Angelica Maria
| Angélica María | |
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Angelica Maria 2010 taken in Mexico
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| Born |
Angélica María Hartman Ortiz September 27, 1944 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | La Novia de México |
| Occupation | Actress, singer and songwriter |
| Years active | 1950-present |
| Spouse(s) | Raul Vale (1974–1989) |
| Partner(s) | Marco Muñoz |
| Children | Angélica Vale (b. 1975) |
| Parent(s) | Arnold Federic Hartman Angélica de Jesús Ortiz Sandoval |
| Relatives | Otto Padrón (son-in-law) Angélica Masiel (granddaughter) Daniel Nicolás (grandson) |
| Website | http://www.angelicamaria.com.mx |
Angélica María (born Angélica María Hartman Ortiz on September 27, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.) is an American-born Mexican actress and a Latin Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter.
Born in 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Angélica María is the daughter of American entrepreneur, Arnold Hartman, and theater producer, Angélica de Jesús Ortiz Sandoval. Following the divorce of her parents at the age of 5, María moved to Mexico City with her mother.
Her mother's sister, Yolanda Ortiz, introduced little Angélica to the Mexican Cinema when Gregorio Wallerstein, a movie producer, was looking for a boy for his next movie. Angélica told the producer, "Give me a haircut and I'm that boy". Charmed by the girl, he let her into his audition. She got the role in the movie Pecado ("Sin"). Soon afterwards, she worked on, Una Mujer Decente ("A Decent Woman"), La Hija de la Otra ("The Daughter of the Mistress"), Los Amantes ("The Lovers"), Fierecilla (Little Beast), Sígueme, Corazón ("Follow Me, Sweetheart"). She obtained the Ariel award for her role in Mi Esposa y la Otra ("My Wife and the Mistress") when she was 6. She also performed in her first fotonovela Rayito del Sol ("Little Sunray"). She sang in her two next movies, 2 Caras Tiene el Destino ("Destiny Has Two Faces") and Los Gavilanes (The Hawks) with superstar Pedro Infante, who told her she would be a great actress, because she spoke with her eyes, as he did.
In 1955, Rita Macedo offered her a role in the play La mala semilla (The Bad Seed), which would be the first of a series of plays she was involved with while she filmed. When she was 16 she joined the telenovela industry with the production Cartas de amor (Love Letters). The following year, she acted in musicals as well as in "lucha libre" movies such as El Señor Tormenta (Lord Storm) and Muerte en el ring (Death in the Ring). At that time she was beginning to be referred to as La novia de la juventud (Youth's girlfriend) and after her first musical, a journalist, Octavio de Alba, named her La Novia de México (Mexico's girlfriend or Mexico's sweetheart), which is the title she would keep thereafter.
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