Andrea Palma (actress)
| Andrea Palma | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Guadalupe Bracho Pérez-Gavilán 16 April 1903 Durango, Mexico |
| Died | 6 October 1987 (aged 84) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Resting place | Panteón Español, Mexico City |
| Years active | 1930–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Enrique Díaz |
Guadalupe Bracho Pérez-Gavilán, better known as Andrea Palma (16 April 1903 in Durango, Mexico – 6 October 1987 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican film stage and television actress. She was considered the first major female star of the Mexican cinema after her role in the Mexican film La Mujer del Puerto (1934).
Guadalupe Bracho Pérez-Gavilán was one of eleven children of Julio Bracho Zuloaga, born in Durango, a wealthy land and textile factory owner who lost all his possessions during the Mexican Revolution. One of her brothers was the film director Julio Bracho. Her cousins were the Hollywood actors Ramon Novarro and Dolores del Río. Bracho moved his family to Mexico City, where Andrea became interested in theater during her school years, and later in fashion and hat design. She entered the hat business in the early 1920s and opened her own shop, called Casa Andrea (from where she took her first name as an actress, adding the last name of one of her clients, the elegant Mrs. Palma.) Known in the theater world, she had her first opportunity replacing her friend, the Mexican actress Isabela Corona when the actress gave birth to a child.
She closed the shop and remained with the theater company and traveled to the United States, where she stayed until the early 1930s, helped by a young and struggling Cecil Kellaway, having small roles in the films of her cousins Dolores del Río and Ramón Novarro and as hat and make-up consultant for Marlene Dietrich, when the German actress arrived in Hollywood. When she was called from Mexico and offered the role of Rosario in the film La Mujer del Puerto, it was Dietrich's style that inspired her in creating her character.
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