de un nuevo rico | ||
| Barrio bajo | |||
| 1951 | My Goddaughter's Difficulties | as Carmen González | |
| Doña Clarines | |||
| 1951 | |||
| La trinca del aire | Irene | ||
| 1952 | Las locuras de Tin-Tan | Lolita | |
| Subida al cielo[8] | Albina | ||
| 1952 | Los hijos de María Morales | Gloria Magaña | |
| Nobody's Children | |||
| 1952 | |||
| Sister Alegría | Sor Mónica | ||
| 1953 | Huracán Ramírez | Laura | |
| Canción de cuna | |||
| 1953 | El jugador | ||
| Dos tipos de cuidado | Rosario | Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award)[2] | |
| 1953 | |||
| Reportaje | |||
| 1954 | Venganza en el circo | Laura | |
| La ladrona | |||
| 1954 | Hijas casaderas | ||
| Ofrenda | |||
| 1956 | La vida es maravillosa | ||
| Pura vida | |||
| 1956 | El hombre que quiso ser pobre | Elena | |
| Around the World in 80 Days | |||
| 1958 | |||
| It Happened in Mexico | |||
| 1959 | |||
| S.O.S., abuelita | |||
| 1960 | |||
| El hombre que perdió el tren | |||
| 1961 | Culpas ajenas | ||
| Los inocentes | Not to be confused with The Innocents (1963 film) | ||
| 1962 | El hombre del expreso de Oriente | ||
| Espiritismo | Alicia García | Garcia's widow | |
| 1965 | Secreto de confesión | ||
| El señor doctor | |||
| 1966 | |||
| El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez | |||
| 1967 | La venganza de Huracán Ramirez | ||
| Aventura en el palacio viejo | |||
| 1969 | |||
| El ojo de vidrio | |||
| 1971 | |||
| Pequeñeces | |||
| 1972 | Los hermanos coraje | ||
| Lotação Esgotada | |||
| 1972 | |||
| Pedro Só | |||
| 1975 | Lerpar | ||
| Albures mexicanos | |||
| 1976 | |||
| Los bandidos del río frío | |||
| 1977 | |||
| Sor tequila | |||
| 1978 | Rosalia | ||
| Los amantes frios | |||
| 1978 | |||
| Cartas de amor de una monja | |||
| 1979 | |||
| El torito puños de oro | |||
| 1980 | Corazones sin rumbo | ||
| El medio pelo | |||
| 1981 | La pachanga | ||
| La cosecha de mujeres | |||
| 1981 | |||
| Las braceras | |||
| 1982 | El torito de Tepito | ||
| Leona Vicario | |||
| 1983 | La banda de la sotana negra | ||
| Niño pobre, niño rico | |||
| 1984 | La divina Lola | ||
| Se sufre pero se goza | |||
| 1984 | El judicial | ||
| El sinvergüenza | |||
| 1984 | |||
| Motel | Carolina López | Pérez's widow | |
| 1985 | |||
| Sinvergüenza pero honrado | |||
| 1986 | |||
| El cachas de oro | |||
| 1987 | Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas | ||
| El diablo, el santo y el tonto | |||
| 1988 | El cabaretero y sus golfas | ||
| El vergonzoso | |||
| El pecado de Oyuki | Shizuko | ||
| 1989 | Ángeles blancos | Dolores | |
| El garañón | |||
| 1990 | Noche de pánico | ||
| Cuando llega el amor | Carmen | ||
| 1990 | Un corazón para dos | ||
| Las travesuras de Super Chi-do | |||
| 1991 | Pedro infante vive? | Carmelita Gonzalez | |
| Cuando te veo palpito | |||
| 1992 | Gas Food Lodging | Mexican Woman | as Carmen Gonzales |
| Ángeles sin paraíso | |||
| 1993 | |||
| Clarisa | Sofía | ||
| 1994 | Más allá del puente | Queta | |
| Volver a empezar | Encarnación | ||
| Amor que mata | |||
| 1995 | |||
| Bajo un mismo rostro | Lucia | ||
| 1996 | Sentimientos Ajenos | Inés | |
| La sombra del otro | Coco | ||
| 1997 | |||
| El secreto de Alejandra | Carolina | ||
| 1998 | |||
| Gotita de amor | Honoria | ||
| 1999 | |||
| Alma Rebelde | Simona | ||
| 2000 | Mi Destino Eres Tú | Asunción Rivadeneira | |
| Por un beso | Elodia | ||
| 2001 | |||
| Navidad sin fin | Natividad | ||
| 2002 | |||
| Así son ellas | Aunt Luvia | ||
| 2004 | Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real | 14 episodes | 1995–2004 |
| Amar otra vez | Lidia |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Carmelita González deja un gran legado en cine y televisión". El Informador. www.informador.com.mx. April 30, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Se fue una estrella más del cine mexicano". La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). May 2, 2010. Archived from the original on May 4, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Obituarios de Celebridades Carmelita González". obituarios.eluniversal.com.mx: El Universal. Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Muere la actriz Carmelita González". El Universal. April 30, 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Se apaga la estrella de Carmelita González". elsiglodetorreon.com.mx: El Siglo de Torrejon. May 1, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ "Carmelita González, adiós a la actriz de oro". Periódico El Bravo (in Spanish). elbravomatamoros.com. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "El Santo". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 71–78. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ "Subida al cielo". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
