Dolores Camarillo
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Dolores Camarillo was a Mexican character actress of film
Film
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, television
Television
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, and theater. She also was a makeup artist for films, and was frequently billed as "Fraustita".

Personal life

The daughter of actors, Camarillo was a makeup artist for films in the 1930s. She was also a makeup teacher in the Andrés Soler Institute.
She was married to fellow film actor Antonio R. Frausto, to whom she owed her professional nickname of "Fraustita", or meaning "little woman Frausto".

Career

Camarillo debuted as an actress in 1915 in the theatrical play, La cara de Dios (The Face of God). She appeared in 124 films from 1933 to 1986. One of her most prominent roles in her film career is that of "Paz" in the popular 1940 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...

 film Ahí está el detalle
Ahí está el detalle
Ahí está el detalle is a 1940 Mexican comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Cantinflas, Joaquín Pardavé, Sara García with Sofía Álvarez and Dolores Camarillo. It was the twelfth film in Cantinflas' career, and the best one considered by Mexican film critics, for it is considered...

. In the film, she received the sixth billing, after her other co-stars. She also appeared in supporting roles with actor Joaquín Pardavé
Joaquín Pardavé
Joaquín Pardavé Arce was a Mexican film actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He was best known for starring and directing various comedy films during the 1940s...

 in the Lebanese
Culture of Lebanon
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 character comedies El baisano Jalil
El baisano Jalil
El baisano Jalil is a 1942 Mexican film. It stars Sara García.-External links:...

(1942) and El barchante Neguib
El barchante Neguib
El barchante Neguib is a 1946 Mexican film. It stars Joaquín Pardavé as "Neguib" and Sara García as "Sara".The film revolves around a Lebanese Mexican family that heads to Mexico City to visit their son, Alfredo . The son, is shameful of their family's Arab origin, does not welcome them into his home...

(1946).

Selected filmography

  • El indio
    El indio
    El indio is a 1939 Mexican drama film directed by Armando Vargas de la Maza. It was released in Mexico on February 10, 1939 and later released in United States on May 12, of the same year. Consuelo Frank and Pedro Armendáriz received equal billing, while Dolores Camarillo who was the film's comic...

    (1939) ... Panchita
  • Ahí está el detalle
    Ahí está el detalle
    Ahí está el detalle is a 1940 Mexican comedy film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and starring Cantinflas, Joaquín Pardavé, Sara García with Sofía Álvarez and Dolores Camarillo. It was the twelfth film in Cantinflas' career, and the best one considered by Mexican film critics, for it is considered...

    (1940) ... Paz
  • El baisano Jalil
    El baisano Jalil
    El baisano Jalil is a 1942 Mexican film. It stars Sara García.-External links:...

    (1942) ... Sofía
  • El barchante Neguib
    El barchante Neguib
    El barchante Neguib is a 1946 Mexican film. It stars Joaquín Pardavé as "Neguib" and Sara García as "Sara".The film revolves around a Lebanese Mexican family that heads to Mexico City to visit their son, Alfredo . The son, is shameful of their family's Arab origin, does not welcome them into his home...

    (1946) ... Regina
  • The Paper Man
    The Paper Man (film)
    The Paper Man is a 1963 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Ignacio López Tarso as Adán...

    (1963)

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