Lilia Prado was a Mexican actress. After winning a beauty contest she started working in the Mexican cinematographic industry, first as an extra, and later on in leading roles.

She starred in over 100 films, being directed by 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:...

 in Subida al cielo (Ascent to Heaven), Abismos de pasión

Wuthering Heights (1954 film)

Wuthering Heights is a film directed by Luis Buñuel. In 1931, Buñuel and Pierre Unik wrote a screenplay based on the Emily Brontë novel Wuthering Heights but were never able to get financing. The 1954 film was produced by Óscar Dancigers and costarred Irasema Dilián and Jorge Mistral as the Cathy...

 (Wuthering Heights), and La Ilusión Viaja en Tranvía

La ilusión viaja en tranvía

La ilusión viaja en tranvía is a 1954 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel.-External links:...

 (Illusion Travels by Streetcar); and 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...

, among others. In many films she shared scenes with 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 René Cardona. She and Silvia Pinal

Silvia Pinal

Silvia Pinal is a Mexican actress, who had roles in several of Luis Buñuel's movies such as El ángel exterminador and Viridiana...

 were the only actresses who worked with Buñuel in three films.

Filmography

• La familia Pérez
  La familia Pérez
  La familia Pérez is a 1948 Mexican film. It stars Sara García. - Cast :*Joaquín Pardavé - Gumaro Pérez*Sara García - Natalia Vivanco de Pérez*Manuel Fábregas - Luis Robles del Valle *Beatriz Aguirre - Clara...
  
  (1949)
• El Gavilán pollero (1951)
• Las Mujeres de mi general (1951)
• Crimen y castigo (1951)
• Subida al cielo (1952)
• Abismos de pasión
  Wuthering Heights (1954 film)
  Wuthering Heights is a film directed by Luis Buñuel. In 1931, Buñuel and Pierre Unik wrote a screenplay based on the Emily Brontë novel Wuthering Heights but were never able to get financing. The 1954 film was produced by Óscar Dancigers and costarred Irasema Dilián and Jorge Mistral as the Cathy...
  
  (1954)
• La Ilusión viaja en tranvía
  La ilusión viaja en tranvía
  La ilusión viaja en tranvía is a 1954 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel.-External links:...
  
  (1954)
• La Vida no vale nada (1955)
• Los Gavilanes (1956)
• Talpa
  Talpa (film)
  Talpa is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Lilia Prado - Juana* Leonor Llausás - La presumida* Víctor Manuel Mendoza - Tanilo* Jaime Fernández - Esteban...
  
  (1956)
• Ando volando bajo (1959)
• El analfabeto
  El analfabeto
  El analfabeto is a Mexican comedy film, directed by Miguel M. Delgado. It is the second Cantinflas film presented by Columbia Pictures starring the prolific actor Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" and Lilia Prado.-Plot:...
  
  (1961)
• Senda prohibida (1961)
• Los Cuervos están de luto
  Los Cuervos están de luto
  Los Cuervos están de luto is a 1965 Mexican comedy film directed by Francisco del Villar and starring Silvia Pinal and Lilia Prado. The film is based on the play of the same name by Mexican author Hugo Arguelles....
  
  (1965)
• México de noche (1968)
• La Vida inútil de Pito Pérez (1970)
• La Inocente (1972)
• El Rincón de las vírgenes (1972)
• Fè, Esperanza y Caridad
  Fé, Esperanza y Caridad
  Fé, Esperanza y Caridad is a Mexican motion picture composed by three short stories. It was filmed in 1973.- Synopsis :...
  
  (1974)
• La India (1976)
• Emanuelo (1984)
• Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas (1987)

External links

• Lilia Prado at the IMDB