Biography

Isabela Corona was born as Refugio Pérez Frías in El Chante jalisco, a municipio

Municipio

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 of Autlán de Navarro. 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. Afterwards she participated in the Teatro Ulises

Teatro Ulises

The Teatro Ulises was an experimental theater, located in the calle de Mesones 42 of Mexico City, that was established around 1927/1928 by Antonieta Rivas Mercado, daughter of the architect Antonio Rivas Mercado, and further members of the group Los Contemporáneos...

 and the Teatro de Orientación

Teatro de Orientación

The Teatro de Orientación was a modern theater in Mexico City, that was established in 1932, and existed until 1938.Most of the theater group members, which was directed by Celestino Gorostiza, were members of the Los Contemporáneos group, and were members of the former Teatro Ulises before. In...

 movement of the Los Contemporáneos

Los Contemporáneos

Los Contemporáneos can refer to a Mexican modernist group, active in the late twenties and early thirties, as well as to the literary magazine which served as the group's mouthpiece and artistic vehicle from 1928 to 1931...

 group, and made afterwards a career in the theater, movie and television businesses. 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

Esther Fernández

Esther Fernández was a Mexican film actress of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s....

, Andrea Palma

Andrea Palma (Actress)

Andrea Palma was a Mexican film actress. She was considered The First Diva of Mexican and Latin American Cinema after her role in the Mexican film La Mujer del Puerto.-Early life:...

 and Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez was a Mexican film actress. Vélez began her career in Mexico as a dancer, before moving to the U.S. where she worked in vaudeville. She was seen by Fanny Brice who promoted her, and Vélez soon entered films, making her first appearance in 1924. By the end of the decade she had...

, a great Mexican cinema diva of the 1930s.
Corona died six days after her 80th birthday from a heart attack.

Movies

• "Señoritas a disgusto" as Nana Dolores, 1989
• "El niño y el Papa", 1987
• "Mexicano ¡Tú puedes!", 1985
• "Cóndores no entierran todos los días" as Dona Gertrudis Potes, 1984 (English title: "A Man of Principle
  A Man of Principle
  A Man of Principle is a 1984 Colombian drama film directed by Francisco Norden. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :...
  
  ")
• "El guerrillero del norte", 1983 (English title: "Guerilla from the North")
• "La casa de Bernarda Alba", 1982
• "Los gemelos alborotados", 1982
• "El infierno de todos tan temido" as Calandria, 1981
• "El mil usos", 1981
• "Adriana del Rio, actriz", 1979
• "Los indolentes" as Amarinda Alday, 1979
• "El secuestro de los cien millones", 1979
• "La Tía Alejandra
  La Tía Alejandra
  La Tía Alejandra is a Mexican horror film of 1979, starring by Isabela Corona.-Plot:Old aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.-Cast:* Isabela Corona...
  
  " as Tía Alejandra, 1979
• "La casa del pelícano
  La Casa del Pelícano
  La Casa del Pelícano is a Mexican motion picture categorized as drama and thriller. It was filmed in 1976 and released in 1977.- Synopsis :...
  
  " as Clementina, 1978
• "Damiana" as The Mad Woman, 1978
• "La tigresa", 1973
• "Yesenia
  Yesenia
  Yesenia is a Mexican telenovela produced by Irene Sabido for Televisa in 1987. The protagonists of this telenovela were Adela Noriega and Luis Uribe. In this telenovela Adela Noriega made her debut as a leading actress.-Plot summary :...
  
  ", 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
  El Espejo de la bruja
  El Espejo de la bruja is a 1962 Mexican film. It was directed byChano Urueta....
  
  " 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
  Los que no deben nacer
  Los que no deben nacer is a 1953 Mexican film. It stars Sara García....
  
  ", 1953
• "Marejada
  Marejada
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  ", 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
  La Casa de la zorra
  La Casa de la zorra is a 1945 Mexican film. It stars Carlos Orellana....
  
  ", 1945 (USA: "The House of the Fox")
• "La mujer legítima" as Marta, 1945
• "Entre hermanos", 1945
• "El secreto de la solterona
  El secreto de la solterona
  El secreto de la solterona is a 1944 Mexican film. It stars Sara García....
  
  ", 1945
• "Murallas de pasión", 1944
• "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
  Creo en Dios
  Creo en Dios is a 1941 Mexican film. It was directed byFernando de Fuentes....
  
  ", 1941 (USA: "Believe in God"; Mexico: "Labios sellados")
• "Los de abajo
  Los de Abajo
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  ", 1940 (Mexico: "Con la división del norte")
• "La noche de los mayas
  La Noche de los Mayas
  La Noche de los Mayas is a 1939 Mexican film. It was directed byChano Urueta. The film, which is called a "Mexican tragedy" set in the times of the Mayas, is remembered today for its musical score by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas; a suite from the score was recorded by the Orquesta...
  
  ", 1939 (USA: "Night of the Mayas")

TV series

• "Lo blanco y lo negro" as Citlalli, 1992
• "Yo compro esa mujer" as Soledad, 1990
• "Victoria", 1987
• "Los años pasan" as Apolonia, 1985
• "Bianca Vidal" as Nana Maria, 1985
• "La fiera", 1983
• "Vanessa" as Grandmother Cècile de Saint-Germain, 1982
• "Caminemos", 1980
• "Una mujer marcada" as Sofia, 1979
• "Donde termina el camino", 1978
• "Viviana" as Consuelo", 1978 (unknown episodes)
• "Pobre Clara" as Nieves, 1975
• "Muchacha italiana viene a casarse
  Muchacha italiana viene a casarse
  Muchacha italiana viene a casarse is a 1971 Mexican telenovela by Televisa produced by Ernesto Alonso and directed by Alfredo Saldaña, starring Angélica María and Ricardo Blume...
  
  " as Mercedes de Castro, 1971
• "Risas amargas", 1961