Carmelita González
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Carmelita González was a Mexican
lead actress
known for her film roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Pedro Infante
and Jorge Negrete
. González began her career by earning $21 but went on to win an Ariel
Best Supporting Actress
award for her 1984 performance in Luis Mandoki
's Motel.
as Carmelita González in 1946 alongside comedian Cantinflas
in Soy un prófugo. 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
. 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. González would appear uncredited with Mario Moreno in 1956's Around the World in 80 Days. Her contemporary actresses were Charito Granados, Esther Fernández
and Marga López
. Appearing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, these contemporaries like González were atypical heroines ahead of their time.
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
. 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. 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 remake
s.
, including telenovelas. She appeared as a supporting actress in various roles on the telenovelas Así son ellas, Amar otra vez and Alegrijes y rebujos
. González' last appearances were on Amar Otra Vez in 2004 as her health began to wane.
on July 11, 1928. Her father insisted upon her earning a college degree in Industrial relations but González studied English
and French
in the United States
. 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. González was married briefly to Eduardo Fajardo with whom she bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.
at 5 a.m. on April 30, 2010, at the hospital Santelena in Mexico City, where she had been hospitalized for several days. She had been recovering from instestinal problems. Gonzalez was 81 years old.
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...
lead actress
Leading actor
A leading actor, leading actress, star, or simply lead, plays the role of the protagonist in a film or play. The word lead may also refer to the largest role in the piece and leading actor may refer to a person who typically plays such parts or an actor with a respected body of work...
known for her film roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante
José Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...
and Jorge Negrete
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....
. González began her career by earning $21 but went on to win an Ariel
Ariel Award
The Ariel is the Mexican Academy of Film Award. It has been awarded annually since 1947. The award recognizes excellence in motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting in Mexican cinema. It is considered the most prestigious award in the Mexican movie industry.- History :The...
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
This is a list of awards for supporting actor. These are accolades given by a group of film or television professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors...
award for her 1984 performance in Luis Mandoki
Luis Mandoki
Luis Mandoki is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood.Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School...
's Motel.
Golden age of Mexican cinema
Carmelita González made her debut in 1945 with Camino de Sacramento which starred Negrete. Because she was uncredited, González only earned $21. She earned her first film creditMotion picture credits
-Opening credits:Opening credits, in a television program, motion picture, or video game, are shown at the beginning of a show and list the most important members of the production. They are usually shown as text superimposed on a blank screen or static pictures, or sometimes on top of action in...
as Carmelita González in 1946 alongside comedian Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...
in Soy un prófugo. Active throughout the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, González's film credits included 1952's Dos tipos de cuidado
Dos tipos de cuidado
Dos tipos de cuidado is a 1953 Mexican film. It stars Carlos Orellana....
, co-starring Jorge Negrete
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....
and Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante
José Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...
. 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. González would appear uncredited with Mario Moreno in 1956's Around the World in 80 Days. Her contemporary actresses were Charito Granados, Esther Fernández
Esther Fernández
Esther Fernández was a Mexican film actress of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s....
and Marga López
Marga López
Marga López , born Catalina Margarita López Ramos, was an Argentine-born Mexican actress. Born in Argentina, she later acquired Mexican nationality.-Biography:...
. Appearing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, these contemporaries like González were atypical heroines ahead of their time.
In 1952, González starred in Huracán Ramírez
Huracán Ramírez (film)
Huracán Ramírez is a 1952 black-and-white Mexican Lucha film directed by Joselito Rodríguez and co-written by Joselito Rodríguez, Juan Rodríguez Mas, and Jesús Saucedo...
, which was a black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
movie, in the then emerging genre
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
of lucha libre
Lucha libre
Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...
masked wrestler films
Lucha film
The sport of Lucha Libre became so popular in Mexico, that it spawned a genre of Luchador films starring some of the most popular masked luchadores in the sport. These masked superheroes engaged in battles against a range of characters from spies, to vampires and martians...
. During the 1940s, a series of movies beginning with El Santo and El Hijo del Santo
El Hijo del Santo
Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...
in 1942 popularized lucha libre, literally free-style fighting, masked wrestlers. González would go on to star in the 1962 El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez
El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez
El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez is a 1962 black-and-white Mexican Lucha film directed and co-written by Joselito Rodríguez. The film is a sequel to Rodríguez's 1952 film Huracán Ramírez with David Silva reprising his role as Fernando Torres...
, 1966 El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez
El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez
El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez is a 1965 black-and-white Mexican Lucha film co-written directed by Joselito Rodríguez and starring David Silva. It is the third installment of the Huracán film series, following the 1962 sequel, El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez....
and 1967 La venganza de Huracán Ramirez remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
s.
Telenovela career
González later worked on Mexican televisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, including telenovelas. She appeared as a supporting actress in various roles on the telenovelas Así son ellas, Amar otra vez and Alegrijes y rebujos
Alegrijes y Rebujos
Alegrijes y Rebujos is a Mexican soap opera or "telenovela" which became very popular between kids and adults in 2003 to 2004. The kid actors all came from the reality show Código F.A.M.A. . The 1st place Miguel Martinez earned the lead role...
