Carmelita González (July 11, 1928 – April 30, 2010) was a Mexican lead actress known for her film roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.[1][2][4] She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete.[4] González began her career by earning $21[1] but went on to win an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her 1984 performance in Luis Mandoki's Motel.[1][2]
Carmelita González | |
|---|---|
 Golden Age of Mexican cinema actress | |
| Born | July 11, 1928 |
| Died | April 30, 2010 (aged 81) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Known for | "Primera actriz" (lead actress)[1][2][3] Cinema, telenovela |
| Spouse | Eduardo Fajardo |
| Awards | Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award), Dos tipos de cuidado (1953) Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress, Motel (1984) |
| Patron(s) | Luis Aguilar[1][2] |
Golden age of Mexican cinema edit
Carmelita González made her debut in 1945 with Camino de Sacramento which starred Negrete.[1] Because she was uncredited, González only earned $21.[1] She earned her first film credit as Carmelita González in 1946 alongside comedian Cantinflas in Soy un prófugo.[3] Active throughout the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, González's film credits included 1952's Dos tipos de cuidado, co-starring Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante.[4] Her role as Rosario, a rape victim, in Dos tipos de cuidado garnered a Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) and considered a major performance.[5] González would appear uncredited with Mario Moreno in 1956's Around the World in 80 Days.[2] Her contemporary actresses were Charito Granados, Esther Fernández and Marga López.[5] Appearing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, these contemporaries like González were atypical heroines ahead of their time.[5]
In 1952, González starred in Huracán Ramírez, which was a black-and-white movie, in the then emerging genre of lucha libre masked wrestler films.[1][6] During the 1940s, a series of movies beginning with El Santo and El Hijo del Santo in 1942 popularized lucha libre, literally free-style fighting, masked wrestlers.[7] González would go on to star in the 1962 El misterio de Huracán Ramírez, 1966 El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez and 1967 La venganza de Huracán Ramirez remakes.
Telenovela career edit
González later worked on Mexican television, including telenovelas. She appeared as a supporting actress in various roles on the telenovelas Así son ellas, Amar otra vez and Alegrijes y rebujos.[4] González' last appearances were on Amar Otra Vez in 2004 as her health began to wane.[5]
Early life edit
Gonzalez was born in Mexico City on July 11, 1928.[4] Her father insisted upon her earning a college degree in Industrial relations but González studied English and French in the United States.[1] He initially opposed her desire to work in field of drama but won the approval of her mother and appeared in the movie Bésame mucho.[1] González was married briefly to Eduardo Fajardo with whom she bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.[1][5]
Final years and death edit
González died of pneumonia at 5 am on April 30, 2010, at the hospital Santelena in Mexico City, where she had been hospitalized for several days.[4] She had been recovering from intestinal problems.[4] She was 81 years old.[4]
Filmography edit
| Year | Film | Role | Notes and awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Camino de Sacramento | ||
| Marina | Pueblerina | ||
| 1945 | |||
| Las cinco advertencias de Satanás | |||
| 1946 | I Am a Fugitive | as Carmen González | |
| No basta ser charro | |||
| 1946 | El puente del castigo | ||
| Las colegialas | |||
| 1946 | |||
| El barchante Neguib | |||
| 1947 | |||
| El ropavejero | |||
| 1947 | Una extraña mujer | ||
| Twilight on the Rio Grande | |||
| 1947 | La niña de mis ojos | Germana | |
| Tycoon | |||
| 1948 | E o Mundo se Diverte | as Carmen González | |
| El muchacho alegre | |||
| 1948 | |||
| Que Dios me perdone | Alicia | ||
| 1948 | Casbah | ||
| El cuarto mandamiento | |||
| 1948 | El gallo giro | ||
| Se la llevó el Remington | Gloria | ||
| 1949 | Comisario en turno | as Carmen Gonzalez | |
| Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado | as Carmen Gonzalez | ||
| 1949 | El hijo del bandido | ||
| Angels of the Arrabal | |||
| 1949 | |||
| El charro Negro en el norte | Anita | ||
| 1950 | Matrimonio y mortaja | ||
| Yo también soy de Jalisco | |||
| 1950 | Aventuras de un nuevo rico | ||
| Barrio bajo | |||
