Rita Macedo

Born: 1928-12-08

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rita Macedo was a Mexican actress who performed during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was nominated for an Ariel Award for her 1956 performance in "Ensayo de un crimen" and in 1991 for a TVyNovelas Prize for "Alcanzar una estrella". She won the Best Actress Ariel Award in 1972 for "Tú, yo, y nosotros". She also was instrumental in bringing many works of international writers to the Mexican stage. She was married to a pioneer of Mexican radio, television and film, Luis de Llano Palmer, by whom she had two children, Julissa, an actress and musician, and Luis de Llano Macedo, renowned telenovela producer. On December 5, 1993, Macedo committed suicide after being diagnosed with cancer.


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Poison for the Fairies

as Jaime's Grandmother (uncredited)
Released: 1986-10-02

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan...

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Nazarin

as Andara
Released: 1959-06-04

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a...

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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

as Patricia Terrazas
Released: 1955-05-19

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned...

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Castle of Purity

as Beatriz
Released: 1973-05-10

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order...

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The Curse of the Crying Woman

as Selma
Released: 1963-08-15

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.

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Once Upon a Scoundrel

as uncredited
Released: 1973-01-01

After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in...

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The Paper Man

as Victoria, esposa del Torcuato
Released: 1963-10-05

A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he...

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The Other Virginity

as Eva's Mother
Released: 1975-04-24

Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor,...

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Los indolentes

as Inés Alday
Released: 1979-06-28

Wealthy family in the 1940s have failed to change with the times, and now everything's...

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Tú, yo, nosotros

as Silvia
Released: 1972-06-19

Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.

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Juana Gallo

as Starving woman
Released: 1961-05-21

Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic...

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The Corrupted

as uncredited
Released: 1971-02-10

Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia,...

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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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Stronghold

as Beatriz Vega
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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The White Rose

as Carmen López de Yáñez
Released: 1961-07-19

An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell...

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Por querer a una mujer

as uncredited
Released: 1951-09-14

Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.

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Internado para señoritas

as uncredited
Released: 1943-11-11

1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.

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Pueblo, canto y esperanza

as uncredited
Released: 1956-05-17

Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.

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Cambiando el destino

as Hermana Angustias
Released: 1992-01-01

A musical band of teens travel by plane to a scheduled event where they will perform in scenario...

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Angel del barrio

as Da Rosa
Released: 1981-06-17

Retired boxer is the moral compass of his slum neighborhood.

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Angel del barrio

as uncredited
Released: 1981-06-17

Retired boxer is the moral compass of his slum neighborhood.

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El juicio de los hijos

as Marta
Released: 1971-03-25

Widow with teenaged children faces hostility from her dead husband's mother, who seems to know a...

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Quinceañera

as Teresa, Beatriz's mother
Released: 1960-06-09

María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the...

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Los bandidos de Río Frío

as Mariana del Sauz
Released: 1956-02-04

Luis Aguilar heads the cast in this story of a band of outlaws whose exploits are more fun than...

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La mujer ajena

as uncredited
Released: 1955-10-26

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Felipe de Jesús

as Rosalia / Maria
Released: 1949-08-05

Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.

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Las últimas banderas

as Rosa
Released: 1954-01-01

Two Spanish soldiers, good friends, have to fight on the battlefield during the Peruvian war of...

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By the False Door

as Adela Quiroga
Released: 1950-11-16

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family...

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Salón de belleza

as uncredited
Released: 1951-11-16

Employees and clients at Merle's Beauty Stuff have illicit romances and cheating husbands and...

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Espejismo de la ciudad

as Trinidad
Released: 1976-03-25

Family from a farming community move to the capital and lose their moral compass.

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Rosenda

as Rosenda
Released: 1948-10-20

A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her...

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The Medallion of Crime

as María Álvarez
Released: 1955-06-22

Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a...

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A Bullet for Billy the Kid

as uncredited
Released: 1963-11-01

Western gunfighter Billy Kid decides to embark upon a new life and, accompanied by his sister,...

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Cinco rostros de mujer

as Elena (as Concha Macedo)
Released: 1947-02-26

"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter....

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Mi adorado salvaje

as uncredited
Released: 1952-03-21

The old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To...

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La casa colorada

as uncredited
Released: 1947-08-22

Mexican Revolution: rich man's son kills somebody over a woman, runs off to the war, goes home...

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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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Jesús, nuestro Señor

as Virgen María
Released: 1971-04-08

Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.

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Victoria

as uncredited
Released: 1972-06-08

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Manos de seda

as Elsa
Released: 1951-07-04

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Las infieles

as uncredited
Released: 1953-07-09

Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.

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Una mujer honesta

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-01

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Duelo en las montañas

as Esperanza
Released: 1950-02-18

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

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El señor gobernador

as uncredited
Released: 1951-05-18

Newly-elected state governor is challenged by his responsibilities.

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El rencor de la tierra

as uncredited
Released: 1949-11-10

Mexican movie

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Neutron vs. the Maniac

as Rebecca Núñez
Released: 1965-08-13

Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.

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En la mitad del mundo

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-01

Mexican-Ecuadorian film from 1964, originally titled: ‘The Misadventures of Don Ventura’. A...

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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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La estrella vacía

as Teresa
Released: 1960-05-05

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

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Las 5 noches de Adán

as uncredited
Released: 1942-04-18

Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international...

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Alcanzar una estrella

as Virginia
First aired: 1990-05-14

Alcanzar una estrella is a Mexican telenovela first broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in...

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The Turn of the Screw

as Señora Grose
First aired: 1981-10-30

A young governess arrives to a country house to care for two small orphans. Suddenly she...

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