Fanny Schiller

Fanny Schiller

Born: August 3, 1901
Died: September 26, 1971
in Mexico City, Mexico
Fanny Schiller Hernández (1897–1971) was an award-winning Mexican character actress, television star and also acted in operettas and musicals in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two best supporting actress awards from the Ariels and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses.

Movies for Fanny Schiller...

The Fearmaker
Title: The Fearmaker
Released: November 25, 1971
Type: Movie
A world-famous stage performer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and evil awaiting.
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Someone Wants to Kill Us!
Title: Someone Wants to Kill Us!
Character: Abuela Rosalba 'La Aguerrida'
Released: November 5, 1970
Type: Movie
A woman is sent to Mexico to kill the person who presumptly killed her father.
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Rubí
Title: Rubí
Character: Nana
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Rubi steals the fiancé from her millionaire friend Maribel, leaves her city and gets married in New York.
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Las figuras de arena
Title: Las figuras de arena
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Separated Mom, Dad and son all come into conflict with each other during a brief reunion visit. Everyone learns and grows.
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Estafa de amor
Title: Estafa de amor
Character: Doña Rosita
Released: January 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.
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La maestra inolvidable
Title: La maestra inolvidable
Character: Teódula
Released: September 25, 1969
Type: Movie
Idealistic young teacher takes a post in a small, backwoods town and dedicates her life to schooling the village's children.
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No se mande, profe
Title: No se mande, profe
Released: February 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Strait-laced teacher at a girl's school unleashes his wild side when he debuts as a pop singer in his spare time.
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Valentín de la Sierra
Title: Valentín de la Sierra
Released: September 11, 1968
Type: Movie
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Sor Ye-yé
Title: Sor Ye-yé
Character: Madre de Juan
Released: March 9, 1968
Type: Movie
Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about him. In fact, multiple existential doubts and feel a strange emptiness in his life suddenly drive to enter a convent as a novice, breaking Ernestos' heart. However, with her cheerlul character, open and rebellious, not appear to conform to life in the cloister, and especially have problems with the novices director , who often punished for trying to take the right path. In the convent, which also functions as children's hospital, she meets a doctor with which it takes quite right for the contrast between his two characters, but his way with love and mutual respect.
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Los alegres Aguilares
Title: Los alegres Aguilares
Released: June 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Identical cousins with mismatched Odd Couple personalities.
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Savage Sunday
Title: Savage Sunday
Released: June 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
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La muerte es puntual
Title: La muerte es puntual
Character: Doña Carmela
Released: January 19, 1967
Type: Movie
Lurid crime drama about drug traffic.
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El temerario
Title: El temerario
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Crooked dude schemes to deprive stepdaughter of her inheritance after her mother dies.
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El cachorro
Title: El cachorro
Released: June 3, 1966
Type: Movie
El Cachorro is falsely accused of two murders; right after he's arrested flor those crimes, another murder is committed and he has to clear himself of that accusation. We never find out what happened about the first two deaths.
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La vida de Pedro Infante
Title: La vida de Pedro Infante
Character: Doña Gervasia
Released: April 20, 1966
Type: Movie
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Love Has Many Faces
Title: Love Has Many Faces
Character: Maria
Released: February 24, 1965
Type: Movie
A woman lives in Acapulco with moochers and a husband who married her for her money.
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La risa de la ciudad
Title: La risa de la ciudad
Released: November 9, 1963
Type: Movie
Romanticized, glamored-up neorealism, life in a squatter's-rights shantytown.
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El norteño
Title: El norteño
Released: November 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.
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El tejedor de milagros
Title: El tejedor de milagros
Character: Pueblerina
Released: December 27, 1962
Type: Movie
Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".
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Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness
Title: Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness
Character: Rebecca
Released: December 14, 1962
Type: Movie
In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.