| 1951 | Los apuros de mi ahijada | as Carmen González | |
| Doña Clarines | |||
| 1951 | |||
| La trinca del aire | Irene | ||
| 1952 | Las locuras de Tin-Tan | Lolita | |
| Subida al cielo[8] | Albina | ||
| 1952 | Los hijos de María Morales | Gloria Magaña | |
| Los hijos de nadie (Dos caminos) | |||
| 1952 | |||
| Sor Alegría | Sor Mónica | ||
| 1953 | Huracán Ramírez | Laura | |
| Canción de cuna | |||
| 1953 | El jugador | ||
| Dos tipos de cuidado | Rosario | Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award)[2] | |
| 1953 | |||
| Reportaje | |||
| 1954 | Venganza en el circo | Laura | |
| La ladrona | |||
| 1954 | Hijas casaderas | ||
| Ofrenda | |||
| 1956 | La vida es maravillosa | ||
| Pura vida | |||
| 1956 | El hombre que quiso ser pobre | Elena | |
| Around the World in 80 Days | |||
| 1958 | |||
| It Happened in Mexico | |||
| 1959 | |||
| S.O.S., abuelita | |||
| 1960 | |||
| El hombre que perdió el tren | |||
| 1961 | Culpas ajenas | ||
| Los inocentes | Not to be confused with The Innocents (1963 film) | ||
| 1962 | El hombre del expreso de Oriente | ||
| Espiritismo | Alicia García | Garcia's widow | |
| 1965 | Secreto de confesión | ||
| El señor doctor | |||
| 1966 | |||
| El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez | |||
| 1967 | La venganza de Huracán Ramirez | ||
| Aventura en el palacio viejo | |||
| 1969 | |||
| El ojo de vidrio | |||
| 1971 | |||
| Pequeñeces | |||
| 1972 | Los hermanos coraje | ||
| Lotação Esgotada | |||
| 1972 | |||
| Pedro Só | |||
| 1975 | Lerpar | ||
| Albures mexicanos | |||
| 1976 | |||
| Los bandidos del río frío | |||
| 1977 | |||
| Sor tequila | |||
| 1978 | Rosalia | ||
| Los amantes frios | |||
| 1978 | |||
| Cartas de amor de una monja | |||
| 1979 | |||
| El torito puños de oro | |||
| 1980 | Corazones sin rumbo | ||
| El medio pelo | |||
| 1981 | La pachanga | ||
| La cosecha de mujeres | |||
| 1981 | |||
| Las braceras | |||
| 1982 | El torito de Tepito | ||
| Leona Vicario | |||
| 1983 | La banda de la sotana negra | ||
| Niño pobre, niño rico | |||
| 1984 | La divina Lola | ||
| Se sufre pero se goza | |||
| 1984 | El judicial | ||
| El sinvergüenza | |||
| 1984 | |||
| Motel | Carolina López | Pérez's widow | |
| 1985 | |||
| Sinvergüenza pero honrado | |||
| 1986 | |||
| El cachas de oro | |||
| 1987 | Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas | ||
| El diablo, el santo y el tonto | |||
| 1988 | El cabaretero y sus golfas | ||
| El vergonzoso | |||
| El pecado de Oyuki | Shizuko | ||
| 1989 | Ángeles blancos | Dolores | |
| El garañón | |||
| 1990 | Noche de pánico | ||
| Cuando llega el amor | Carmen | ||
| 1990 | Un corazón para dos | ||
| Las travesuras de Super Chi-do | |||
| 1991 | Pedro infante vive? | Carmelita Gonzalez | |
| Cuando te veo palpito | |||
| 1992 | Gas Food Lodging | Mexican Woman | as Carmen Gonzales |
| Ángeles sin paraíso | |||
| 1993 | |||
| Clarisa | Sofía | ||
| 1994 | Más allá del puente | Queta | |
| Volver a empezar | Encarnación | ||
| Amor que mata | |||
| 1995 | |||
| Bajo un mismo rostro | Lucia | ||
| 1996 | Sentimientos Ajenos | Inés | |
| La sombra del otro | Coco | ||
| 1997 | |||
| El secreto de Alejandra | Carolina | ||
| 1998 | |||
| Gotita de amor | Honoria | ||
| 1999 | |||
| Alma Rebelde | Simona | ||
| 2000 | Mi Destino Eres Tú | Asunción Rivadeneira | |
| Por un beso | Elodia | ||
| 2001 | |||
| Navidad sin fin | Natividad | ||
| 2002 | |||
| Así son ellas | Aunt Luvia | ||
| 2004 | Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real | 14 episodes | 1995–2004 |
| Amar otra vez | Lidia |
References edit
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- ^ a b c d e f "Se fue una estrella más del cine mexicano". La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). May 2, 2010. Archived from the original on May 4, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Obituarios de Celebridades Carmelita González". obituarios.eluniversal.com.mx: El Universal. Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Muere la actriz Carmelita González". El Universal. April 30, 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Se apaga la estrella de Carmelita González". elsiglodetorreon.com.mx: El Siglo de Torrejon. May 1, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ "Carmelita González, adiós a la actriz de oro". Periódico El Bravo (in Spanish). elbravomatamoros.com. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "El Santo". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 71–78. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ "Subida al cielo". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved May 25, 2010.