Rosa de Castilla
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Rosa de Castilla in Bala de Plata en el pueblo maldito (1960)
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María Victoria Ledesma Cuevas 30 May 1931 Encarnación de Díaz, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Occupation | Singer, actress |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
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María Victoria Ledesma Cuevas (born 30 May 1931), commonly known by her stage name Rosa de Castilla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈrosa ðe kasˈtiʎa]), is a Mexican singer and actress. She is noted as one of the great folkloric leading ladies of the "golden age" of Mexican cinema. In the musical field, she has toured the world singing in countries such as Israel.
De Castilla made her film debut in Julián Soler's Los tres alegres compadres (1952), starring Jorge Negrete, Pedro Armendáriz, and Andrés Soler.
As the second female lead after Flor Silvestre, she co-starred a western trilogy: El lobo solitario, La justicia del lobo, and Vuelve el lobo (all in 1952).
In 1954, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Actress in a Minor Role for Rogelio A. González's Tal para cual (1953). She starred as the female lead in two films in Eastmancolor: Ismael Rodríguez's Mexican Revolution drama Tierra de hombres (1956), her first color film, and Jaime Salvador's musical comedy ¡Aquí están los aguilares! (1957). Other notable films she appeared in during the late 1950s are the Mexiscope productions of Yo... el aventurero (1959) and Tan bueno el giro como el colorado (1959). She played the ranchera singer wife of Demetrio González in Dos corazones y un cielo (1959).
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