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La emboscada mortal
Title: La emboscada mortal
Released: November 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Third film of a trilogy -- all the secondary tasks have been completed and cowboy-justice-action-hero El Norteno settles the score with those cheating cheaters who deprived the young heiress of her inheritance.
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La barranca sangrienta
Title: La barranca sangrienta
Character: Doña Blanca (as Fanny Shyler)
Released: November 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Alberto and Leonor have a son, they find out that one of the masked men who attacked them was her nephew, things get difficult for them when they find out about a testament left by her grandmother.
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El muchacho de Durango
Title: El muchacho de Durango
Released: September 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Western, first of two in series. Sequel: Alias El Alacran.
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Revenge of the Resurrected
Title: Revenge of the Resurrected
Released: September 7, 1962
Type: Movie
Two families have made peace after generations of feuding... but some bad-hat strangers have come to town looking for the buried treasure that sparked the whole mess.
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Los Jóvenes
Title: Los Jóvenes
Character: Carmelita, Madre de 'El Gato'
Released: September 28, 1961
Type: Movie
A gang member is attracted to a beautiful young woman, but approaching her only causes problems that will be difficult to solve.
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The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
Title: The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
Character: Doña Conchita
Released: January 18, 1961
Type: Movie
After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.
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Mujeres engañadas
Title: Mujeres engañadas
Character: Doña Rita
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Póker de reinas
Title: Póker de reinas
Released: May 19, 1960
Type: Movie
A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.
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Escuela de verano
Title: Escuela de verano
Released: August 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Aging lecher struggles to launch an institution of higher learning for young ladies.
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The Woman and the Beast
Title: The Woman and the Beast
Character: La Mariposa
Released: July 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.
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El zarco
Title: El zarco
Released: May 14, 1959
Type: Movie
Upperclass girl and notorious bandit leader fall in love. She agrees to "let him kidnap her" so they can be together, but she gets disillusioned when she sees the sordidness of his Camp Of Banditry. Also he keeps killing off members of her family.
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The Scarlet Fox
Title: The Scarlet Fox
Character: Witch
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A bizarre Mexican film in which a Zorro confronts horror creatures. It is part of a series characterised by hybrid elements of this kind.
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El gran espectáculo
Title: El gran espectáculo
Released: September 11, 1958
Type: Movie
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Return of the Monster
Title: Return of the Monster
Character: La bruja / doña Rebeca
Released: February 16, 1958
Type: Movie
Mad scientist is trying to transplant the soul of an animated, talking skeleton into a living body. Also, there's a monster. Number three of three in Zorro Escarlata series.
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The Black Scorpion
Title: The Black Scorpion
Character: Florentina
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.
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Pablo y Carolina
Title: Pablo y Carolina
Released: April 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a passionate love letter to fictional Pablo Garza from Monterrey. The letter is sent by mistake and received by real Pablo Garza's girlfriend. Pablo himself (Infante) flies to Mexico City looking for an explanation. Carolina is rehearsing a musical show for her school dressed as a man. When Pablo meets her, she pretends to be her brother Anibal, a shy and feminine sailor. Pablo likes Anibal and invites "him" to a cabaret. After that, Carolina falls inlove with Pablo but resists to unveil her real self. Meanwhile, Pablo feels himself confused, because young "Anibal" is cute as an angel and has "those blue eyes..."
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Felicidad
Title: Felicidad
Released: April 24, 1957
Type: Movie
Directed by Alfonso Corona Blake
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A Woman's Devotion
Title: A Woman's Devotion
Character: Señora Reidl
Released: November 16, 1956
Type: Movie
An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on his honeymoon. Soon young women are turning up dead in the area, and the ex-GI comes to believe he might be responsible, as he has long stretches where he can't remember anything.
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Enemigos
Title: Enemigos
Released: August 16, 1956
Type: Movie
One son takes after mom, one son takes after dad. They don't get along, and the family splits into two households.
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Wild Heart
Title: Wild Heart
Character: Catalina de Molnar
Released: June 7, 1956
Type: Movie
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a frivolous and calculating young woman.
