Carmelita González

Carmelita González
Golden Age of Mexican cinema actress
BornJuly 11, 1928
Mexico City
DiedApril 30, 2010(2010-04-30) (aged 81)
Mexico City, Mexico
Known for"Primera actriz" (lead actress)[1][2][3] Cinema, telenovela
SpouseEduardo Fajardo
AwardsDiosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award), Dos tipos de cuidado (1953)
Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress, Motel (1984)
Patron(s)Luis Aguilar[1][2]

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]

Golden age of Mexican cinema

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

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

Eduardo Fajardo in Django (1966)

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

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

Year Film Role Notes and awards
1945 The Road to Sacramento
Marina Pueblerina
1945
Las cinco advertencias de Satanás
1946 I Am a Fugitive as Carmen González
It's Not Enough to Be a Charro
The Operetta Queen
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 The Game Rooster
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 My Goddaughter's Difficulties 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
Nobody's Children
1952
Sister 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

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Carmelita González, adiós a la actriz de oro". Periódico El Bravo (in Spanish). elbravomatamoros.com. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Subida al cielo". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved May 25, 2010.