Esther Fernández

Esther Fernández

Born: August 23, 1917
Died: October 21, 1999
in Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
From Wikipedia

María Esther Fernández González, better known as Esther Fernández (August 23, 1917 in Mascota, Jalisco Mexico – October 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico), was a Mexican film and television actress. She was one of the first female major stars of the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema" in the 1930s and 1940s.

Fernández began her career as an extra in the film La Mujer del Puerto (1934). Her beauty and charisma drew the attention of film director Fernando de Fuentes, who gave her the female lead role of Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), opposite Tito Guizar. The film is regarded as marking the start of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández acted in hit movies including Amapola del Camino (1937), with Andrea Palma and Tito Guizar; Mi Candidato (1938), with Joaquín Pardavé and Pedro Armendàriz; and Los de Abajo, with Isabela Corona and Emilio Fernández. Her popularity caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which promoted her films in Latin America and invited her to work in Hollywood.

In 1943 she starred in the second sound version of the classic Mexican film Santa, directed by Norman Foster, opposite Ricardo Montalban. In 1946 she acted in the Hollywood film Two Years Before the Mast, with Brian Donlevy and Alan Ladd.

Her last appearance was in the film Reclusorio II (1997).

Movies for Esther Fernández...

Los años de Greta
Title: Los años de Greta
Released: August 7, 1992
Type: Movie
Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.
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Each child, a cross
Title: Each child, a cross
Character: Lupita
Released: May 9, 1957
Type: Movie
Empty nest syndrome, #1388.
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Encrucijada
Title: Encrucijada
Released: October 18, 1956
Type: Movie
Three men in a mining community end up competing for the same woman.
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Los hijos de Rancho Grande
Title: Los hijos de Rancho Grande
Character: Cruz
Released: June 25, 1956
Type: Movie
Sequel to Alla en el Rancho Grande, twenty years later -- sons and daughters of the original characters go through a courtship melodrama of their own.
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Tu vida entre mis manos
Title: Tu vida entre mis manos
Character: Laura Ocampo
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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La calle de los amores
Title: La calle de los amores
Released: August 18, 1954
Type: Movie
Hubby latches onto a series of side-pieces and wifey finds it increasingly hard to put up with his behavior.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Nurse
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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El lunar de la familia
Title: El lunar de la familia
Released: May 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Fernando Mendez's 1953 Spanish-language melodrama El Lunar de la Familia unfurls against the backdrop of a deceptively innocent-sounding family reunion. Two freewheeling, party-happy young men, Luis and his buddy Antonio, catch the train in to San Miguel, on a visit to Luis's grandmother, Doña Luisa, and his sister Esther. Unfortunately for the visitors, Luisa's goddaughter Rosita, is sitting near them in the same train car. She soon catches wind of the boys' wild tendencies, and makes a point of telling Luisa. Furious, the crotchety old woman decides to teach the bad boys a lesson by beating them senseless with her cane and forcing Luis to seek out a proper mate for Esther. Unfortunately, Esther has already fallen in love with Antonio - who could care less.
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Genio y figura
Title: Genio y figura
Released: March 14, 1953
Type: Movie
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El billetero
Title: El billetero
Released: January 28, 1953
Type: Movie
Slum child, abandoned almost since birth, is reunited with his father.
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Víctimas del divorcio
Title: Víctimas del divorcio
Released: October 11, 1952
Type: Movie
The 'other woman' tricks her fella into filing to divorce his wife.
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Sangre en el barrio
Title: Sangre en el barrio
Released: April 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Slumlord and his daughter interfere in the lives of the proletariat for personal gratification.
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Doña Perfecta
Title: Doña Perfecta
Character: Rosario
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
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Flor de sangre
Title: Flor de sangre
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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Pancho Villa Returns
Title: Pancho Villa Returns
Character: Teresa Mota
Released: October 20, 1950
Type: Movie
It's 1913, and noble Mexican General Pancho Villa leads his troops against the assassins of President Madero.
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Surcos de sangre
Title: Surcos de sangre
Character: Isabel
Released: June 23, 1950
Type: Movie
Melodrama that tells the tragedy of a peasant family.
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Hipólito, el de Santa
Title: Hipólito, el de Santa
Released: March 4, 1950
Type: Movie
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Pancho Villa vuelve
Title: Pancho Villa vuelve
Released: January 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Two romantic rivals join the Mexican Revolution on opposing sides. The movie's more interested in the love triangle than in the war.