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Locura pasional
Title: Locura pasional
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.
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The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Title: The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Character: Laria Morales
Released: October 19, 1955
Type: Movie
In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
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Padre contra hijo
Title: Padre contra hijo
Character: Aunt Domitila
Released: August 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Eloisa works hard, sewing, to his son Juan de Dios. He learns that he is the bastard son of Cecilio, who owns almost a whole town named: San Juan de Dios, Durango.
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Las engañadas
Title: Las engañadas
Character: Doña Carlota
Released: August 10, 1955
Type: Movie
Irresponsible playboy seduces a decent young lady with a fake wedding; he continues being a creep for the next 12 or 15 years.
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The Force of Desire
Title: The Force of Desire
Character: Doña Remedios
Released: July 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still trying to keep an artschool stud piece on the side.
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A Life in the Balance
Title: A Life in the Balance
Character: Carmen Martínez
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.
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Maternidad imposible
Title: Maternidad imposible
Released: May 5, 1955
Type: Movie
Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead, the child is sent to a refugee orphanage in Mexico, then adopted. Meanwhile, Mama recovers from her injuries, and...
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Pecado Mortal
Title: Pecado Mortal
Character: Flora
Released: March 10, 1955
Type: Movie
Juan Manuel intends his wife Clara, who is blind, sign the will in his favor, but she refuses. With them lives Soledad, goddaughter Clara. A day comes Carlos, nephew of Juan Manuel, who is interested in Soledad. Carlos is going to study medicine in the United States and maintains correspondence with Soledad. Juan Manuel shows interest in Soledad but prevents Clara meet her. She is the daughter of Clara, who hid that Juan Manuel had killed the father of Soledad and also caused her blindness.
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Beware of Love
Title: Beware of Love
Character: Isabel
Released: December 8, 1954
Type: Movie
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
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Mulata
Title: Mulata
Character: Doña Rosario
Released: July 16, 1954
Type: Movie
In the port of Havana, two biracial children, Mateo (Ricardo Román) and Caridad (Ninón Sevilla) grow up together. She is the daughter of a white man who died in a shipwreck and of a black laundress of African origin. Over the years, Mateo falls for Caridad, but she doesn't love him back because she has fallen for a Mexican captain, Martin (Pedro Armendáriz), who she happened to meet at the port. The captain also fell in love with Caridad and proposes that they live together and she accepts. Caridad works in a cabaret in the port and the owner, Guevara (René Cardona), feels an attraction for the girl, and in a moment of jealousy, tries to kill Martin. Martin falls into financial trouble and has to mortgage his boat to Guevara. When Martin returns to Veracruz, Mexico, Guevara feels that he's the new owner of Caridad.
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El casto Susano
Title: El casto Susano
Released: May 20, 1954
Type: Movie
Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they make frequent trips to the city.
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Singing love is born
Title: Singing love is born
Released: April 14, 1954
Type: Movie
Comical misadventures of a film crew trying to get their damn musical filmed.
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Camelia
Title: Camelia
Character: Doncella de Camila (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1954
Type: Movie
A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
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La infame
Title: La infame
Character: Victoria
Released: January 21, 1954
Type: Movie
For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a normal child.
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Lágrimas robadas
Title: Lágrimas robadas
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Party guest
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Sombrero
Title: Sombrero
Character: Doña Fela
Released: April 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
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Fruto prohibido
Title: Fruto prohibido
Character: Señorita directora
Released: April 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.
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The Naked Woman
Title: The Naked Woman
Character: Violeta Bello
Released: March 25, 1953
Type: Movie
A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.
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Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Title: Por ellas aunque mal paguen
Character: Doña Victoria
Released: August 16, 1952
Type: Movie
Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel with wealthy rancher. Isabel and her family refuse to work, Jose Manuel takes them to the ranch, where they are forced to work for food.
