Fanny Schiller

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Schiller and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

Fanny Schiller Hernández (3 August 1901 – 26 September 1971) was a Mexican award-winning character actress and television star, who also acted in operettas and musicals, during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for best supporting actress, and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses.

Fanny Schiller
Born	Fanny Schiller Hernández (1901-08-03)3 August 1901 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	26 September 1971(1971-09-26) (aged 70) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	actress
Years active	1921–1971

Biography

Fanny Schiller Hernández^[1] was born on 3 August 1901 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 20,^[2] she began performing in the comedy company of Rosita Arriaga touring around the country. She then worked as a dancer with José María Topete, Consuelo Vivanco, María Conesa, before joining the company of her future mother-in-law, Virginia Fábregas.^[3]

She made her starring film debut in the movie El Cristo de oro (The Christ of Gold) with Manuel R. Ojeda in 1926,^[4][5] but did not make another film for approximately ten years.^[6] Instead, she was touring the country performing in vaudeville and comedy shows.^[7] Most of her film work in the 1940s was completed in Mexico.^[4] During the 1950s she worked for several periods in Hollywood.^[8][9][10]

Schiller was primarily known for character acting, portraying eccentric elderly women. She received a Herald Award for her role in Los cuervos están de luto ("The Crows are in Mourning") (1965)^[2] and was nominated four times for an Ariel Award. She won the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, in 1947 and 1951.^[11]

Schiller was well respected for her work at voice-overs and dubbing; Edmundo Santos, voice director of Disney's releases in Spanish,^[12] was so impressed with her that he hired her to dub the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (1950).^[2] She also was the voice of Snapdragon (the purple flower) in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sara in Lady and the Tramp, and the fairy Flora in the 1959 version of Sleeping Beauty.^[1] In the 1960s she did dubbing work for Hanna-Barbera, and was the voice of Fred Flintstone's mother in the animated series.^[2]

In 1955 Schiller ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. This was the first time that women had been eligible to run for office in Mexico and the first time that women in Mexico would be able to participate in a national election, having won the right to vote in 1952. She was defeated, but attended the PRI Civic Day of Mexican Women on April 6, 1955, to celebrate the gains in women's rights.^[13]

Shortly before her death, Schiller pushed the National Association of Actors (ANDA) to form nurseries for the children of actresses.^[14] Several of her acting friends, including Socorro Avelar, Anita Blanch, Dolores del Río, Irma Dorantes, Gloria Marín, Carmen Montejo, Silvia Pinal, and Amparo Rivelles joined to form a group called 'Rosa Mexicano'.^[15][16] The idea was that by establishing a nursery, actresses could continue working, and by establishing a Montessori education system, their children would receive a strong educational foundation. After operating in temporary spaces, the first stones for the formal location were laid on 30 April 1972, shortly after her death.^[17]

Personal life

Schiller came from a family of actors, and her mother was an actress. She married actor Manuel Sánchez-Navarro (1892-1969), son of actress Virginia Fábregas (1871–1950). Their son was actor Manolo Fábregas (1921-1996)^[18] and two of Manolo's children are also actors—Mónica Sánchez-Navarro and Rafael Sánchez-Navarro. Schiller died on 26 September 1971 in Mexico City.^[19]

