Carmelita González

Carmelita González (July 11, 1928 – April 30, 2010) was a Mexican lead actress known for her film roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.^[1][2][4] She appeared in nearly 100 Mexican films during her career, opposite such actors as Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete.^[4] González began her career by earning $21^[1] but went on to win an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress for her 1984 performance in Luis Mandoki's Motel.^[1][2]

Carmelita González
Golden Age of Mexican cinema actress
Born	July 11, 1928 Mexico City
Died	April 30, 2010(2010-04-30) (aged 81) Mexico City, Mexico
Known for	"Primera actriz" (lead actress)[1][2][3] Cinema, telenovela
Spouse	Eduardo Fajardo
Awards	Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award), Dos tipos de cuidado (1953) Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress, Motel (1984)
Patron(s)	Luis Aguilar[1][2]

Golden age of Mexican cinema

Carmelita González made her debut in 1945 with Camino de Sacramento which starred Negrete.^[1] Because she was uncredited, González only earned $21.^[1] She earned her first film credit as Carmelita González in 1946 alongside comedian Cantinflas in Soy un prófugo.^[3] Active throughout the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, González's film credits included 1952's Dos tipos de cuidado, co-starring Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante.^[4] Her role as Rosario, a rape victim, in Dos tipos de cuidado garnered a Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award) and considered a major performance.^[5] González would appear uncredited with Mario Moreno in 1956's Around the World in 80 Days.^[2] Her contemporary actresses were Charito Granados, Esther Fernández and Marga López.^[5] Appearing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, these contemporaries like González were atypical heroines ahead of their time.^[5]

In 1952, González starred in Huracán Ramírez, which was a black-and-white movie, in the then emerging genre of lucha libre masked wrestler films.^[1][6] During the 1940s, a series of movies beginning with El Santo and El Hijo del Santo in 1942 popularized lucha libre, literally free-style fighting, masked wrestlers.^[7] González would go on to star in the 1962 El misterio de Huracán Ramírez, 1966 El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez and 1967 La venganza de Huracán Ramirez remakes.

Telenovela career

González later worked on Mexican television, including telenovelas. She appeared as a supporting actress in various roles on the telenovelas Así son ellas, Amar otra vez and Alegrijes y rebujos.^[4] González' last appearances were on Amar Otra Vez in 2004 as her health began to wane.^[5]

Early life

Eduardo Fajardo in Django (1966)

Gonzalez was born in Mexico City on July 11, 1928.^[4] Her father insisted upon her earning a college degree in Industrial relations but González studied English and French in the United States.^[1] He initially opposed her desire to work in field of drama but won the approval of her mother and appeared in the movie Bésame mucho.^[1] González was married briefly to Eduardo Fajardo with whom she bore a daughter, Paloma del Rocío.^[1][5]