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Angélica
Title: Angélica
Released: June 12, 1952
Type: Movie
Gangster-y club-owner vs. chorus girl. Blackmail, murder...
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La loca
Title: La loca
Character: Señora González de la Cueva
Released: May 29, 1952
Type: Movie
Mentally-ill woman went over the edge 15 years earlier, as a result of family traumas and the disappearance of her daughter. Now, present day, evil relatives are trying to take control of money she's inherited...
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El beisbolista fenómeno
Title: El beisbolista fenómeno
Character: Doña Justa Carmona
Released: February 29, 1952
Type: Movie
The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.
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Furia roja
Title: Furia roja
Character: Señora Navarro Stevens
Released: December 29, 1951
Type: Movie
Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.
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Nosotras las sirvientas
Title: Nosotras las sirvientas
Released: November 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy: housemaid and her employer's oldest son.
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Stronghold
Title: Stronghold
Character: Mrs. Stevens
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maximilian.
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Crimen y castigo
Title: Crimen y castigo
Character: Mamá de Ramón
Released: July 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.
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Una gringuita en México
Title: Una gringuita en México
Character: Tía Rosa
Released: April 27, 1951
Type: Movie
A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes she's seen in movies. When she gets there, everything isn't all charros and bandidos, though -- surprise, surprise!
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Sentenciado a muerte
Title: Sentenciado a muerte
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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Curvas peligrosas
Title: Curvas peligrosas
Released: October 11, 1950
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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La mujer que yo amé
Title: La mujer que yo amé
Released: June 29, 1950
Type: Movie
A musician is injured and threatened for defending a girl and decides to go to the capital, where fame and success achieved. She is glad to know that he has succeeded, however, has become a street prostitute prone to paralysis. Finally one day he takes courage and decides to look for, since it has become invalid again ...
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Guardián, el perro salvador
Title: Guardián, el perro salvador
Released: April 5, 1950
Type: Movie
Poor woman and her daughter hire on to rich family as servants. Husband/Daddy comes back from his foreign travels and crazy stuff happens! Death! Jail sentences! Inheritances!
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Duelo en las montañas
Title: Duelo en las montañas
Character: Madre de Esperanza
Released: February 18, 1950
Type: Movie
1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.
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Red Rain
Title: Red Rain
Character: Elisa's aunt
Released: January 26, 1950
Type: Movie
Military leader is appointed to local government, becomes overly despotic in his leadership.
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La negra Angustias
Title: La negra Angustias
Character: Doña Chole
Released: January 19, 1950
Type: Movie
When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning to do, and becomes the leader of a Zapatista battalion.
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Las puertas del presidio
Title: Las puertas del presidio
Character: Madre de Martin
Released: October 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Unscrupulous boss frames an employee for a robbery so he can make time with the guy's sister.
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Nosotros los rateros
Title: Nosotros los rateros
Character: Madre de Ludovico
Released: September 7, 1949
Type: Movie
A young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it. Mercedes, the thief, has a brother who, by mistake, kidnaps the lawyer Alberto, which will cause a mess.
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Opio
Title: Opio
Released: June 4, 1949
Type: Movie
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Bamba
Title: Bamba
Character: Doña Ofelia de Cacho
Released: June 2, 1949
Type: Movie
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Secreto entre mujeres
Title: Secreto entre mujeres
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A big ol' player has different stages of a thing happening with each of the five women in a household.
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Pobres, pero sinvergüenzas
Title: Pobres, pero sinvergüenzas
Released: February 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Comedy duo try to raise a foundling baby.
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Salon Mexico
Title: Salon Mexico
Character: Señorita prefecta
Released: February 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize with her.
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The Cockfighter
Title: The Cockfighter
Released: October 27, 1948
Type: Movie
In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.
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¡Ay, Palillo, no te rajes!
Title: ¡Ay, Palillo, no te rajes!
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Political satire about fixed elections in a small town.
