Lilia Prado
Lilia Prado (born March 30, 1928 in Sahuayo , Michoacán , † May 22, 2006 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican actress who has appeared in over a hundred films and television productions. Especially in her early films, she also acted as a singer and dancer .
Life
After winning a Mexican beauty pageant , Leticia Lilia Amezcua Prado began working for the film industry and has been in this position for more than four decades . Her first film was the 1947 drama Ángel o demonio ( Eng . Angel or demon ), her last film Hembras de tierra caliente ( Eng . Women of the hot country ) premiered in 1991.
She played her first leading female role at the side of Adalberto Martínez in the 1949 film Confidencias de un ruletero (German. Confidences of a taxi driver ).
In the early 1950s, she starred in three films by famous Spanish director Luis Buñuel : The Path That Leads to Heaven , The Illusion Rides the Tram and Abyss of Passion , an adoption from Wuthering Heights .
For her life's work, Lilia Prado was awarded the Mexican Ariel de Oro Film Prize by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas in 1999.
She died at the age of 78 as a result of kidney disease , which combined with an additional lung failure caused a fatal heart attack .
Filmography (selection)
- 1948: Tarzan in danger (Aquitanian)
- 1951: Las mujeres de mi general
- 1952: The Way That Leads to Heaven (Subida al cielo)
- 1953: The illusion travels by tram (La ilusión viaja en tranvía)
- 1954: Abysses of Passion (Abismos de pasión)
- 1956: Talpa
- 1961: El analfabeto
Web links
- Lilia Prado in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Muere la actriz Lilia Prado (Spanish; article of May 23, 2006)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prado, Lilia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amezcua Prado, Leticia Lilia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sahuayo , Michoacan , Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 2006 |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |