María Duval(I)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
María Duval was born in Querétaro and later moved to Mexico City, where
she began appearing in television and theatre productions. She made her
film debut in the musical
Melodías inolvidables (1959).
By 1961, she had recorded several albums and was studying tirelessly to
enhance her promising film career. Over the next few years she became
one of the most sought-after actresses of the
'60s cinema of Mexico. She
worked with various popular stars more than twice: with Santo
in
Santo vs. the Vampire Women (1962),
Santo vs. the Strangler (1965),
and
Santo vs. the Ghost of the Strangler (1966); with Marco Antonio Campos and
Gaspar Henaine (Viruta and Capulina) in Barridos y regados (1963),
Cada quién su lucha (1966),
and
La cigüeña distraída (1966);
and with Antonio Aguilar in
Gabino Barrera (1965),
Juan Colorado (1966), and
Los alegres Aguilares (1967).
She reached the peak of her career in 1966, the year in which seven of
her films were released.
