About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1917-08-23
Place of birth:
Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
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Esther Fernández

Overview

From Wikipedia

María Esther Fernández González, better known as Esther Fernández (August 23, 1917 in Mascota, Jalisco Mexico – October 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico), was a Mexican film and television actress. She was one of the first female major stars of the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema" in the 1930s and 1940s.

Fernández began her career as an extra in the film La Mujer del Puerto (1934). Her beauty and charisma drew the attention of film director Fernando de Fuentes, who gave her the female lead role of Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), opposite Tito Guizar. The film is regarded as marking the start of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández acted in hit movies including Amapola del Camino (1937), with Andrea Palma and Tito Guizar; Mi Candidato (1938), with Joaquín Pardavé and Pedro Armendàriz; and Los de Abajo, with Isabela Corona and Emilio Fernández. Her popularity caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which promoted her films in Latin America and invited her to work in Hollywood.

In 1943 she starred in the second sound version of the classic Mexican film Santa, directed by Norman Foster, opposite Ricardo Montalban. In 1946 she acted in the Hollywood film Two Years Before the Mast, with Brian Donlevy and Alan Ladd.

Her last appearance was in the film Reclusorio II (1997).

Known for

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1992 Los años de Greta Actor 59
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1957 Each child, a cross Actor Lupita 59
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1956 Encrucijada Actor 59
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1956 Los hijos de Rancho Grande Actor Cruz 59
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1955 Tu vida entre mis manos Actor Laura Ocampo 59
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1954 La calle de los amores Actor 58
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1953 Reportaje Actor Nurse 59
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1953 El lunar de la familia Actor 59
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1953 Genio y figura Actor 58
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1953 El billetero Actor 58
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1952 Víctimas del divorcio Actor 59
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1952 Sangre en el barrio Actor 59
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1951 Doña Perfecta Actor Rosario 59
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1951 Flor de sangre Actor 59
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1950 Pancho Villa Returns Actor Teresa Mota 59
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1950 Surcos de sangre Actor Isabel N/A
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1950 Hipólito, el de Santa Actor 58
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1950 Pancho Villa vuelve Actor 59
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1949 Cuatro vidas Actor 58
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1949 Prisión de sueños Actor 58
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1948 La santa del barrio Actor 58
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1948 Ahí vienen los Mendoza Actor Claudia 59
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1948 Las mañanitas Actor 59
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1948 A la sombra del puente Actor 59
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1948 La carne manda Actor 58
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1948 De pecado en pecado Actor 59
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1947 Mujer Actor 58
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1947 Extraña cita Actor 59
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1946 Two Years Before the Mast Actor Maria Dominguez 59
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1946 The Last Adventure Actor Graciela Hernández 59
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1946 Cantaclaro Actor 58
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1946 Esperanza Actor 58
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1945 Flor de durazno Actor Rina 58
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1944 La Fuga Actor Maria Ines Flores 58
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1943 Santa Actor Santa 59
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1940 Fashion Horizons Actor 59
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1940 The Underdogs Actor Camila 59
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1938 Hombres del mar Actor Marina 58
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1938 Tierra brava Actor 59
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1938 Ojos tapatios Actor Lucha 59
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1937 La Adelita Actor 59
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1937 Mi candidato Actor 58
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1936 Allá en el Rancho Grande Actor Cruz 59
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1936 The Macabre Trunk Actor Alicia Monroy 59
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1934 The Woman of the Port Actor Mujer de cabaret 58
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