Silvia Derbez
Silvia Derbez | |
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Born | Lucille Silvia Derbez Amézquita March 8, 1932 San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
Died | April 6, 2002 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 70)
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1949–2001 |
Children | Eugenio Derbez |
Lucille Silvia Derbez Amézquita,[1] better known as Silvia Derbez (March 8, 1932 – April 6, 2002) was a Mexican film and television actress. She was the lead actress in the first telenovela produced in Mexico, Senda Prohibida.[2]
Biography
Derbez was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico on March 8, 1932.[1] She is the daughter of French businessman[3] Marcel Derbez Gilly and María de la Luz Amézquita,[4] a Mexican housewife.[5] As a young child, she studied dance, and then began performing in dance theater.[5] At age 13, she began to learn acting with Seki Sano.[5]
Her first participation in film was as an extra in the 1948 film Tarzan and the Mermaids.[1] She debuted in Mexican film in the 1947 film La Novia del Mar (The Bride of the Sea).[1][6][4] Her early film career included Allá en el Rancho Grande (Out on the Big Ranch) in 1948,[4] and the role of Beatriz in the classic cabaretera film noir Salón México.[7][5]
In the 1958 telenovela Senda prohibida (Forbidden Way), the first daily telenovela broadcast in Mexico, Derbez played the lead role of Nora.[8][9] Derbez also played the title role in the telenovela Elisa.[8]
In addition to her film and television career, Derbez performed in theatrical productions, and formed the Derbez-Banquells theater company with Rafael Banquells.[5] She also had a career in radio, which included a radio program where she sang with the Juan García Esquivel orchestra, participation in a variety of XEQ and XEW programs, and work as a professionally licensed announcer for commercials and programs.[5]
Her career in film and telenovelas in the 1960s and 1970s included the telenovela María Isabel in 1966, where she played the title role,[10][11][4] and the lead role in the telenovela Cruz de amor in 1968.[12] During the 1970s, her telenovela work included Angelitos negros (Black Angels), El derecho de los hijos (Your Children's Rights) and La recogida (The collection).[4] In 1975 and 1976, she played Caridad in Ven conmigo (Come with Me).[13][14] From 1977 to 1978, she had a lead role in Acompáñame.[15]
During the 1980s, her work included participation in a remake of one of
Her final role in a telenovela was in
She died on April 6, 2002, aged 70, from lung cancer.[1]
Awards
- 1957 nomination, Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress, for El rey de México[5][18][1]
- 1974 Virginia Fábregas Medal, Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA)[5]
Family
Derbez married Eugenio González Sánchez de Tagle in 1957, and they had two children:[5] Eugenio,[9] and a daughter.[6] Her husband Eugenio González died in 1986.[4] Her granddaughter, Aislinn Derbez, is an actress.[19] Two other grandchildren, Vadhir Derbez and José Eduardo Derbez, are actors as well.[citation needed]
Filmography
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cremaron a la actriz Silvia Derbez". La Opinión. Notimex. 8 April 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-134-81188-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "2002: Deja de existir Silvia Derbez, un legado para el cine y la TV". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). El Universal. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mendoza de Lira, Alejandra; Tapia, Victoria (7 April 2002). "Murió Silvia Derbez, reina de las telenovelas". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Barrios, Carlos (9 March 2020). "Quién era la madre de Eugenio Derbez". El Debate (Mexico). Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-5261-4134-7.
- ^ ISSN 0185-0172.
- ^ a b Civita, Alicia (7 July 2023). "Silvia Derbez's Legacy Lives On in Modern Retelling of Mexico's First Telenovela 'Senda Prohibida'". We are Mitú. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- – via Taylor & Francis Online.
- ISBN 978-1-317-67798-7.
- ^ "Silvia Derbez y el día que representó a San Luis Potosí en Miss México". San Luis El Universal (in Spanish). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-134-81188-5.
- ISBN 978-0-8265-0563-7.
- ^ Basten, Stuart (June 2009). "Mass media and reproductive behaviour: serial narratives, soap operas and telenovelas". The Future of Human Reproduction: Working Paper (7): 5. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-317-67799-4.
- ^ Lejarazu, Liliana (10 November 2007). "Se pone Vanessa Bauche el delantal". La Opinión. Agencia Reforma. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "XII 1957 — Ganadores y nominados" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. 1957. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ^ Hernández, Karen (18 March 2023). ""La misma mirada": Aislinn Derbez cumplió 37 y cada vez se parece más a Silvia Derbez (FOTOS)". Nueva Mujer (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
External links
- Silvia Derbez at the Telenovela database