Mexican singer Flor Silvestre, one of the most iconic performers of Mexican and Hispanic music, is also a prolific and versatile actress of Mexican cinema's "golden age". In her 40-year acting career, she played leading and supporting roles in more than 70 feature films of various genres. She was one of the most sought-after actresses of the late 1950s, and, as a result, 30 of her films were released in only four years (1957-1960). She worked with film directors Zacarías Gómez Urquiza, Vicente Oroná, Miguel M. Delgado, Jaime Salvador, Chano Urueta, Roberto Gavaldón, Gilberto Martínez Solares, Miguel Contreras Torres, Rogelio A. González, Ismael Rodríguez, Gilberto Gazcón, Benito Alazraki, Miguel Zacarías, René Cardona, and Mario Hernández.
Filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Te besaré en la boca | Singer | Special appearance |
| Primero soy mexicano | Lupe | Acting debut | |
| 1951 | The Masked Tiger | Rosita | |
| 1952 | El lobo solitario | Lupita Gutiérrez | |
| La justicia del lobo | Lupita Gutiérrez | ||
| Vuelve el lobo | Lupita Gutiérrez | ||
| 1956 | La doncella de piedra | Cantaralia Barroso | |
| La huella del chacal | Amapola | ||
| Rapto al sol | Liliana | ||
| 1957 | La virtud desnuda | Singer | Special appearance |
| El bolero de Raquel | Leonor | ||
| El jinete sin cabeza | Margarita | ||
| La justicia del gavilán vengador | Azucena | ||
| La marca de Satanás | Margarita | ||
| La cabeza de Pancho Villa | Margarita | ||
| 1958 | Fiesta en el corazón | Florecita | Special appearance |
| El rayo de Sinaloa | Bernardina | ||
| La rebelión de la sierra | Bernardina | ||
| Los muertos no hablan | Alondra | ||
| ¡Paso a la juventud..! | Jovita | Special appearance | |
| 1959 | Quietos todos | Chabela | |
| Mi mujer necesita marido | Hortencia | ||
| Kermesse | Blanca | ||
| Tan bueno el giro como el colorado | Carmen Aguilar | ||
| Pueblo en armas | Lolita Vargas | ||
| El hombre del alazán | Reina | ||
| El ciclón | Lupe Ayala | ||
| La cucaracha | Lola | ||
| Escuela de verano | Yolanda Jiménez | ||
| 1960 | El gran pillo | María | |
| Dos locos en escena | Cristal | ||
| Las hermanas Karambazo | Otilia Karambazo | ||
| Poker de reinas | Paloma | ||
| Las tres coquetonas | Luisa | ||
| Vivo o muerto | María | ||
| De tal palo tal astilla | Elena | ||
| Los fanfarrones | Flor Mendoza | ||
| ¡Viva la soldadera! | Lolita Vargas | ||
| Venganza fatal | Reina | ||
| 1961 | Juan sin miedo | Isabel Zertuche | |
| 1962 | Ánimas Trujano | Catalina | |
| La venganza de la sombra | Anita | ||
| La trampa mortal | Rosita | ||
| 1963 | Aquí está tu enamorado | Flor | |
| 1964 | Tres muchachas de Jalisco | Flor | |
| El revólver sangriento | Rosa | ||
| 1965 | Escuela para solteras | Elisa / Felisa | |
| El rifle implacable | Luisa Vélez | ||
| Alma llanera | Lucía | ||
| 1966 | El tragabalas | Lola | |
| El alazán y el rosillo | Maura Torres | ||
| Juan Colorado | Singer | Special appearance | |
| 1968 | Caballo prieto azabache | Genoveva Larios | |
| El as de oros | Rosario | ||
| 1969 | Lauro Puñales | Rosenda Rodríguez | |
| El ojo de vidrio | María "La Coralillo" | ||
| 1970 | Vuelve el ojo de vidrio | María "La Coralillo" | |
| 1971 | Los marcados | Mercedes | |
| 1973 | Valente Quintero | Rafaela | Special appearance |
| La yegua colorada | Rocío Villegas | ||
| 1974 | La muerte de Pancho Villa | Soledad | |
| Peregrina | Isabel Palma | ||
| 1975 | Simón Blanco | Singer | Special appearance |
| Don Herculano enamorado | Gabriela | ||
| 1977 | El moro de Cumpas | Dolores | |
| Mi aventura en Puerto Rico | Herself | ||
| 1978 | Los triunfadores | Herself | Special appearance |
| 1979 | Benjamín Argumedo, el rebelde | Delfina | |
| Mi caballo el cantador | Guillermina | ||
| 1980 | Albur de amor | Singer | Special appearance |
| Sabor a sangre | Señora Arteaga | ||
| Persecución y muerte de Benjamín Argumedo | Delfina | ||
| 1991 | Triste recuerdo | Susana Guzmán | Filmed in 1990 |