Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer, and poet. her family migrated to Mexico when she was 5 years old. She began her career working in theatre and later participated in films as an extra. Her first important role was as Carmen Ochoa in "Una solución inesperada", a segment of the drama film Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956). She then enrolled in the National Association of Actors' theatre and film institute (Instituto Teatral y Cinematográfico). She was given her first starring role in El buen ladrón (1957) before her breakthrough in Bolero inmortal (1958), in which she debuted as a singer; the film's soundtrack album, for which she recorded songs, was a commercial success throughout Hispanic America. She starred opposite Pedro Armendáriz, her favorite actor, in Dos hijos desobedientes (1960). Greatly admired by audiences for her beauty and talent, she became one of the most popular Mexican performers of the 1960s.
Diabolical Kidnapping
Three Romeos and One Juliet
Los años verdes
Póker de reinas
Los derechos de los hijos
La divina garza
Basket of Mexican Tales
(Carmen Ochoa)
800 Leagues Over the Amazon
(Minha)
Se alquila marido
(Rita)
Gutierritos
(Rosa)
Dos hijos desobedientes
(Elvira)
La ley de las pistolas
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
(Elvira)
El Siete de Copas
Bolero Inmortal
Me llaman el cantaclaro
(Amparo)
Lástima de ropa
Duelo indio
(Marisela)
Una pasión me domina
El caudillo
El vendedor de muñecas
The Curse of the Doll People
(Karina)
Las tapatías nunca pierden
(Griselda Rios)
Juventud sin Dios (La vida del padre Lambert)
Los tigres del ring
El misterio del carro express
The Cha Cha Cha Widows
Los amores de Marieta (los fabulosos 20s)
Bonitas las Tapatias
Las canciones unidas
Tintansón Cruzoe
Tres palomas alborotadas
Amor a balazo limpio
(Chabela)
¡Viva Benito Canales!
El vestido de novia
(Rebeca Ponce)
Peligros de juventud
Each child, a cross
Dios no lo quiera
(Rosa)
El tiro de gracia
La mafia del crimen
El pueblo sin Dios
(Cabaretera)
Lo que le pasó a Sansón
(Myriam)
Melodías de amor
(Marta (no acreditado))