
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.

El pueblo sin Dios
MOVIE • 1955

Bonitas las Tapatias
MOVIE • 1961

Melodías de amor
MOVIE • 1955

Gutierritos
MOVIE • 1959

Basket of Mexican Tales
MOVIE • 1956

Dos hijos desobedientes
MOVIE • 1960

Las tapatías nunca pierden
MOVIE • 1965

El tiro de gracia
MOVIE • 1961

El vestido de novia
MOVIE • 1959

Amor a balazo limpio
MOVIE • 1961

Se alquila marido
MOVIE • 1961

800 Leagues Over the Amazon
MOVIE • 1959

Me llaman el cantaclaro
MOVIE • 1964

Las canciones unidas
MOVIE • 1960

The Cha Cha Cha Widows
MOVIE • 1955

El Siete de Copas
MOVIE • 1960

Lo que le pasó a Sansón
MOVIE • 1955

Lástima de ropa
MOVIE • 1962