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Cuatro vidas
Title: Cuatro vidas
Released: November 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Romantic melodrama with murderous rivalries, set on a newly-cultivated wilderness plantation in Guatemala.
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Prisión de sueños
Title: Prisión de sueños
Released: October 12, 1949
Type: Movie
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La santa del barrio
Title: La santa del barrio
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Wicked old lady arranges to sell the virginity of a young neighbor. Her boyfriend gets upset over this.
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Ahí vienen los Mendoza
Title: Ahí vienen los Mendoza
Character: Claudia
Released: November 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
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Las mañanitas
Title: Las mañanitas
Released: October 7, 1948
Type: Movie
Rom-com scheming; wealthy landowner wants to seduce one of his tenants, but she wants the other guy...
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A la sombra del puente
Title: A la sombra del puente
Released: July 8, 1948
Type: Movie
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La carne manda
Title: La carne manda
Released: April 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Childhood friends move up the economic ladder from slumrat to middle class comfort, but the marriage between two of them is threatened by a bad woman from a nightclub.
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De pecado en pecado
Title: De pecado en pecado
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
This post-World War II drama, (released to a world-wide audience on July 9, 1949), is definitively unique for the caliber of each of its contributing writers, who are clearly better-known for their cinematic talents in black and white . For instance, the film's Director Chano Urueta ( who became an acclaimed actor in his own right), actually co-wrote the script along with one of its principal actresses, namely Esther Fernandez, as well as adding in the literary abilities of a well-known movie-producer of the era named Luis Marique.
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Mujer
Title: Mujer
Released: March 9, 1947
Type: Movie
Orphan girl grows up, meets the wrong man and falls into disgrace.
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Two Years Before the Mast
Title: Two Years Before the Mast
Character: Maria Dominguez
Released: November 22, 1946
Type: Movie
In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
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The Last Adventure
Title: The Last Adventure
Character: Graciela Hernández
Released: October 17, 1946
Type: Movie
All of Mexico asks the same question, who has won the lottery jackpot of five million pesos? If the lucky person who won them does not show up soon to collect the prize, it will have to be raffled again.
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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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Esperanza
Title: Esperanza
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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Flor de durazno
Title: Flor de durazno
Character: Rina
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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La Fuga
Title: La Fuga
Character: Maria Ines Flores
Released: July 4, 1944
Type: Movie
A stagecoach full of conflictive passengers makes its dangerours way from Mexico to Veracruz during the days of the French Intervention.
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Santa
Title: Santa
Character: Santa
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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Fashion Horizons
Title: Fashion Horizons
Released: August 3, 1940
Type: Movie
Combines airplane trips and fashion. Heavy on the fashion.
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The Underdogs
Title: The Underdogs
Character: Camila
Released: June 1, 1940
Type: Movie
During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
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Hombres del mar
Title: Hombres del mar
Character: Marina
Released: October 27, 1938
Type: Movie
A 1938 film.
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Tierra brava
Title: Tierra brava
Released: August 20, 1938
Type: Movie
Financier threatens to foreclose on a cigar-factory's mortgage, but a secret benefactor pays off the owner's debt and saves the day.
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Ojos tapatios
Title: Ojos tapatios
Character: Lucha
Released: February 10, 1938
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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La Adelita
Title: La Adelita
Released: November 7, 1937
Type: Movie
Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revolution.
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Mi candidato
Title: Mi candidato
Released: July 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
Title: Allá en el Rancho Grande
Character: Cruz
Released: October 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
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The Macabre Trunk
Title: The Macabre Trunk
Character: Alicia Monroy
Released: September 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A crazed scientist tries to keep his terminally ill wife alive by transfusing into her the blood of young women he murders.
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The Woman of the Port
Title: The Woman of the Port
Character: Mujer de cabaret
Released: February 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Her father dies... her fiance dumps her... and she can't find a job... so she covers the waterfront. And then one night...