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Fernández, Indio (Emilio) b. March 26, 1903 d. August 6, 1986
Director, Actor. He was born in Hondo, Coahuila, Mexico. He is considered a legend in mexican cinema. He developed a career in both direction and acting. As Actor, he is fondly remembered as El Capitán Mapache in "The Wild Bunch" (1969). But he also appeared in "Return of the Seven" (1966), "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973), "Bring me the Head of Alfredo García"(1974), "Cruz Diablo" (1934), "The Night of the Iguana" (1964), "Under the Volcano" (1984) and "Pirates" (1986). As director, he...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Mausoleos del Ángel, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Foronda, Pituka de b. July 16, 1918 d. November 12, 1999
Actress. Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, she was the daughter of author Mercedes Pinto. After some stage experience in Montevideo, Uruguay, she made her motion picture debut in Cuba's first "talkie", "La Serpiente Roja" (1937). In 1941 Foronda went to Hollywood and made a screen test for the drama "For Whom the Bell Tolls", but the part went to Ingrid Bergman. She was then invited to Mexico by director Indio Fernández to appear in his film "La Isla de la Pasión", and...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Americano, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Franco, Hernando b. 1532 d. November 28, 1585
Composer. He was unusual among 16th Century Renaissance masters in that he was active in the Western Hemisphere. Although there had been European musicians in the New World before Franco, he is the first about whom definite information is known. Born in Galizuela, Spain, he trained as a choirboy in Segovia. He arrived in Guatemala, then part of New Spain, around 1552, and by 1571 he was in charge of music at the Cathedral of Santiago there. From 1575 until his death he was music director...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Plot: Main Chapel
Garasa, Ángel b. January 12, 1905 d. August 27, 1976
Actor. He was born in Madrid, Spain. After the Spanish Civil War, he was forced to exile and he moved to Mexico, where developed a long career on stage, cinema and television. Among his works "¡Así es mi Tierra!" (1937), "Ay Jalisco, No te Rajes" (1941), "Los Tres Mosqueteros" (1942), "Caminito Alegre" (1943), "La Casa de la Troya" (1947), "La Rebelión de los Fantasmas" (1949), "La Vida en Broma" (1950), "Misericordia" (1953), "El Señor Fotógrafo" (1953), "Prohibido Enamorarse" (1961), "La...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
García, Sara b. September 8, 1895 d. November 21, 1980
Actress. She was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. She become one of the most beloved actresses in Mexican cinema, and was best known as the Granny. She developed a prolific career on stage, cinema and television, appearing in over 200 films. Among others, she played in "Alma de Sacrificio" (1917), "Yo Soy tu Padre" (1927), "El Vuelo de la Muerte" (1933), "Marihuana" (1935), "Calumnia" (1939), "Ahí Está el Detalle" (1940), "Recordar es Vivir" (1940), "Las Tres Viudas de Papá" (1942), "Mamá Iné...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Español, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
González, Ana María b. August 31, 1920 d. June 18, 1983
Singer. She was born in Jalapa (Mexico). She began her career along with Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" in the dissapeared Salón Carpa Ofelia. But she triumphed with songs composed by Agustín Lara or Armando Manzanero. Among others "Madrid," "Volver a Empezar," "Golondrina de Ojos Negros," "Camino Verde," "Contigo" and "Sólamente una Vez." She died of a Heart Attack. Her epitaph reads: "Viajera Incansable, Has Detenido Tu Camino, Pero Dejas al Mundo ¡Tu Voz!." (Untiring traveller, you have stopped...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Grever, María b. August 16, 1885 d. December 15, 1951
Composer, Singer, Pianist. She was born (some sources say September 14, 1885) in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. She wrote her first song at the age of 4 and worked in United States. She wrote over 850 songs in her career. She is fondly remembered for songs such as "What a Difference a Day Makes," "Júrame," "Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado," "Te Quiero, Dijiste," "Bésame" and "Así." An operetta by Grever, entitled "Cantarito", was recently discovered. She died in New York. Her real name was María Joaquina...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Español, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Grifell, Prudencia b. December 22, 1876 d. June 7, 1970
Actress. She was born Prudencia Grifell Masip in Lugo (Galicia, Spain) and died in Mexico D.F. She began her career on stage in Venezuela. In 1904, she moved to Mexico where she created her own stage company, and where she lived until her death. On cinema, she appeared in "Internado para Señoritas" (1943), "La Culpable" (1946), "La Casa de la Troya" (1948), "La Dama del Alba" (1950), "Recién Casados... No Molestar" (1951), "El Ruiseñor del Barrio" (1952), "El Caso de la Mujer Asesinadita" (1955)...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Plot: A.N.D.A. Section
Guilmain, Ofelia b. November 17, 1921 d. January 14, 2005
Mexican Stage and Screen Actress. She took part in the Guerrillas of Theater groups in the Spanish Republican government, but she was forced to exile, when Franco's Fascist regime came to power. She fled to Mexico, where she spent the rest of her career. She appeared in more than 100 stage plays and films. In Mexico, she became one of the most important stage actresses. She was buried with the dress that she wore in "Las Troyanas" as Medea in Mexico D.F. She was cremated. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cause of death: Respiratory failure and Pneumonia
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Guízar, Tito b. April 8, 1908 d. December 24, 1999