Awards and nominations

• 1947: Cantaclaro, Best Supporting Actress, won Ariel Award^[11]
• 1947: Las abandonadas, Best Actress co-performance, nominated for Ariel^[11]
• 1948: A media luz, Best Supporting Actress, nominated for Ariel^[11]
• 1951: La mujer que yo amé, Best Supporting Actress, won Ariel^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1926	El Cristo de oro[4]
1935	Heroic Silence[6]	Modista
1935	Rosario
1937	No te engañes corazón	Refugio	Uncredited
1937	La paloma	Matilde
1939	Una luz en mi camino	Sra. Bonato
1940	Herencia macabra	Matilde
1941	The League of Songs	Doña Gertrudis
1942	Del rancho a la capital	Doña Consuelo de Rodríguez
1942	Alejandra	Rita
1942	Historia de un gran amor	Mesonera	Uncredited
1942	La virgen que forjó una patria	Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
1943	Santa	Elvira Gómez
1943	Cuando habla el corazón	Doña Rosa
1944	The War of the Pastries	Tía Marietta
1944	La corte de faraón	Viuda
1944	The Lady of the Camellias	Prudence
1944	El rosario	Duquesa
1944	The Lieutenant Nun	Doña Úrsula
1944	Mi lupe y mi caballo
1944	El abanico de Lady Windermere	Duquesa
1944	Amores de ayer
1944	El rey se divierte
1944	Escándalo de estrellas	Paloma
1945	Las abandonadas	Ninón
1945	Tuya en cuerpo y alma	Deborah
1945	Nosotros
1945	Club verde
1945	Flor de durazno	Doña Encarnación
1945	Canaima	Gallineta
1945	El monje blanco
1945	Lo que va de ayer a hoy
1945	He Who Died of Love	Tía Rita
1945	La casa de la zorra	Invitada a fiesta
1946	Cantaclaro	Doña Nico
1946	Palabras de mujer	Doña María, mamá de Fernando
1946	La viuda celosa
1946	Bailando en las nubes
1946	Tú eres la luz
1946	Sinfonía de una vida
1946	Por un amor
1946	Las Colegialas	Leondina
1946	Ramona
1946	El último amor de Goya
1946	Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9
1946	Pervertida
1946	Mujer contra mujer
1947	A media luz	Fru-Fru
1947	El tigre de Jalisco	Tía de Mary, turista
1947	Encadenada (El yugo)	Doña Julia
1948	Adventures of Casanova	Woman who complains in crowd	Uncredited
1948	María la O
1948	La hermana impura
1948	La sin ventura
1948	Que Dios me perdone	Olga
1948	Señora tentación	Lupe, tia de Blanca
1948	Algo flota sobre el agua	María Justina
1948	¡Ay, Palillo, no te rajes!	Tía Isadora
1948	El gallero	Isabel
1949	Salón México	Señorita prefecta
1949	Pobres, pero sinvergüenzas	Señora
1949	Secreto entre mujeres	Tía Laura
1949	Bamba	Doña Ofelia de Cacho
1949	Opio
1949	La panchita	Doña Martinita
1949	Las tandas del principal	Doña Romualda
1949	Nosotros los rateros
1949	Las puertas del presidio	Madre de Martin
1950	Duel in the Mountains	Madre de Esperanza
1950	Black Angustias	Doña Chole
1950	Cinderella	The Fairy Godmother	Voice role, Latin Spanish dub
1950	Lluvia roja	Tía de Elisa
1950	La dama del alba	Aurelia
1950	Guardián, el perro salvador
1950	La mujer que yo amé	Magdalena, madre de Rosita
1950	De Tequila, su mezcal
1950	Donde nacen los pobres
1950	Curvas peligrosas	Madre de Esperanza
1950	Pata de palo	Señora de casade citas
1951	Una gringuita en México	Tia Rosa
1951	Crimen y castigo	Mamá de Ramón
1951	¡Baile mi rey!	Madame
1951	We Maids	Mamá de Teresa
1951	Beauty Salon	Doña Susana
1952	El beisbolista fenómeno	Doña Justa Carmona
1952	Cuando los hijos pecan
1952	Sangre en el barrio	Doña Beatriz
1952	La loca	Señora González de la Cueva
1952	Angélica	Madre de Arturo
1952	Por ellas aunque mal paguen	Doña Victoria
1952	El enamorado	Anfitriona fiesta
1953	Fruto de tentación	Señorita directora
1953	The Naked Woman	Violeta Bello
