Angélica Ortiz

Angélica de Jesús Ortiz Sandoval (born October 1, 1924 in Mexico City ; † October 26, 1996 ibid.) Was a Mexican film producer and screenwriter.

Ortiz began her career at the age of fifteen as a supporting actress in the theater. In 1943 she married the American musician Arnold Hartman and went to the USA with him. Her daughter, the singer Angélica María, was born there. The marriage ended in divorce in 1949 and Ortiz returned to Mexico. There she produced the show Dominó together with Julián Duprez .

In 1953 she started working for the Astral film company and produced her first film, Los que no deben nacer , directed by Agustín P. Delgado . In the same year she made her debut as a writer with the script for Ángeles de la calle , followed in 1954 by La mujer que se vendió . Delgado directed both films. In the following years she produced around 20 films with directors such as Mauricio de la Serna ( Pablo y Carolina , 1957), Luis Alcoriza ( Tarahumara , 1963 and Tiburoneros , 1963), Carlos Velo , her second husband ( Alguien nos quiere matar , 1969) , Alberto Isaac ( El rincón de las vírgenes , 1972) and Arturo Ripstein ( El castillo de la pureza , 1972).

In 1978 she wrote her third screenplay for the film La guerra de los pasteles , directed by Fernando Cortéz . Since the late 1960s, Ortiz also worked as a director for the theater. She adapted Gigi (1974) and Papacito piernas largas (1975), among others . Her daughter Angélica Maria was involved in both. In the following years she brought several plays for children on stage, in which her granddaughter Angélica Vale took on leading roles.

Ortiz also began working for television in the 1980s. There she produced the program El mago de Oz (1985), several telenovelas (including Lupina ) and several video clips. Until her death she worked as a producer and writer for the theater.

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• Cinemexicano - ORTIZ Sandoval, Angélica de Jesús
• Angélica Ortiz in the Internet Movie Database (English)