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- Died
- Birth nameIrma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro
- Nicknames
- La Tigresa
- Mexico's Great Folk Singer
- Irma Serrano first made a name for herself as a singer, becoming one of the most popular ranchera performers of the 1960s. She became famous for her trademark roaring style which earned her the nickname "La Tigresa de la Canción Ranchera" (The Tigress of Ranchera Music). She was born in central Chiapas to Santiago Serrano Ruiz, a local journalist and poet of Mayan ancestry, and María Castro Domínguez, a wealthy woman of Spanish descent who owned 17 haciendas. Raised in the lap of luxury, in her youth she decided to become a performer against her parents' wishes and journeyed to Mexico City, where she made her film debut in Santo vs. the Zombies (1962). Soon after, she signed with CBS Records and began her highly successful singing career. She rose to national prominence with hit songs such as "El puente roto", "Tierra mala", and "La Martina", which reached Billboard's Top Ten list for Mexico. With her fame as Mexico's new rising folk singer, she appeared in musical guest roles in films such as Gabino Barrera (1965), Antonio Aguilar, and El zurdo (1965), with Rodolfo de Anda.
- IMDb mini biography by: V.Q. Castro
- Spitfire singing voice
- Striking green eyes
- Thick black eyebrows
- Black mole above right eyebrow
- She was a Mexican singer, actress and politician.
- Famous for her "tantalizing" "untamed spitfire" voice, she was one of the most noted performers of the ranchera and corrido genres; she was nicknamed La Tigresa de la Canción Ranchera and later known simply as "La Tigresa".
- She pursued a film career with more than a dozen films.
- In the 1990s, she also ventured into politics and occupied a seat in the Mexican Senate.
- Her mother, María Castro Domínguez, was a local aristocrat who owned various haciendas.
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