Rosa Carmina

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Rosa Carmina Riverón Jiménez (born November 19, 1929 in Havana ) is a Mexican actress , dancer and singer of Cuban origin. She is one of the most famous actors in Mexican film of the 1940s and 1950s. Through her roles in crime films, Carmina was nicknamed Queen of the Gangsters .

Life

Rosa Carmina was born in Havana in 1929, the youngest of four siblings. She took dance lessons at an early age and was discovered in 1946 by the film producer, director and actor Juan Orol , who was looking for a new star for his films. After auditioning for Orol, Carmina was signed for three films.

After the first films with Rosa Carmina proved to be a success, her collaboration with Juan Orol was extended. In total, she took part in sixteen of his films by 1955. Since she played her most famous roles in film noirs, Carmina was nicknamed Queen of the Gangsters . In 1949 Carmina and Orol married.

In 1950 Rosa Carmina made her first film for the film studio Producciones Rosas Priego and in the following years she also appeared in productions by other well-known directors such as Tulio Demicheli . After she turned down a role in another film by Juan Orol, this ended the collaboration in 1955 after nine years. Their marriage had also failed the year before. Carmina has been replaced by Silvia Pinal as the leading actress in Orol's films. In the following years her career slowed down slightly. The Spanish-Mexican co-production Sag es mit Musik by Ignacio F. Iquino , in which Carmina played one of the leading roles, was an exception . The film became a huge hit in the Spanish-speaking market.

In the years that followed, Rosa Carmina also appeared in other genres such as fantasy and horror films. In 1992 she ended her career as an actress with three guest appearances in the telenovela María Mercedes .

In addition to her film career, Carmina has also appeared as an actress, singer and dancer in theaters, live shows and nightclubs across Central and South America. In her last active years as an actress, she was also increasingly seen as a guest star in various television series.

Rosa Carmina was married five times. Her first husband served in the military and was a World War II veteran . After her second marriage to Juan Orol, she married Ramon de Florez. Her last two spouses were businessmen from Spain and Lebanon . Carmina now lives in a property near Barcelona .

honors and awards

Rosa Carmina has received several awards for her services to Mexican film. In 2003 she received the Mexican Cinema Journalists' Special Silver Goddess . Exhibitions about Rosa Carmina and her films were shown at the Center Georges-Pompidou in Paris , among others . In addition, according to a statement by Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas, the Zona Rosa district in Mexico City , which was renamed in the 1950s, is said to be named after Carmina.

In the 2012 feature film El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol about the life of Juan Orol, Rosa Carmina plays an important role. She is portrayed in the film by Mexican actress Ximena Rubio .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1948: Tania, la bella salvaje
  • 1948: El reino de los gángsters
  • 1948: Gangsters contra charros
  • 1950: Amor salvaje
  • 1950: Cabaret Shangai
  • 1951: En carne viva
  • 1952: Viajera
  • 1953: La diosa de Tahití
  • 1954: Sandra, la mujer de fuego
  • 1957: Say it with music (Quiéreme con música)
  • 1963: La sombra blanca
  • 1975: Bellas de noche
  • 1992: María Mercedes (TV series, three episodes)

literature

  • Fernando Muñoz Castillo: Las Reinas del Tropico: Maria Antonieta Pons, Meche Barba, Amalia Aguilar, Ninón Sevilla & Rosa Carmina . Grupo Azabache, 1993, ISBN 968-6084-85-1
  • Rogelio Agrasánchez Jr .: Bellezas del cine mexicano / Beauties of Mexican Cinema . Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez, 2001, ISBN 968-5077-11-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rumberas cubanas en México. Rosa Carmina. In: Dcubanos. Retrieved December 10, 2018 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Ignacio Guevara: Zona Rosa. In: México Desconocido. Retrieved May 27, 2018 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Carmina, pink
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carmina Riverón Jiménez, Rosa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican actress, dancer and singer of Cuban descent
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana