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Mexican actress (1913–1993)
Isabela Corona
Born Refugio Pérez Frías
(1913-07-02 ) July 2, 1913Died July 8, 1993(1993-07-08) (aged 80) Occupation(s) Actress (theater, film, TV) Years active 1930s – 1990s
Isabela Corona
[1]
[2] (July 2, 1913 – July 8, 1993) was a Mexican actress. She debuted during the first decade of the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema .
Biography
Isabela Corona was born as Refugio Pérez Frías in El Chante, a
municipio of
Autlán, Jalisco . In her early years she moved to
Mexico City , where she started her career on stage of the teatro Ideal as a teenager in 1926.
[1] Afterwards she participated in the
Teatro Ulises and the
Teatro Orientación
[3] movement of the
Los Contemporáneos group, and made afterwards a career in the theater, movie and television businesses.
[4] She became better known in the end of the 1930s, when she played in La noche de los mayas .
She was considered, along with
Esther Fernández ,
Andrea Palma and
Lupe Vélez , a great Mexican cinema diva of the 1930s.
[5] Corona died six days after her 80th birthday from a heart attack.
Filmography
Movies
"
Mexicano ¡Tú puedes! ", 1985
"
Cóndores no entierran todos los días " as Dona Gertrudis Potes , 1984 (English title: "
A Man of Principle ")
"
El guerrillero del norte ", 1983 (English title: "
Guerilla from the North ")
"
La casa de Bernarda Alba ", 1982 (English: House of Bernarda Alba" or Bernarda Alba's House")
"
Los gemelos alborotados ", 1982
"
El infierno de todos tan temido " as Calandria , 1981
"
El mil usos ", 1981 (English title: "A Thousand Uses")
"
Adriana del Rio, actriz ", 1979 (English title: Adriana del Rio, Actress")
"
Los indolentes " as Amarinda Alday , 1979
"
El secuestro de los cien millones ", 1979
"
La Tía Alejandra " as Tía Alejandra , 1979 (English title: "Tia Alejandra")
"
La Casa del Pelícano " as Clementina , 1978 (English title: "Pelican's House")
"
Damiana " as The Mad Woman , 1978
"
La tigresa ", 1973 (English title: "The Tigress")
"
Yesenia ", 1971
"
No hay cruces en el mar ", 1968
"
El bastardo ", 1968
"
Crisol ", 1967
"
Cruces sobre el yermo ", 1967
"
El hombre propone... ", 1965
"
El espejo de la bruja " as Sara , 1962 (USA: "
The Witch's Mirror "; dubbed version)
"
Pecado mortal ", 1955 (English title: "Mortal Sin")
"
La gitana blanca ", 1954
"
Los que no deben nacer ", 1953
"
Marejada ", 1952
"
Trotacalles " as Luz , 1951
"
La posesión " as spouse of Luz , 1950
"
El rencor de la tierra ", 1949 (English title: "
Rancor of the Soil ")
"
Lola Casanova ", 1949
"
El precio de la gloria " as Doña Lupe Reyes , 1949 (English title: "Price of Glory")
"
¡Ya tengo a mi hijo! ", 1948
"
La culpable ", 1946
"
La casa de la zorra ", 1945 (USA: "
The House of the Fox ")
"
La mujer legítima " as Marta , 1945
"
Entre hermanos ", 1945 (English title: "Between Brothers")
"
El secreto de la solterona ", 1945
"
Murallas de pasión ", 1944 (English title: "Walls of Passion")
"
Caminito alegre " as Madre superiora , 1944
"
Ave sin nido ", 1943 (Mexico: "
Anita de Montemar ")
"
El ángel negro ", 1942
"
La isla de la pasión " as Lolita , 1942 (aka "Clipperton" or "Passion Island")
"
La casa del rencor ", 1941
"
Creo en Dios ", 1941 (USA: "Believe in God"; Mexico: "
Labios sellados ")
"
Los de abajo ", 1940 (Mexico: "
Con la división del norte ")
"
La noche de los mayas ", 1939 (USA: "
Night of the Mayas ") as Zeb
TV series
"Lo blanco y lo negro" ("Black and White") as Citlalli , 1992
"Yo compro esa mujer" as Soledad , 1990
"Victoria", 1987
"Los años pasan" ("Years Passed") as Apolonia , 1985
"Bianca Vidal" as Nana Maria , 1985
"La fiera", 1983 Dona Heloisa
"Vanessa" as Grandmother Cècile de Saint-Germain , 1982
"Caminemos", 1980
"Una mujer marcada" as Sofia , 1979
"Donde termina el camino" ("Where the Road Ends"), 1978
"Viviana" as Consuelo", 1978 (unknown episodes)
"Pobre Clara" as Nieves , 1975
"
Muchacha italiana viene a casarse " as Mercedes de Castro , 1971
"Risas amargas", 1961
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References
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