Carmen Molina (actress)
{{Short description|Mexican actress, singer and dancer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carmen Molina
| image = Carmen Molina Tres Caballeros.jpg
| caption = Molina in a trailer for The Three Caballeros (1944)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|01|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|10|17|1920|01|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = Mexico City, Mexico
| occupation = Actor
singer
dancer
| years_active = 1936–1985
}}
Carmen Molina (20 January 1920 – 17 October 1998) was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer. She was considered a popular star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Throughout her acting career, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for her supporting role in Las mañanitas (1948).
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1936
| ¿Qué hago con la criatura? | Rosa, Juan's husband | |
| rowspan=2|1937
| Carmencita | |
| Adiós Nicanor
| Lupe | |
| 1941
| La gallina clueca | Pita | |
| 1942
| Simón Bolívar | María Teresa | |
| rowspan=2|1944
| Sta. Clara de Asis | |
| The Three Caballeros
| Mexican Girl | |
| 1945
| Canção do México | Specialty Dancer | |
| 1946
| Palabras de mujer | Bailarina | Uncredited |
| 1947
| Por culpa de una mujer | | |
| rowspan=4|1948
| Julieta Rute | |
| La casa de la Troya
| Moncha | |
| Las mañanitas
| | |
| Dueña y señora
| Toña joven | |
| rowspan=4|1949
| Carta Brava | Nora | |
| Rough But Respectable
| Carmelita | |
| Hypocrite
| Aurora | |
| Cuatro vidas
| | |
| rowspan=3|1950
| Vino el remolino y nos alevantó | Toña Ramírez | |
| You Shall Not Covet Thy Son's Wife
| Josefa | |
| The Man Without a Face
| Ana María | |
| 1951
| La hija de la otra | Mercedes de Castroviejo | |
| 1952
| El mártir del calvario | Marta | |
| rowspan=2|1962
| Twist, locura de juventud | Tía Rita | |
| The Extra
| Actress who plays Margarita Gautier | |
| 1963
| Rostro infernal | Dr. Mendez Braun | |
| 1965
| Aventura al centro de la tierra | Julia | |
| 1969
| Amor y medias | | |
| 1979
| Naná | | |
| 1981
| Lagunilla, mi barrio | Hortensia Braniff | |
| 1982
| Lagunilla 2 | Hortensia | |
| 1983
| Los dos carnales | Doña Manuela | (final film role) |
References
- Emilio García Riera, México visto por el cine extranjero, Volume 3, Ediciones Era, 1988, {{ISBN|968-411-315-3}}
- José Rogelio Álvarez, Enciclopedia de México, Volume 9, Edition 4, 1978
External links
{{IMDb name|0596663}}
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Category:Actresses from Mexico City
Category:Date of death missing
Category:20th-century Mexican actresses
Category:Mexican people of Spanish descent
Category:Golden Age of Mexican cinema
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