Esther Fernández
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 23, 1917
- Died
- October 21, 1999 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
Biography
From Wikipedia María Esther Fernández González, better known as Esther Fernández (August 23, 1917 in Mascota, Jalisco Mexico – October 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico), was a Mexican film and television actress. She was one of the first female major stars of the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema" in the 1930s and 1940s. Fernández began her career as an extra in the film La Mujer del Puerto (1934). Her beauty and charisma drew the attention of film director Fernando de Fuentes, who gave her the female lead role of Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), opposite Tito Guizar. The film is regarded as marking the start of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández acted in hit movies including Amapola del Camino (1937), with Andrea Palma and Tito Guizar; Mi Candidato (1938), with Joaquín Pardavé and Pedro Armendàriz; and Los de Abajo, with Isabela Corona and Emilio Fernández. Her popularity caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which promoted her films in Latin America and invited her to work in Hollywood. In 1943 she starred in the second sound version of the classic Mexican film Santa, directed by Norman Foster, opposite Ricardo Montalban. In 1946 she acted in the Hollywood film Two Years Before the Mast, with Brian Donlevy and Alan Ladd. Her last appearance was in the film Reclusorio II (1997).
Known For
Filmography
Los años de Greta
Movie
Every Child a Cross to Bear
Movie · as Lupita
Los hijos de Rancho Grande
Movie · as Cruz
Encrucijada
Movie
Tu vida entre mis manos
Movie · as Laura Ocampo
La calle de los amores
Movie
El lunar de la familia
Movie
El billetero
Movie
Genio y figura
Movie
Reportaje
Movie · as Nurse
Víctimas del divorcio
Movie
Sangre en el barrio
Movie
Doña Perfecta
Movie · as Rosario
Flor de sangre
Movie
Hipólito, el de Santa
Movie
Pancho Villa Returns
Movie · as Teresa Mota
Pancho Villa vuelve
Movie
Surcos de sangre
Movie · as Isabel
Cuatro vidas
Movie
Prisión de sueños
Movie · as Rosa
Tuya para siempre
Movie · as Carmen
Solo Veracruz es bello
Movie · as Aurora Reyes
De pecado en pecado
Movie
In the Shadow of the Bridge
Movie · as Rosaura
La santa del barrio
Movie
Las mañanitas
Movie
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
Movie · as Claudia
La carne manda
Movie
Mujer
Movie
Extraña cita
Movie · as María Eugenia
La mujer que quiere a dos
Movie
Two Years Before the Mast
Movie · as Maria Dominguez
Esperanza
Movie
The Last Adventure
Movie · as Graciela Hernández
Cantaclaro
Movie · as Rosangela / Angela Rosa
Ramona
Movie
Flor de durazno
Movie · as Rina
La fuga
Movie · as Maria Ines Flores
Santa
Movie · as Santa
The Underdogs
Movie · as Camila
Fashion Horizons
Movie
Allá en el Trópico
Movie · as Esperanza
Una luz en mi camino
Movie · as Invitada a kermesse
Luces de barriada
Movie
Ojos tapatios
Movie · as Lucha
Tierra brava
Movie
Hombres del mar
Movie · as Marina
Mi candidato
Movie
La Adelita
Movie
Amapola Del Camino
Movie · as Extra
Allá en el Rancho Grande
Movie · as Cruz
The Macabre Trunk
Movie · as Alicia Monroy
Judas
Movie
The Dressel Family
Movie · as Empleada oficina (uncredited)
Beyond Death
Movie · as Rol menor (uncredited)
Rosario
Movie
Corazón bandolero
Movie
The Woman of the Port
Movie · as Mujer de cabaret
Corazones en derrota
Movie · as Guadalupe joven
Chucho el Roto
Movie