Ariadne Welter
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Ariadne Welter was a Mexican movie actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in the Luis Buñuel
film The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
(1955). In 1956 she starred in the film El Vampiro
, a classic of the Mexican horror films.
, Mexico
, the daughter of Dutch
engineer
and Royal Dutch Shell
executive, Gerardus Jacob Welter, and his Mexican
-born wife of Spanish
, German
and French
descent Blanca Rosa. Her family moved a great deal during Ariadne's youth, living everywhere from South America and Europe, to the Middle East and Africa. As a result of this nomadic lifestyle, Welter became an accomplished polyglot
with the ability to speak fluent French, German, Dutch, Spanish, English
, Italian
, and even a bit of haphazard Arabic and Russian
.
Welter had three siblings, a sister, Blanca Rosa Welter (later known as Linda Christian
, 1923–2011), and two brothers, Gerardus Jacob Welter (b.1924) and Edward Albert Welter (b.1932). She was wife of the notable Mexican film productor Gustavo Alatriste
. Via Linda Christian, her sister, Welter was sister-in-law of the actor Tyrone Power
and aunt of the also actors Taryn Power
and Romina Power
.
In 1955, Ariadne starred in the classic Luis Buñuel
film The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
. In 1956, she starred along German Robles
the classic Mexican horror film El Vampiro
. During the 1960s, Ariadne was one of the principal Mexican stars of the horror and fiction films. She continued to appear in movies and on telenovelas in Mexico in her later years.
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
film The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is a 1955 Mexican film by Spanish-born writer-director Luis Buñuel. It focuses on a would-be serial killer whose plans, although elaborate, never result in an actual murder.-Plot:Archibaldo de la Cruz is a wealthy Mexican man...
(1955). In 1956 she starred in the film El Vampiro
El Vampiro
El vampiro is a 1957 Mexican horror film, directed by Fernando Méndez. The film is about Marta, a young woman, who travels to her childhood village, only to find that one of her aunts is dead and another is under the influence of Mr...
, a classic of the Mexican horror films.
Early life and Career
Welter was born in Mexico CityMexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, the daughter of Dutch
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
and Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
executive, Gerardus Jacob Welter, and his Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
-born wife of Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
, German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
and French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
descent Blanca Rosa. Her family moved a great deal during Ariadne's youth, living everywhere from South America and Europe, to the Middle East and Africa. As a result of this nomadic lifestyle, Welter became an accomplished polyglot
Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of...
with the ability to speak fluent French, German, Dutch, Spanish, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, and even a bit of haphazard Arabic and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
.
Welter had three siblings, a sister, Blanca Rosa Welter (later known as Linda Christian
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican movie actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and The Mermaids...
, 1923–2011), and two brothers, Gerardus Jacob Welter (b.1924) and Edward Albert Welter (b.1932). She was wife of the notable Mexican film productor Gustavo Alatriste
Gustavo Alatriste
Gustavo Alatriste was a Mexican actor, director, and producer of films. He was married from 1961 through 1967 to the actress Silvia Pinal...
. Via Linda Christian, her sister, Welter was sister-in-law of the actor Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. , usually credited as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as Ty Power, was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan,...
and aunt of the also actors Taryn Power
Taryn Power
Taryn Stephanie Power is an American actress and the younger daughter of the actor Tyrone Power and his second wife, Mexican actress Linda Christian.Deutsch, Linda . , Lewiston Evening Journal...
and Romina Power
Romina Power
Romina Francesca Power is an American-born singer and actress.-Biography:Born in Los Angeles, California, Romina Power is the eldest daughter of American actor Tyrone Power and his second wife, actress Linda Christian....
.
In 1955, Ariadne starred in the classic Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
film The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is a 1955 Mexican film by Spanish-born writer-director Luis Buñuel. It focuses on a would-be serial killer whose plans, although elaborate, never result in an actual murder.-Plot:Archibaldo de la Cruz is a wealthy Mexican man...
. In 1956, she starred along German Robles
Germán Robles
Germán Robles is a Mexican film, theater, television, and voice actor. He came to Mexico when he was 17, after Spain's civil war. His slim figure contrasts with his deep, calm, elegant voice....
the classic Mexican horror film El Vampiro
El Vampiro
El vampiro is a 1957 Mexican horror film, directed by Fernando Méndez. The film is about Marta, a young woman, who travels to her childhood village, only to find that one of her aunts is dead and another is under the influence of Mr...
. During the 1960s, Ariadne was one of the principal Mexican stars of the horror and fiction films. She continued to appear in movies and on telenovelas in Mexico in her later years.
Films
- Prince of FoxesPrince of FoxesPrince of Foxes is a novel of historical fiction by Samuel Shellabarger, following the adventures of the fictional Andrea Orsini, a captain in the service of Cesare Borgia during his conquest of the Romagna.-Plot introduction:...
(1949) - La Rebelión de los colgados (1954)
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la CruzThe Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la CruzThe Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is a 1955 Mexican film by Spanish-born writer-director Luis Buñuel. It focuses on a would-be serial killer whose plans, although elaborate, never result in an actual murder.-Plot:Archibaldo de la Cruz is a wealthy Mexican man...
(1955) - The Vampire (1956)
- The Vampire's Coffin (1958)
- Vacaciones en Acapulco (1961)
- The Devil's HandThe Devil's Hand-Plot summary:Rick Turner is engaged to Donna Trent and is having nightmares of a beautiful blonde woman who appears to be dancing in the sky. One night, he is mysteriously driven to enter a doll shop, and in the next morning he returns to the place with Donna...
(1962) - El Barón del Terror (1962)
- La Duquesa diabólica (1964)
- Cien gritos de terror (1965)
- RageRage (1966 film)Rage is a Drama/Movie, starring Glenn Ford and directed by Gilberto Gazcón-Plot:In a Drama film classics. Dr. Reuben is an angry loner living in a tiny Mexican border town. Soon after a man dying of rabies staggers into town, Dr. Reuben himself is bitten by the same rabid can...
(1966) - Las Mujeres Pantera (1967)
- Esta y l'otra con un solo boleto (1983)
Television
- Divorciadas (1961)
- Las Momias de Guanajuato (1962)
- Las Modelos (Maniquíes) (1963)
- Cristina Guzmán (1966)
- El extraño retorno de Diana SalazarEl Extraño Retorno de Diana SalazarEl extraño retorno de Diana Salazar was a 1988 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez and Jorge Martinez. It is an unusual example of a telenovela which addresses supernatural topics.-Plot:...
(1988) - Maria la del BarrioMaría la del BarrioMaría la del barrio is the 3rd telenovela of Thalía from the trilogy of 'Maria'. Is a Mexican telenovela which starred Thalía, Fernando Colunga, Itatí Cantoral, Ricardo Blume, Iran Eory and the youngest actors Ludwika Paleta & Osvaldo Benavides...
(1995) as Esperanza Calderón. - Gente bienGente bienGente bien is a 1939 Argentine musical film directed by Manuel Romero. The tango film premiered in Buenos Aires on June 28, 1939 and the United States on October 8, 1939 and starred Hugo del Carril, Tito Lusiardo and Delia Garcés....
(1997) - Mi querída Isabel (1997)