Lina Marín (August 12 1944 – June 23 1989) was a Mexican actress of Zapotec descent,[1] known for her performance in A Man Called Horse (1970) and for her starring role opposite Gaspar Henaine "Capulina" in El bueno para nada (1973).
Lina Marín | |
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 Capulina (left) and Lina Marín (right) in El bueno para nada (1973) | |
| Born | Felipa Cartas Orozco August 12, 1944 |
| Died | 23 June 1989 (aged 44) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1966–1987 |
| Children | 2 |
Biography edit
Marín was born Felipa Cartas Orozco in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec on August 12, 1944, in the municipality of Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca.[1] At age 14 she moved to Mexico City,[1] where she began her acting career with a small role in the drama film El derecho de nacer in 1966.[2]
She had prominent supporting roles in La marcha a Zacatecas and El último pistolero (both 1969) before playing a Sioux Indian named Thorn Rose in A Man Called Horse (1970), the film that gave her international exposure.
She also acted in Espérame en Siberia, vida mía (1971), with Mauricio Garcés; Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro (1972), with Gregorio Casal; Tacos al carbon (1972), with Vicente Fernández; El rey de Acapulco (1972), with Capulina; and El Payo - un hombre contra el mundo (1972), with Jorge Rivero.
Her greatest achievement in Mexican cinema was her performance in her second film co-starring Capulina, El bueno para nada (1973), in which she played the main female role: María, Capulina's Native Mexican girlfriend who works as a maid in the house of Susana Alexander and Pancho Córdova. Her performance showed that, in addition to being a great beauty, she also had talent for comedy.
She returned to acting in the mid-1980s with a supporting role in the film Lo que importa es vivir (1987).
She died of breast cancer on June 23, 1989 at age 44, and is survived by two children.[1]
Legacy edit
A movie theater in the Herón Ríos Cultural Center in Juchitán de Zaragoza bears her name.[3]
In 2016, she was honored with a mural and a short film in Unión Hidalgo, her hometown.[1]
Selected filmography edit
- Sube y baja (1959)
- La reina del cielo (1959) - Indigena (uncredited)
- Dos caballeros de espada (1964) - Mesonera (uncredited)
- The Golden Cockerel (1964) - Fermina (uncredited)
- El derecho de nacer (1966)
- Me quiero casar (1967) - Lupe, sirvienta
- Don Juan 67 (1967)
- Despedida de casada (1968)
- Patrulla de valientes (1968)
- Corona de lágrimas (1968) - María Álvarez (uncredited)
- Los amores de Juan Charrasqueado (1968) - Lucía
- Blue Demon contra cerebros infernales (1968)
- Romeo contra Julieta (1968) - Sirvienta
- Cinco en la cárcel (1968) - Lupe
- El matrimonio es como el demonio (1969) - Coco
- Cuernos debajo de la cama (1969)
- La marcha a Zacatecas (1969)
- El último pistolero (1969)
- Las pirañas aman en cuaresma (1969)
- A Man Called Horse (1970) - Thorn Rose
- El oficio mas antiguo del mundo (1970) - Gumersinda
- Ya somos hombres (1971) - Sirvienta
- Los novios (1971) - Cabaretera de Rojo
- Espérame en Siberia, vida mía (1971) - Lupe
- Pubertinaje (1971) - (segment "Una cena de navidad")
- El medio pelo (1972) - Rutila
- Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro (1972) - Cristina
- Tacos al carbón (1972) - Margarita Rodríguez
- El rey de Acapulco (1972) - Coco / Torcuata
- El Payo - un hombre contra el mundo (1972) - Doloritas
- Besos, besos... y mas besos (1973) - (segment "La señora, la criada y el señor")
- El bueno para nada (1973) - María
- Lo que importa es vivir (1987) - Crucita
- El chacal (1987) - (final film role)
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Manzo, Diana (17 October 2016). "Con mural y función de cine recuerdan a Lina Marín, la actriz zapoteca de los años setenta". IstmoPress. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Hoy, Issues 1793-1805. 1974. p. 53.
LINA MARÍN, OTRO ESTELAR CON CAPULINA.—Bueno para nada, Gordo al agua . . . Joaquín Murieta, Rebelión, Un hombre llamado caballo, Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro, Espérame en Siberia, vida mía, El rey de Acapulco, películas y más películas desde que debutó en El derecho de nacer. Ahora Capulina le ofrece un estelar grande. Y ella acepta.
- ^ "Buen cine al alcance de todos". Comité Melendre. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
External links edit
- Lina Marín at IMDb