Biography

In 1955, I became a Mexican citizen. I've been a Mexican for 40 years. I am Mexican, I feel it in my heart, and I am an artist from Mexico. I am known as a Mexican in Argentina and, blessed be God, here too.

I believe that, of the 82 films I've made, 50% are very good films that are still there today, with very good quality, with very good stories. La tercera palabra (1956) is a sensational film, one of the best ever made.

Only twice have I played a bad woman: in Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968) and La mujer sin lágrimas (1951), where I made Libertad Lamarque suffer.

We sang, danced, recited. My siblings played instruments: bandoneon, violin, drums. We came to Mexico in 1938. We had an incredible success, and we stayed here for two years. At age 14, I met and fell in love with Mr. Amador, who was 16. In 1941, he went to Argentina to look for me and we were married. I returned to Mexico in 1942 and stayed here. We had our two children and three years later we divorced. It was then when I began to work on stage, with Anita and Isabelita Blanch, in very small roles. I also worked in stage revues, but they were very family-oriented ones at the Follies, at the Lírico, singing and dancing. It occurred to me to visit Mr. Grovas to see if I photographed well to make movies. He gave me an opportunity in El hijo desobediente (1945) with Tin Tan in 1945. They liked it and they finally gave me a leading role in Las colegialas (1946) with María Elena Marqués and then I played the leading lady in Mamá Inés (1946). Then, I was already under contract for three years.