Fanny Schiller

Born: 1901-08-03

Fanny Schiller Hernández (1897–1971) was an award-winning Mexican character actress, television star and also acted in operettas and musicals in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two best supporting actress awards from the Ariels and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses.


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The Black Scorpion

as Florentina
Released: 1957-10-11

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside...

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Pablo y Carolina

as uncredited
Released: 1957-04-27

Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a...

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Cuidado con el amor

as Isabel
Released: 1954-12-08

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in...

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Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness

as Rebecca
Released: 1962-12-14

In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into...

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María Isabel

as Manuela
Released: 1967-04-25

A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city...

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May God Forgive Me

as Olga
Released: 1948-03-25

Lena, a beautiful and mysteriously sinister refugee haunted by her past, is chased into the arms...

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Salon Mexico

as Señorita prefecta
Released: 1949-02-25

Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when...

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A Life in the Balance

as Carmen Martínez
Released: 1955-07-01

A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

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Los alegres Aguilares

as uncredited
Released: 1967-06-15

Identical cousins with mismatched Odd Couple personalities.

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La vida de Pedro Infante

as Doña Gervasia
Released: 1966-04-20

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Rubí

as Nana
Released: 1970-09-16

Rubi steals the fiancé from her millionaire friend Maribel, leaves her city and gets married in...

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The Abandoned

as Ninón
Released: 1945-05-18

A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of...

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Sombrero

as Doña Fela
Released: 1953-04-22

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.

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El tejedor de milagros

as Pueblerina
Released: 1962-12-27

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and...

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Love Has Many Faces

as Maria
Released: 1965-02-24

A woman lives in Acapulco with moochers and a husband who married her for her money.

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La loca

as Señora González de la Cueva
Released: 1952-05-29

Mentally-ill woman went over the edge 15 years earlier, as a result of family traumas and the...

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Las puertas del presidio

as Madre de Martin
Released: 1949-10-11

Unscrupulous boss frames an employee for a robbery so he can make time with the guy's sister.

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La maestra inolvidable

as Teódula
Released: 1969-09-25

Idealistic young teacher takes a post in a small, backwoods town and dedicates her life to...

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Mulata

as Doña Rosario
Released: 1954-07-16

In the port of Havana, two biracial children, Mateo (Ricardo Román) and Caridad (Ninón Sevilla)...

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The Treasure of Pancho Villa

as Laria Morales
Released: 1955-10-19

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

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Sentenciado a muerte

as uncredited
Released: 1951-01-01

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The Fearmaker

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-25

A world-famous stage performer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and...

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The Force of Desire

as Doña Remedios
Released: 1955-07-22

Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still...

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Tuya en cuerpo y alma

as Deborah
Released: 1945-06-01

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La hermana impura

as uncredited
Released: 1948-03-03

Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he...

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Reportaje

as Party guest
Released: 1953-11-13

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

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La muerte es puntual

as Doña Carmela
Released: 1967-01-19

Lurid crime drama about drug traffic.

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Una luz en mi camino

as uncredited
Released: 1939-02-01

A blind songwriter struggles to get his work published, and meanwhile a girl he's sweet on...

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La barranca sangrienta

as Doña Blanca (as Fanny Shyler)
Released: 1962-11-16

Alberto and Leonor have a son, they find out that one of the masked men who attacked them was...

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Por ellas aunque mal paguen

as Doña Victoria
Released: 1952-08-16

Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter...

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El gran espectáculo

as uncredited
Released: 1958-09-11

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Sor Ye-yé

as Madre de Juan
Released: 1968-03-09

Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his...

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Crimen y castigo

as Mamá de Ramón
Released: 1951-07-05

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts...

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Algo flota sobre el agua

as María Justina
Released: 1948-08-27

Labor disputes and love triangles among coastal-village fishermen.

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Nosotros los rateros

as Madre de Ludovico
Released: 1949-09-07

A young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it....

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Angélica

as uncredited
Released: 1952-06-12

An italian woman scapes from de WWII to Mexico where her uncle lives. She gets trapped in a...

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Las figuras de arena

as uncredited
Released: 1970-09-16

Separated Mom, Dad and son all come into conflict with each other during a brief reunion visit....

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Santa

as Elvira Gómez
Released: 1943-06-10

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot...

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A Woman's Devotion

as Señora Reidl
Released: 1956-11-16

An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on...

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Del rancho a la capital

as uncredited
Released: 1942-05-29

Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.

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Fruto prohibido

as Señorita directora
Released: 1953-04-01

A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up,...

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Red Rain

as Elisa's aunt
Released: 1950-01-26

Military leader is appointed to local government, becomes overly despotic in his leadership.

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Return of the Monster

as La bruja / doña Rebeca
Released: 1958-02-16

Mad scientist is trying to transplant the soul of an animated, talking skeleton into a living...

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Padre contra hijo

as Aunt Domitila
Released: 1955-08-23

Eloisa works hard, sewing, to his son Juan de Dios. He learns that he is the bastard son of...

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Furia roja

as Señora Navarro Stevens
Released: 1951-12-29

Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the...

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Canaima

as Gallineta
Released: 1945-10-04

College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.

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Escándalo de estrellas

as Paloma
Released: 1944-12-01

The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced...

