Carmelita González

Mexican actress (1928–2010)

Carmelita González

Golden Age of Mexican cinema actress

Born| July 11, 1928

Mexico City

Died| April 30, 2010(2010-04-30) (aged 81)

Mexico City, Mexico

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]

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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  | 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  | 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

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Carmelita González deja un gran legado en cine y televisión". El Informador. www.informador.com.mx. April 30, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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.

## External links

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* Carmelita González at IMDb

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