Lilia Prado

Born: 1928-03-30

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.


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El analfabeto

as Blanca Morales
Released: 1961-09-07

Inocencio 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 Aquitanian
Released: 1948-05-15

A 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 Rosaura
Released: 1956-02-10

The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly...

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Wuthering Heights

as Isabel
Released: 1954-06-30

Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister,...

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The Poulterer Hawk

as Antonia 'La Gela'
Released: 1951-01-26

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 Martha
Released: 1955-05-04

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow,...

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La vida de Pedro Infante

as Eufemia, la sirvienta
Released: 1966-04-20

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Oficio de tinieblas

as Mercedes
Released: 1981-06-04

"Occupation of Darkness" - Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama...

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Mexican Bus Ride

as Raquel
Released: 1952-06-25

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a...

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Illusion Travels by Streetcar

as Lupita
Released: 1954-03-10

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be...

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La India

as La Cacariza
Released: 1976-10-26

Boy is traumatized from watching his sex-worker mother with her clients; he grows up with a...

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La Puerta Negra

as uncredited
Released: 1988-04-01

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Las interesadas

as uncredited
Released: 1952-10-31

Three young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's...

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El cara parchada

as uncredited
Released: 1980-02-28

Evil guy gratifies his ambitions and desires at any cost, and he prospers nicely. Until he doesn't.

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Un milagro de amor

as uncredited
Released: 1949-12-09

Young man goes to Mexico City in search of opportunity and gets framed for another person's...

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Nocturno de amor

as uncredited
Released: 1948-01-11

Venice Film Festival 1948

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Senda prohibida

as Nora
Released: 1961-04-06

The story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and...

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El fuego de mi ahijada

as uncredited
Released: 1979-01-01

Young Raúl looks for his ex-girlfriend Alicia to resume their relationship, but she responds...

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El medio pelo

as Lulú
Released: 1972-01-06

A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her...

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Perez Family

as uncredited
Released: 1949-05-04

Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though...

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My General's Wives

as Lupe
Released: 1951-07-13

The encounter with an old lover puts a revolutionary general in great danger of death.

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Faith, Hope and Charity

as Nurse (segment "Esperanza")
Released: 1974-02-14

Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces...

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Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas

as Lilia Prado
Released: 1987-08-06

Five friends decide to go to Las Vegas to get money and one of them thinks of robbing a casino.

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El desalmado

as Aurora Cervantes 'La Jarochita'
Released: 1950-06-28

Fictional biography of a career criminal.

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Adiós Lagunilla, adiós

as uncredited
Released: 1984-05-09

Middle-aged couple's adult children decide to emigrate to USA. Third movie in trilogy.

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Heart of beast

as uncredited
Released: 1951-02-21

Wanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.

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El rincón de las vírgenes

as Nieves García
Released: 1972-11-30

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

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La locura del rock and roll

as Teresa García
Released: 1957-03-29

Two rival colleges prepare for a Battle Of The Bands. Also malt-shoppes and football games.

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Talpa

as Juana
Released: 1956-12-20

Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older...

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Pobre corazón

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-17

Woman discovers she's dying of an incurable illness, so she tries to make her husband hate her;...

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Los valientes de Guerrero

as uncredited
Released: 1974-11-14

Weaselly 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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Asesinos de la lucha libre

as uncredited
Released: 1962-02-15

Cowboy sheriff investigates the murder of a crooked lucha-libre promoter.

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Los cuervos están de luto

as Mariana
Released: 1965-01-01

The family of a dying man celebrates his wake while the man is still alive, showing their...

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Crimen y castigo

as Sonia
Released: 1951-07-05

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

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Confidencias de un ruletero

as Rosa
Released: 1949-11-16

Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder...

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Después de la tormenta

as uncredited
Released: 1955-01-21

This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal...

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Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl

as Amiga 2
Released: 1948-06-04

Rolando, a millionare, travels to a remote island and meets the young and tough Tania, a local...

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Cuando acaba la noche

as Consuelo González
Released: 1950-06-14

Newspaper reporter interests himself in contesting a manslaughter verdict on behalf of the son...

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Vuelta al paraíso

as uncredited
Released: 1960-06-30

All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who...

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El malvado Carabel

as uncredited
Released: 1961-11-12

Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.

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The Castaway on the Street of Providence

as Herself
Released: 1971-05-14

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in...

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The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

as uncredited
Released: 1970-09-15

A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

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Arriba Michoacán

as uncredited
Released: 1987-07-09

The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk...

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El reino de los gángsters

as uncredited
Released: 1948-08-05

Johnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of...

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Lovers of the Lord of the Night

as Celina
Released: 1986-10-29

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the...

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Sand kisses

as uncredited
Released: 1959-07-16

Romantic rivalries and violence on a tropical island.

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I'm flying low

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-22

Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.

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México de noche

as uncredited
Released: 1975-06-12

Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.

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La reina del cielo

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-01

A tribe of Venezuelan Indians in the jungle, commanded by chief Coromoto live with fear because...

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Horas de agonía

as uncredited
Released: 1958-01-08

Nubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark...

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Audaz y bravero

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-09

Two ranchers competing over a woman. Cult actor Noe Murayama plays a mentally handicapped character.

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Emanuelo

as uncredited
Released: 1984-09-06

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Novia a la medida

as uncredited
Released: 1949-05-31

Door-to-door salesman falls for a young woman, implements hare-brained schemes to separate her...

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Mis secretarias privadas

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-01

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Mi nombre es Sergio, soy alcohólico

as Madre de Claudia
Released: 1981-06-18

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Tongolele Has Been Killed

as Clarita
Released: 1948-09-30

Murder mystery set in a night-club; who killed the star performer?

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Más Buenas que el Pan

as uncredited
Released: 1987-09-10

After winning a bet, Lalo goes on vacation with his two daughters and his best friend, they will...

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Pata de palo

as uncredited
Released: 1950-11-29

Boy witnesses a murder, killer terrorizes and exploits him.

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Cita con la muerte

as uncredited
Released: 1949-06-22

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Traigo mi 45

as María Elena Ruiz
Released: 1952-01-01

Mexican feature film

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Mojado de nacimiento

as uncredited
Released: 1981-05-10

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Hembras De Tierra Caliente

as uncredited
Released: 1991-01-01

A small rural town projects all of their real and perceived sins and transgressions on the...

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Ladrones de niños

as Marta
Released: 1958-07-17

Kidnapping band has a system set up to transport infants and older children to black-market...

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Dos tipas de cuidado

as uncredited
Released: 1989-08-17

Gold-digger conspires with gal-pal to snag herself a rich husband.

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Dueña y señora

as uncredited
Released: 1948-11-20

After his wife dies, the master of the house can... maybe... acknowledge that he had children...

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Ratero

as uncredited
Released: 1979-02-01

Solovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province...

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Little Town

as Margarita
Released: 1962-08-02

Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.

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Una gallega en México

as uncredited
Released: 1949-12-31

The Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates...

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The Promised Land?

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-12

Farm's not producing, and a rural family feel like they've exhausted their options, so they move...

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Rumba caliente

as uncredited
Released: 1952-11-27

Stage-hand and a concession-girl try to break into showbiz.

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Arriba el norte

as uncredited
Released: 1949-08-14

Husband and wife are reunited after a twenty-year misunderstanding; their grown daughter has her...

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Tío de mi vida

as uncredited
Released: 1952-10-01

Hard-partying college student wants his parents to think he's a serious and respectable young...

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Si fuera una cualquiera

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-31

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La pasión de Isabela

as Perla
First aired: 1984-04-30

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