1953	Sombrero	Doña Fela
1953	Doña Mariquita de mi corazón	Doña Micaela
1954	La infame	Victoria
1954	Lágrimas robadas
1954	Cantando nace el amor	Doña Ninfa
1954	El casto Susano	Doña Virtudes
1954	Mulata	Doña Rosario
1954	La sobrina del señor cura	Doña Dolores
1954	Cuidado con el amor	Isabel
1955	Pecado mortal	Flora
1955	Historia de un abrigo de mink	Sofía, madre de Camila
1955	Maternidad imposible
1955	A Life in the Balance	Carmen Martínez
1955	Las engañadas	Doña Carlota
1955	Father Against Son	Tía Domitila
1955	Lady and the Tramp	Aunt Sarah	Voice role, Latin Spanish dub
1955	The Treasure of Pancho Villa	Laria Morales
1956	Locura pasional	Doña Jacinta, mamá de Mabel
1956	Enemigos	Doña Lupe
1956	A Woman's Devotion	Señora Reidl
1956	Juventud desenfrenada	Doña Mercedes
1957	Pablo and Carolina	Señora Cirol
1957	The Black Scorpion	Florentina
1958	Tu hijo debe nacer	Enfermera
1958	The Boxer	Madrastra de Carmen
1958	El Zorro escarlata en la venganza del ahorcado
1959	El Zorro Escarlata	La Bruja
1959	Sleeping Beauty	Flora	Voice role, Latin Spanish dub
1959	La mujer y la bestia	La Mariposa
1959	The Life of Agustín Lara	Estrella
1959	Kermesse	Doña Cruz
1959	El zarco
1959	El regreso del monstruo	La bruja / Doña Rebeca
1959	Felicidad
1959	Escuela de verano	Señorita Rosario
1959	Una señora movida	Lola
1960	Poker de reinas
1960	Por ti aprendí a querer
1960	Chucho el Roto
1960	Black Skull	Esposa de Remigio
1961	El proceso de las señoritas Vivanco	Doña Conchita
1961	El pandillero	Madame Helene
1961	Mujeres engañadas	Doña Rita
1961	Aventuras de Chucho el Roto
1961	Los jóvenes	Carmelita, Madre de 'El Gato
1961	La captura de Chucho el Roto
1962	Genii of Darkness	Rebecca, the witch
1962	El malvado Carabel	Modista
1962	The Hooded Men from Hell		as herself
1962	La entrega de Chucho el Roto
1962	Cielo rojo
1962	La venganza del resucitado		as herself
1962	El muchacho de Durango	Doña Manuela
1962	La barranca sangrienta	Doña Blanca
1962	La emboscada mortal
1962	El tejedor de milagros
1963	Alias El Alacrán	Doña Manuela
1963	La risa de la ciudad
1963	Jugándose la vida	Graciela
1963	México de mis recuerdos	Tia Gertrudis
1963	Baila mi amor
1963	El norteño
1965	Love Has Many Faces	Maria
1965	Los cuervos están de luto	Doña Enedina
1966	El cachorro
1966	El temerario
1967	La muerte es puntual
1967	Domingo salvaje
1967	Los alegres Aguilares	Tía Natalia
1967	Arrullo de Dios	La bruja
1968	Sor Ye-yé	Mamá de Juan
1968	María Isabel	Manuela
1969	No se mande, profe	Headmistress
1969	No juzgarás a tus padres
1969	La maestra inolvidable	Teódula
1970	Estafa de amor
1970	Crónica de un cobarde
1970	Rubí	Toña - nana
1970	Las figuras de arena
1971	The Fearmaker
1971	Dos mujeres y un hombre		as herself

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson		Episode: "Short Story"
1957	Captain David Grief	Mama Gideaux	"Distress Signal" (Season 1, Episode 13)
1958	Más allá de la angustia
1959	Puerta de suspenso
1959	Teresa	Eulalia
1960	Pensión de mujeres
1963	Tres caras de mujer
1963	Mi mujer y yo
1963	Madres egoístas
1963	Las modelos
1964	Cumbres Borrascosas
1965	Un grito en la obscuridad
1965	La impostora
1965	Alma de mi alma
1966	El despertar
1966	Cristina Guzmán
1966	Corazón salvaje
1967	Un pobre hombre
1967	Engáñame
1968	Pasión gitana
1968	Águeda
1969	No creo en los hombres	Asunción
1970	La sonrisa del diablo	Toña
1970	El precio de un hombre
1971	Velo de novia

References

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External links

• Fanny Schiller at IMDb
• Schiller's Disney Voices