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Guardián, el perro salvador

as uncredited
Released: 1950-04-05

Poor woman and her daughter hire on to rich family as servants. Husband/Daddy comes back from...

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Valentín de la Sierra

as uncredited
Released: 1968-09-11

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La casa de la zorra

as uncredited
Released: 1945-12-06

The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute...

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La mujer que yo amé

as uncredited
Released: 1950-06-29

A musician is injured and threatened for defending a girl and decides to go to the capital,...

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Señora Tentación

as uncredited
Released: 1948-04-29

Famous singer hires a pianist/songwriter on the strength of his compositions, then seduces him...

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Los Jóvenes

as Carmelita, Madre de 'El Gato'
Released: 1961-09-28

A gang member is attracted to a beautiful young woman, but approaching her only causes problems...

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Opio

as uncredited
Released: 1949-06-04

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Singing love is born

as uncredited
Released: 1954-04-14

Comical misadventures of a film crew trying to get their damn musical filmed.

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Flor de durazno

as Doña Encarnación
Released: 1945-09-08

City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.

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La emboscada mortal

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-30

Third film of a trilogy -- all the secondary tasks have been completed and...

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Duelo en las montañas

as Madre de Esperanza
Released: 1950-02-18

1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.

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The Scarlet Fox

as Witch
Released: 1959-01-01

A bizarre Mexican film in which a Zorro confronts horror creatures. It is part of a series...

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Maternidad imposible

as uncredited
Released: 1955-05-05

Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead,...

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Someone Wants to Kill Us!

as Abuela Rosalba 'La Aguerrida'
Released: 1970-11-05

A woman is sent to Mexico to kill the person who presumptly killed her father.

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Camelia

as Doncella de Camila (uncredited)
Released: 1954-02-16

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux...

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No te engañes corazón

as Refugio (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-19

No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first...

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La monja alférez

as Doña Úrsula
Released: 1944-07-27

A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells...

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The Naked Woman

as Violeta Bello
Released: 1953-03-25

A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past...

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Stronghold

as Mrs. Stevens
Released: 1951-10-25

In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs...

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Una gringuita en México

as Tía Rosa
Released: 1951-04-27

A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes...

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Perverted Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1946-09-13

A country girl finds herself working as a prostitute, but her true love, a musician, comes...

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Enemigos

as uncredited
Released: 1956-08-16

One son takes after mom, one son takes after dad. They don't get along, and the family splits...

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Mi lupe y mi caballo

as uncredited
Released: 1944-01-01

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Doña Mariquita de mi corazón

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-04

Adolfo, the son of Dona Mariquita, is committed to Marisa to please his mother, but his real...

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El cachorro

as uncredited
Released: 1966-06-03

El Cachorro is falsely accused of two murders; right after he's arrested flor those crimes,...

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El casto Susano

as uncredited
Released: 1954-05-20

Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they...

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Locura pasional

as uncredited
Released: 1956-03-14

Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.

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Cantaclaro

as uncredited
Released: 1946-01-24

A rootless wilderness-dude in the Venezuelan outback gets caught up in some human dramas despite...

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The Pharaoh's Court

as Widow
Released: 1944-06-08

The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious...

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Alejandra

as Rita
Released: 1942-07-02

There's a lot of confusion about who Alejandra's parents are, and until those questions are...

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Escuela de verano

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-16

Aging lecher struggles to launch an institution of higher learning for young ladies.

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El norteño

as uncredited
Released: 1963-11-07

Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil...

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La viuda celosa

as uncredited
Released: 1946-03-15

Young-ish widow forbids herself the pleasure of male company in deference to the deceased.

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La infame

as Victoria
Released: 1954-01-21

For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and...

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The Cockfighter

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-27

In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in...

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México de mis recuerdos

as Tía Gertrudis
Released: 1963-09-12

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A media luz

as Fru-Fru
Released: 1947-01-15

Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson.

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Secreto entre mujeres

as uncredited
Released: 1949-04-01

A big ol' player has different stages of a thing happening with each of the five women in a...

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El beisbolista fenómeno

as Doña Justa Carmona
Released: 1952-02-29

The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career...

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The Woman and the Beast

as La Mariposa
Released: 1959-07-23

Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.

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Curvas peligrosas

as uncredited
Released: 1950-10-11

Mexican feature film

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A Macabre Legacy

as Matilde
Released: 1939-11-29

A plastic surgeon goes mad when he discovers that his wife have an affair. He fakes her death...

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Bamba

as Doña Ofelia de Cacho
Released: 1949-06-02

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No se mande, profe

as uncredited
Released: 1969-02-27

Strait-laced teacher at a girl's school unleashes his wild side when he debuts as a pop singer...

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Mujeres engañadas

as Doña Rita
Released: 1961-01-01

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¡Ay, Palillo, no te rajes!

as uncredited
Released: 1948-09-30

Political satire about fixed elections in a small town.

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La negra Angustias

as Doña Chole
Released: 1950-01-19

When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning...

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Wild Heart

as Catalina de Molnar
Released: 1956-06-07

On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a...

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Savage Sunday

as uncredited
Released: 1967-06-01

Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next...

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Lágrimas robadas

as uncredited
Released: 1954-01-01

Mexican feature film

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Las engañadas

as Doña Carlota
Released: 1955-08-10

Irresponsible playboy seduces a decent young lady with a fake wedding; he continues being a...

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