Alma Beltran
Alma Leonor Beltran (born August 22, 1919 in Sonora , Mexico - † June 9, 2007 in Northridge , California ) was a Mexican actress .
Life
Beltran started her film career in Hollywood in the role of Miss Guatemala in the movie Pan-America (1945). Until 2002 she played over 80 roles in film and television, often in smaller roles, always as a Mexican lady or senorita. These included roles in Bonanza , Railway Detective Matt Clark , Knight Rider and The Boss . On the screen you saw her in The Gallows Must Wait , Inferno by the River , Tracy Meets God , Another Man, Another Woman and finally in The Wedding Trap .
As a member of the group of Mexican artists in Los Angeles, she participated in music festivals such as the Fiesta de la Raza .
Filmography (selection)
- 1945: Yolanda and the Thief (Yolanda and the Thief)
- 1948: Love nights in Seville (The Loves of Carmen)
- 1948: Started at night (He walked by Night)
- 1953: Gun in hand (Gun Fury)
- 1954: California Symphony (Jubilee Trail)
- 1955: The Sea Chase (The Sea Chase)
- 1956: The Bottom of the Bottle
- 1957: Massacre - The gallows must wait (Dragoon Wells Massacre)
- 1968: Inferno on the River (Blue)
- 1974: Witness to a Conspiracy (The Parallax View)
- 1976: The Marathon Man
- 1978: home visits (House calls)
- 1980: Herbie rotates through (Herbie Goes Bananas)
- 1980: Tracy meets God (Oh, God! Book II)
- 1985: Into the Night (Into the Night)
- 1986: Be strong, Cassie! (Nobody's Fool)
- 1987: Flashpoint Mexico (Love Among Thieves)
- 1989: Second Hand Family (Immediate Family)
- 1990: Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
- 2002: The wedding event (Buying the Cow)
Web links
- Alma Beltran in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to other sources 1927 - so z. B. Gary D. Keller: A biographical handbook of Hispanics and United States film . Bilingual Press, Tempe, Ariz. 1997, ISBN 0-927534-65-7 .
- ↑ according to other sources in Rio de Janeiro
- ↑ Steven Loza : Barrio rhythm. Mexican American music in Los Angeles . University Press, Urbana, Ill. 1993, ISBN 0-252-01902-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beltran, Alma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beltran, Alma Leonor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sonora , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 2007 |
| Place of death | Northridge , California |