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Algo flota sobre el agua
Title: Algo flota sobre el agua
Character: María Justina
Released: August 27, 1948
Type: Movie
Labor disputes and love triangles among coastal-village fishermen.
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Señora Tentación
Title: Señora Tentación
Released: April 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Famous singer hires a pianist/songwriter on the strength of his compositions, then seduces him away from his fiancee and from the paths of righteousness in general.
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May God Forgive Me
Title: May God Forgive Me
Character: Olga
Released: March 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Concentration Camp survivor tries to start over with a new identity.
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La hermana impura
Title: La hermana impura
Released: March 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he discovers that the man who owns the land he's interested in has a daughter who's identical to a bad, troubled woman from his bad, troubled past.
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Encadenada (El yugo)
Title: Encadenada (El yugo)
Released: May 27, 1947
Type: Movie
A marriage becomes a living hell when hubby's pathologies start surfacing.
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A media luz
Title: A media luz
Character: Fru-Fru
Released: January 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson.
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Perverted Woman
Title: Perverted Woman
Released: September 13, 1946
Type: Movie
A country girl finds herself working as a prostitute, but her true love, a musician, comes looking for her. She must fight a cabaret dancer for his love.
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La viuda celosa
Title: La viuda celosa
Released: March 15, 1946
Type: Movie
Young-ish widow forbids herself the pleasure of male company in deference to the deceased.
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Cantaclaro
Title: Cantaclaro
Released: January 24, 1946
Type: Movie
A rootless wilderness-dude in the Venezuelan outback gets caught up in some human dramas despite himself.
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La casa de la zorra
Title: La casa de la zorra
Released: December 6, 1945
Type: Movie
The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.
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Canaima
Title: Canaima
Character: Gallineta
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
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Flor de durazno
Title: Flor de durazno
Character: Doña Encarnación
Released: September 8, 1945
Type: Movie
City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.
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Tuya en cuerpo y alma
Title: Tuya en cuerpo y alma
Character: Deborah
Released: June 1, 1945
Type: Movie
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The Abandoned
Title: The Abandoned
Character: Ninón
Released: May 18, 1945
Type: Movie
A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-century Mexico.
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Star Scandal
Title: Star Scandal
Character: Paloma
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.
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La monja alférez
Title: La monja alférez
Character: Doña Úrsula
Released: July 27, 1944
Type: Movie
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
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The Pharaoh's Court
Title: The Pharaoh's Court
Character: Widow
Released: June 8, 1944
Type: Movie
The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.
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México de mis recuerdos
Title: México de mis recuerdos
Character: Aunt Gertrudis
Released: April 6, 1944
Type: Movie
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
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La Guerra de los Pasteles
Title: La Guerra de los Pasteles
Released: January 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
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Mi lupe y mi caballo
Title: Mi lupe y mi caballo
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
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Santa
Title: Santa
Character: Elvira Gómez
Released: June 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito
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Alejandra
Title: Alejandra
Character: Rita
Released: July 2, 1942
Type: Movie
There's a lot of confusion about who Alejandra's parents are, and until those questions are resolved, she may not be able to get married.
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Del rancho a la capital
Title: Del rancho a la capital
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.
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A Macabre Legacy
Title: A Macabre Legacy
Character: Matilde
Released: November 29, 1939
Type: Movie
A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death and disfigure her and locks her in the cellar.
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Una luz en mi camino
Title: Una luz en mi camino
Released: February 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A blind songwriter struggles to get his work published, and meanwhile a girl he's sweet on disappears from his life when her employer puts the moves on her.
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No te engañes corazón
Title: No te engañes corazón
Character: Refugio (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1937
Type: Movie
No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater). It was also one of the earliest films of Sara García and Carlos Orellana and the first where they share the screen. Don Boni (Orellana) is diagnosed with a deadly disease and decides to spend his last days doing good deeds. He leaves his wife and decides to help people. He then gets drunk and wakes up with a winning lottery ticket and realizes that the doctor who diagnosed him has been sent to prison for fraud.