Final years and death

González died of pneumonia at 5 am on April 30, 2010, at the hospital Santelena in Mexico City, where she had been hospitalized for several days.^[4] She had been recovering from intestinal problems.^[4] She was 81 years old.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes and awards
1945	The Road to Sacramento
	Marina	Pueblerina
1945
	Las cinco advertencias de Satanás
1946	I Am a Fugitive		as Carmen González
	It's Not Enough to Be a Charro
	The Operetta Queen
1946	El puente del castigo
	Las colegialas
1946
	El barchante Neguib
1947
	El ropavejero
1947	Una extraña mujer
	Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947	La niña de mis ojos	Germana
	Tycoon
1948	E o Mundo se Diverte		as Carmen González
	El muchacho alegre
1948
	Que Dios me perdone	Alicia
1948	Casbah
	El cuarto mandamiento
1948	The Game Rooster
	Se la llevó el Remington	Gloria
1949	Comisario en turno		as Carmen Gonzalez
	Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado		as Carmen Gonzalez
1949	El hijo del bandido
	Angels of the Arrabal
1949
	El charro Negro en el norte	Anita
1950	Matrimonio y mortaja
	Yo también soy de Jalisco
1950	Aventuras de un nuevo rico
	Barrio bajo
1951	My Goddaughter's Difficulties		as Carmen González
	Doña Clarines
1951
	La trinca del aire	Irene
1952	Las locuras de Tin-Tan	Lolita
	Subida al cielo[8]	Albina
1952	Los hijos de María Morales	Gloria Magaña
	Nobody's Children
1952
	Sor Alegría	Sor Mónica
1953	Huracán Ramírez	Laura
	Canción de cuna
1953	El jugador
	Dos tipos de cuidado	Rosario	Diosa de Plata (Silver Goddess Award)[2]
1953
	Reportaje
1954	Venganza en el circo	Laura
	La ladrona
1954	Hijas casaderas
	Ofrenda
1956	La vida es maravillosa
	Pura vida
1956	El hombre que quiso ser pobre	Elena
	Around the World in 80 Days
1958
	It Happened in Mexico
1959
	S.O.S., abuelita
1960
	El hombre que perdió el tren
1961	Culpas ajenas
	Los inocentes		Not to be confused with The Innocents (1963 film)
1962	El hombre del expreso de Oriente
	Espiritismo	Alicia García	Garcia's widow
1965	Secreto de confesión
	El señor doctor
1966
	El Hijo de Huracán Ramírez
1967	La venganza de Huracán Ramirez
	Aventura en el palacio viejo
1969
	El ojo de vidrio
1971
	Pequeñeces
1972	Los hermanos coraje
	Lotação Esgotada
1972
	Pedro Só
1975	Lerpar
	Albures mexicanos
1976
	Los bandidos del río frío
1977
	Sor tequila
1978	Rosalia
	Los amantes frios
1978
	Cartas de amor de una monja
1979
	El torito puños de oro
1980	Corazones sin rumbo
	El medio pelo
1981	La pachanga
	La cosecha de mujeres
1981
	Las braceras
1982	El torito de Tepito
	Leona Vicario
1983	La banda de la sotana negra
	Niño pobre, niño rico
1984	La divina Lola
	Se sufre pero se goza
1984	El judicial
	El sinvergüenza
1984
	Motel	Carolina López	Pérez's widow
1985
	Sinvergüenza pero honrado
1986
	El cachas de oro
1987	Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas
	El diablo, el santo y el tonto
1988	El cabaretero y sus golfas
	El vergonzoso
El pecado de Oyuki	Shizuko
1989	Ángeles blancos	Dolores
	El garañón
1990	Noche de pánico
	Cuando llega el amor	Carmen
1990	Un corazón para dos
	Las travesuras de Super Chi-do
1991	Pedro infante vive?	Carmelita Gonzalez
	Cuando te veo palpito
1992	Gas Food Lodging	Mexican Woman	as Carmen Gonzales
	Ángeles sin paraíso
1993
	Clarisa	Sofía
1994	Más allá del puente	Queta
	Volver a empezar	Encarnación
	Amor que mata
1995
	Bajo un mismo rostro	Lucia
1996	Sentimientos Ajenos	Inés
	La sombra del otro	Coco
1997
	El secreto de Alejandra	Carolina
1998
	Gotita de amor	Honoria
1999
	Alma Rebelde	Simona
2000	Mi Destino Eres Tú	Asunción Rivadeneira
	Por un beso	Elodia
2001
	Navidad sin fin	Natividad
2002
	Así son ellas	Aunt Luvia
2004	Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real	14 episodes	1995–2004
	Amar otra vez	Lidia

References

1. "Carmelita González deja un gran legado en cine y televisión". El Informador. www.informador.com.mx. April 30, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
2. "Se fue una estrella más del cine mexicano". La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). May 2, 2010. Archived from the original on May 4, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
3. "Obituarios de Celebridades Carmelita González". obituarios.eluniversal.com.mx: El Universal. Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
4. "Muere la actriz Carmelita González". El Universal. April 30, 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
5. "Se apaga la estrella de Carmelita González". elsiglodetorreon.com.mx: El Siglo de Torrejon. May 1, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
6. "Carmelita González, adiós a la actriz de oro". Periódico El Bravo (in Spanish). elbravomatamoros.com. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
7. Madigan, Dan (2007). "El Santo". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 71–78. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
8. "Subida al cielo". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

External links

• Carmelita González at IMDb