Mexican Singer and Actor. He was born Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino in Guadalajara (México) and died in San Antonio (Texas). He had his own radio show in Los Angeles, Tito Guizar y Su Guitarra, where he succeeded with his arrangements of popular Mexican and Spanish melodies such as Cielito Lindo and La Cucaracha. He is best known for his song Allá en el Rancho Grande, that appeared in the film of the same name. He also played in the western The Gay Ranchero, singing You Belong to My Heart (...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel b. May 8, 1753 d. July 30, 1811
Revolutionary Leader. He is called "The Father of Mexican Independence". A Catholic priest of liberal ideas, he tried to improve the lot of Mexico's Indians and peons (laborers) but met with opposition from the church as well as the ruling Spaniards. On the night of September 15, 1810, Hidalgo rang the bells of his church in the village of Dolores and delivered his famous "Cry of Dolores", in which he demanded Mexico's independence from Spain. The following day he began raising a huge...[Read More] (Bio by: Gabriel Tobon)
Angel de la Independencia, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Huerta, Rodolfo Guzman 'El Santo' b. September 23, 1917 d. February 5, 1984
Mexican Wrestler and Film Actor. Under his professional wrestling name as "El Santo" Huerta was a major figure in the Mexican professional wrestling circuit and later in the Mexican cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. The fifth of seven children, his family moved to Mexico City in the 1920s where in his teen-age years he became interested in wrestling. Rodolfo's first wrestling appearance was said to have been at Arena Peralvillo Cozumel in June 1934 and he soon became an active figure on the...[Read More] (Bio by: Carl W. McBrayer)
Mausoleo María del Ángel, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Infante, Pedro b. November 18, 1917 d. April 15, 1957
Acclaimed Mexican actor and singer. Among his films: "Angelitos Negros" (1948), "Los Hijos de María Morales" (1952), "Ahora soy Rico" (1952), "Ansiedad" (1953), and "La Vida no Vale Nada" (1955). He was a screen idol in México. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cause of death: Plane crash
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Juarez, Benito b. March 21, 1806 d. July 18, 1872
President of Mexico.
Panteon San Fernando, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
King Pakal
Mayan King Pakal. Reigned from 615 to 683 AD, during the golden age of Mayan expansion. Credited with constructing most of what is now called Palenque ruins, including the giant Temple of the Inscriptions. In 1952 archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuillier discovered Pakal's sarcophagus deep inside the temple, down a hidden staircase. Several seated skeletons found around him are assumed to be ritual sacrificial victims. The sarcophagus lid gained brief fame after Erich von Daniken proposed that it...[Read More]
National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
López, Marga b. June 21, 1924 d. July 4, 2005
Actress. She was born in Tucumán (Argentina) and died in México. She was one of the great ladies of Mexican cinema and was awarded with several Ariels (the most important award of Mexican cinema). She developed all her career in Mexico, where she stablished in 1942. In cinema, she is remembered for films such as "Mamá Inés" (1946), "Amor con Amor se Paga" (1950), "La Dama del Alba" (1954), "Casa de Muñecas" (1954), "Nazarín" (1959), "¿Dónde Vas Triste de Ti?"(1960), "Los Fantasmas Burlones "(...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Lopez Capillas, Francisco b. 1608 d. January 18, 1674
Composer. Regarded as the first significant composer born in North America. His sacred music, written in the polyphonic style of the late Renaissance, was sung throughout the Spanish colonies during the 17th Century and was even imported to Europe. It includes eight Masses, 10 Magnificats, and a number of motets. Lopez Capilla was born in Mexico City. He was organist of the Cathedral at Puebla from 1641 to 1648, and music director of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City from 1654...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
López Moctezuma, Carlos b. November 19, 1909 d. July 14, 1980
Actor. He was born in Mexico D.F. Often, he played villains and appeared in more than 200 films become one of the most known faces of mexican cinema. Among others, he played in "Los Dos Cadetes" (1938), "La Casa del Ogro" (1939), "El Muerto Murió" (1939), "El Fantasma de Medianoche" (1940), "El Conde de Montecristo" (1942), "El Peñón de las Ánimas" (1943), "Sota, Caballo y Rey" (1944), "Las Mañanitas" (1948), "Crimen y Castigo" (1951), "El Ojo de Cristal" (1956), "Cielito Lindo" (1957), "La Má...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
López Portillo y Pacheco, José 'Jolopo' b. June 16, 1920 d. February 20, 2004
Mexican President. He served as President of Mexico from 1976 to 82. A lawyer and university professor, he wrote novels and works on political theory. He served from 1973 to 1975 as finance minister under President Luis Echeverría, whom he succeeded. As president, López Portillo developed Mexico's oil reserves, but faced a national financial crisis at the end of his term. He also served as a mediator in Pan-American disputes. He was the eldest son of two children of a soldier and bureaucrat who...[Read More] (Bio by: Debbie)
Cemeterio Militar, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Marques, Maria Elena b. December 14, 1926 d. November 11, 2008
Actress. One of Mexico's leading entertainment personalities, she is most remembered for several dozen films made over a 40 year career. Born Maria Elena Marques Rangel she was raised in the Mexican Capital, made her silver screen bow in the 1942 "Two Hearts and One Tango", and the next year was praised for her performance in "Dona Barbara". Well known during the Mexican cinema's 'Golden Age', Maria Elena's best known role was to be that of a fisherman's wife in the 1947 film adaptation of John...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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