. González' last appearances were on Amar Otra Vez in 2004 as her health began to wane.
Early life
Gonzalez 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...
on July 11, 1928. Her father insisted upon her earning a college degree in Industrial relations but González studied 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...
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He initially opposed her desire to work in field of drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
but won the approval of her mother and appeared in the movie Bésame mucho. González was married briefly to Eduardo Fajardo with whom she bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.
Final years and death
Carmelita González died of pneumoniaPneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
at 5 a.m. on April 30, 2010, at the hospital Santelena in Mexico City, where she had been hospitalized for several days. She had been recovering from instestinal problems. Gonzalez was 81 years old.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes and awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Camino de Sacramento | ||
| Marina | Pueblerina | ||
| 1945 | |||
| Las cinco advertencias de Satanás | |||
| 1946 | Soy un prófugo | as Carmen González | |
| No basta ser charro | |||
| 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 Tycoon (1947 film) Tycoon is a 1947 Technicolor romance film starring John Wayne based on the 1934 novel by C.E. Scoggins.-Plot:Johnny Munroe travels to South America to build a mountain railroad tunnel for Frederick Alexander , a wealthy industrialist... |
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| 1948 | E o Mundo se Diverte | as Carmen González | |
| El muchacho alegre | |||
| 1948 | |||
| Que Dios me perdone | Alicia | ||
| 1948 | Casbah Casbah (film) Casbah is a musical film directed by John Berry, starring Yvonne DeCarlo and Tony Martin, and released by Universal Studios.-Plot:... |
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| El cuarto mandamiento | |||
| 1948 | El gallo giro | ||
| 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 | ||
| Angeles del 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 | Los apuros de mi ahijada | as Carmen González | |
| Doña Clarines | |||
| 1951 | |||
| La trinca del aire | Irene | ||
| 1952 | Las locuras de Tin-Tan | Lolita | |
| Subida al cielo | Albina | ||
| 1952 | Los hijos de María Morales | Gloria Magaña | |
| Los hijos de nadie (Dos caminos) | |||
| 1952 | |||
| Sor Alegría | |||
| 1953 | Huracán Ramírez Huracán Ramírez (film) Huracán Ramírez is a 1952 black-and-white Mexican Lucha film directed by Joselito Rodríguez and co-written by Joselito Rodríguez, Juan Rodríguez Mas, and Jesús Saucedo... |
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| Canción de cuna | |||
| 1953 | El jugador | ||
| Dos tipos de cuidado | Rosario | Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) | |
| 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 | |||
| Sucedió en México | |||
| 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) The Innocents (1963 film) The Innocents is a 1963 Argentine-Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Alfredo Alcón as Guido Santrori* Paloma Valdés as Elena Ezzquellia... |
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| 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 El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez is a 1965 black-and-white Mexican Lucha film co-written directed by Joselito Rodríguez and starring David Silva. It is the third installment of the Huracán film series, following the 1962 sequel, El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez.... |
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| 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 | |||
| 1989 | Ángeles blancos | Dolores | |
| El garañón | |||
| 1990 | Noche de pánico | ||
| Cuando llega el amor Cuando llega el Amor Cuando llega el amor is a telenovela made by Mexican TV network Televisa. It is a telenovela aimed to young audience, set in Mexico. This telenovela was broadcasted in 1990.-Plot:... |
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 Gas Food Lodging Gas Food Lodging is a 1992 movie directed by Allison Anders about a waitress trying to find romance while raising two daughters in a trailer-park. It stars Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, and Fairuza Balk. The film was adapted from the novel Don't Look and It Won't Hurt by Richard Peck... |
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 Sentimientos Ajenos Sentimientos Ajenos was a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 1996 which starred Carlos Ponce and Yolanda Andrade. Although the plot was twisted and sometimes absurd, it successfully took rating away from the time's toughest competitor in terms of telenovela ratings, TV Azteca... |
Inés | |
| La sombra del otro | Coco | ||
| 1997 | |||
| El secreto de Alejandra | Carolina | ||
| 1998 | |||
| Gotita de amor | Honoria | ||
| 1999 | |||
| Alma Rebelde Alma Rebelde Alma Rebelde ' was a 1999 Mexican telenovela, starring Lisette Morelos, Eduardo Verástegui and the late Edgar Ponce. It was produced by Televisa. This telenovela contained 90 episodes.- Synopsis :... |
Simona | ||
| 2000 | Mi Destino Eres Tú Mi Destino Eres Tú Mi destino eres tú is a 2000 Mexican telenovela. It is a production of Carla Estrada and the protagonists were Lucero and Jorge Salinas.-Main cast:*Lucero as Andrea San Vicente*Jorge Salinas as Eduardo Rivadeneira... |
Asunción Rivadeneira | |
| Por un beso | Elodia | ||
| 2001 | |||
| Navidad sin fin | Natividad | ||
| 2002 | |||
| Así son ellas | Aunt Luvia | ||
| 2004 | Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real Mujer, casos de la vida real Mujer, casos de la vida real is a television show produced by Hispanic television Televisa for Canal de las Estrellas. The show first aired after the Mexican earthquake of 1985 as a method to assist victims of the natural disaster... |
14 episodes | 1995–2004 |
| Amar otra vez | Lidia |