Carmelita González
| Carmelita González | |
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Golden Age of Mexican cinema actress
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| Born | July 11, 1928 Mexico City |
| Died | April 30, 2010 (aged 81) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Known for | "Primera actriz" (lead actress) Cinema, telenovela |
| Awards |
Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award), Dos tipos de cuidado (1953) Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress, Motel (1984) |
| Patron(s) | Luis Aguilar |
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. She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete. González began her career by earning $21 but went on to win an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her 1984 performance in Luis Mandoki's Motel.
Carmelita González made her debut in 1945 with Camino de Sacramento which starred Negrete. Because she was uncredited, González only earned $21. She earned her first film credit as Carmelita González in 1946 alongside comedian Cantinflas in Soy un prófugo. 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. 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. González would appear uncredited with Mario Moreno in 1956's Around the World in 80 Days. Her contemporary actresses were Charito Granados, Esther Fernández and Marga López. Appearing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, these contemporaries like González were atypical heroines ahead of their time.
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. 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. 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.
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