Esther Fernández
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Years active | 1933–1997 |
María Esther Fernández González (23 August 1915 – 21 October 1999) was a Mexican actress.
Life and career
Esther Fernández began her career as an extra in the film
During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández played mostly ingénues in movies like Mi candidato (1938), with
In 1943 Fernández was cast to play the title character in the second sound version of the classic Mexican film Santa, directed by Norman Foster and co-starring Ricardo Montalbán, then at the start of his film career. The couple and the director reunited to make The Escape (1944), based on a Guy de Maupassant story. In 1946 Fernández was finally able to star in a Paramount film Two Years Before the Mast. She played a Mexican-American woman returning to California from Spain for an arranged marriage. However, although it was the only important female character, the adventure film focused on the male cast, headed by Alan Ladd and Brian Donlevy.
Fernández continued her career in Mexico, starring in films like Flor de durazno (1945), Ramona (1946), Cantaclaro (1947), Solo Veracruz es Bello (1948), Doña Perfecta (1950), playing the daughter of Dolores del Rio, and Los Hijos del Rancho Grande (1956).
Fernández became romantically involved with the actor and singer Antonio Badú and during this period often co-starred with him.
She was absent from acting for two years, due to hepatitis. When she returned, the producers had forgotten her and stopped offering her movies. During her retirement years, she was dedicated to painting.
In 1989, Fernández returned to stardom in the Mexican
Fernández died of natural causes in 1999.
Partial filmography
- La Mujer del Puerto (1934)
- Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936)
- Judas (1936)
- Mi candidato (1938)
- Los de abajo (1939)
- Santa (1943)
- The Escape (1944)
- Prisión de sueños (1946)
- Ramona (1946)
- Cantaclaro (1946)
- Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
- Solo Veracruz es Bello (1948)
- La carne manda (1948)
- Doña Perfecta (1951)
- Los hijos del Rancho Grande (1956)
- Cada hijo una cruz (1956)
- Simplemente María(TV) (1989)
- Los Años de Greta (1992)
- Reclusorio II (1997)
References
- ^ Agrasánchez Jr. (2001), p. 42-45
Bibliography
- Agrasánchez Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8.
External links
- Esther Fernández at IMDb