Lilia Prado
Lilia Prado (March 30, 1928 – May 22, 2006) was a Mexican actress and dancer. After winning a beauty contest she started working in the Mexican cinematographic industry, first as an extra, and later on in leading roles. She starred in over 100 films, being directed by Luis Buñuel in Subida al cielo (Ascent to Heaven), Abismos de pasión (Wuthering Heights), and La ilusión viaja en tranvía (Illusion Travels by Streetcar). In many films she shared scenes with Pedro Infante. She and Silvia Pinal were the only actresses who worked with Buñuel in three films.
El analfabeto
as Blanca MoralesInocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of...
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Tarzan and the Mermaids
as AquitanianA high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the...
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The Hawks
as RosauraThe story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly...
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The Poulterer Hawk
as Antonia 'La Gela'Two bumpkins in the big city fight over the same girl, until they realize that she's playing...
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La vida no vale nada
as MarthaPablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow,...
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Wuthering Heights
as IsabelGone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister,...
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Mexican Bus Ride
as RaquelNewlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a...
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Perez Family
as uncreditedGumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though...
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El fuego de mi ahijada
as uncreditedYoung Raúl looks for his ex-girlfriend Alicia to resume their relationship, but she responds...
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La India
as La CacarizaBoy is traumatized from watching his sex-worker mother with her clients; he grows up with a...
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Illusion Travels by Streetcar
as LupitaConfronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be...
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Confidencias de un ruletero
as RosaTaxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder...
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Cuando acaba la noche
as Consuelo GonzálezNewspaper reporter interests himself in contesting a manslaughter verdict on behalf of the son...
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Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas
as Lilia PradoFive friends decide to go to Las Vegas to get money and one of them thinks of robbing a casino.
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Faith, Hope and Charity
as Nurse (segment "Esperanza")Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces...
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Crimen y castigo
as SoniaAdaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts...
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El rincón de las vírgenes
as Nieves García"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
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Oficio de tinieblas
as Mercedes"Occupation of Darkness" - Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama...
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La reina del cielo
as uncreditedA tribe of Venezuelan Indians in the jungle, commanded by chief Coromoto live with fear because...
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The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
as uncreditedA man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.
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Lovers of the Lord of the Night
as CelinaVenusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the...
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The Promised Land?
as uncreditedFarm's not producing, and a rural family feel like they've exhausted their options, so they move...
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Novia a la medida
as uncreditedDoor-to-door salesman falls for a young woman, implements hare-brained schemes to separate her...
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El malvado Carabel
as uncreditedFrustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.
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Talpa
as JuanaProduced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older...
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Dos tipas de cuidado
as TeclaGold-digger conspires with gal-pal to snag herself a rich husband.
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Ratero
as uncreditedSolovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province...
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El medio pelo
as LulúA woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her...
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Senda prohibida
as NoraThe story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and...
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Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl
as Amiga 2Rolando, a millionare, travels to a remote island and meets the young and tough Tania, a local...
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Después de la tormenta
as uncreditedThis Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal...
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Sand kisses
as uncreditedRomantic rivalries and violence on a tropical island.
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Hembras De Tierra Caliente
as uncreditedA small rural town projects all of their real and perceived sins and transgressions on the...
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Más Buenas que el Pan
as uncreditedAfter winning a bet, Lalo goes on vacation with his two daughters and his best friend, they will...
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Tongolele Has Been Killed
as ClaritaMurder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?
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El desalmado
as Aurora Cervantes 'La Jarochita'Fictional biography of a career criminal.
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Adiós Lagunilla, adiós
as uncreditedMiddle-aged couple's adult children decide to emigrate to USA. Third movie in trilogy.
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Audaz y bravero
as uncreditedTwo ranchers competing over a woman. Cult actor Noe Murayama plays a mentally handicapped character.
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Un milagro de amor
as uncreditedYoung man goes to Mexico City in search of opportunity and gets framed for another person's...
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Heart of beast
as uncreditedWanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.
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El reino de los gángsters
as uncreditedJohnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of...
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México de noche
as uncreditedTwo street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.
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La locura del rock and roll
as Teresa GarcíaTwo rival colleges prepare for a Battle Of The Bands. Also malt-shoppes and football games.
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Dueña y señora
as uncreditedAfter his wife dies, the master of the house can... maybe... acknowledge that he had children...
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Horas de agonía
as uncreditedNubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark...
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Arriba Michoacán
as uncreditedThe two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk...
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The Castaway on the Street of Providence
as HerselfFriends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in...
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Las interesadas
as uncreditedThree young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's...
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Ladrones de niños
as MartaKidnapping band has a system set up to transport infants and older children to black-market...
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Asesinos de la lucha libre
as uncreditedCowboy sheriff investigates the murder of a crooked lucha-libre promoter.
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Rumba caliente
as uncreditedStage-hand and a concession-girl try to break into showbiz.
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Pata de palo
as uncreditedBoy witnesses a murder, killer terrorizes and exploits him.
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Los cuervos están de luto
as MarianaThe family of a dying man celebrates his wake while the man is still alive, showing their...
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My General's Wives
as LupeThe encounter with an old lover puts a revolutionary general in great danger of death.
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I'm flying low
as uncreditedTwo hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.
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Los valientes de Guerrero
as uncreditedWeaselly bad guy wants to get in good with a woman he's hot for, so he frames the hero for a...
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Arriba el norte
as uncreditedHusband and wife are reunited after a twenty-year misunderstanding; their grown daughter has her...
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Una gallega en México
as uncreditedThe Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates...
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Little Town
as MargaritaReactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.
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Tío de mi vida
as uncreditedHard-partying college student wants his parents to think he's a serious and respectable young...
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Vuelta al paraíso
as uncreditedAll men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who...
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El cara parchada
as uncreditedEvil guy gratifies his ambitions and desires at any cost, and he prospers nicely. Until he doesn't.
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Pobre corazón
as uncreditedWoman discovers she's dying of an incurable illness, so she tries to make her husband hate her;...
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