Deemed as Latin America’s Marlene Dietrich, Andrea Palma was a versatile theater, film and television actress in Mexico, Hollywood and Spain. Born as Guadalupe Bracho on April 16, 1903 in Durango City, Mexico, she was one of eleven children. Palma was not the only member of her family to pursue a film career during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema . Her brothers, Julio Bracho and Jesus Bracho, were a director-writer and set designer working in the Mexican Studio System and her cousins were one of Hollywood’s most well known “Latin Lovers,” Ramon Novarro, and Latin American to Hollywood crossover star Dolores Del Rio.
Palma began a career in the arts in Mexico City, working at local theater companies and contributing her talents to the Mexican fashion industry. After the success of her cousins, Novarro and Del Rio, in Hollywood’s silent film industry, Palma traveled to Los Angeles and was hired as the wardrobe consultant for Marlene Dietrich on the set of Josef von Sternberg’s Blonde Venus (1932). On the set she was used as an uncredited stand-in and stunt double to Dietrich. Palma was inspired by this experience to change her appearance and modeled her new look after Dietrich.
Palma’s reinvented sultry style caught the attention of Russian filmmaker Arcady Boytler and
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Stars from all over Latin America, including those who were exiled from Spain during the Spanish Civil War, joined this new artistic effort, but Palma was one of the first actress to sign onboard. After returning to Mexico, Palma resumed her career and her later film credits included: Adventura (1950), Sensuallidad (1951), Luis Buñuel’s Ensayo de un Crimen (1955), Miércoles de ceniza (1958) and The White Sister (1960). In the 1960s she began appearing in several televised Mexican
...e best dramatic female performance in Del Rio’s honor. Vestiges of Del Rio remain in America, such as a statue at Hollywood-La Brea Boulevard in Los Angeles, honoring ethnic leading ladies of the cinema, featuring Del Rio with Mae West, Dorothy Dandridge and Anna May Wong. Del Rio also has a star on the iconic Walk of Fame, located on 1630 Vine Street.
Dorothy Napangardi was born in approximately 1956. Dorothy grew up in Mina Mina, Jukurrpa. This relates to a major Women’s Dreaming site that is sacred to Warlpiri women of the Napangardi and Napanangka skin groups. She grew up in the Yuendumu Community which is 300 km away from Alice Springs in Central Australia.
Isabel: Elpidia Carrillo an el Salvadorian, who's father was a disliked leader of a union there, an illegal alien working as a nanny for a rich couple. When she married jimmy she became, "free" but her morals and religious beliefs wouldn't let her take the vows of marriage lightly. She was a loving, persistent woman who didn't let her anger eat her alive.
Before and during her rapid rise to Hollywood stardom, Temple’s family played an important role in her childhood. Born in Santa Monica, California on April 23, 1928, Temple was welcomed into the world by her parents and two older brothers. Mr. George Temple worked as banker while Mrs. Gertrude Temple devoted her time to nurturing her baby girl, since her two older sons, George Jr. and John, were already independent teenagers (Dubas 7-8). ...
Marilyn bleached her hair and grew highly independent. She started studying in the field of acting at the Actors’ Lab in Hollywood. Sh...
The locals describe Elanora Heights as a family-oriented suburb that is only about 5 minutes from the beaches. The Deep Creek Reserve calls Elanora Heights home. This is primarily a residential suburb with mostly single dwellings, most of which are affordable. There are several large blocks of land that provide optimal views of the water and nature that surrounds this pretty and peaceful Sydney suburb. There a many renovation opportunities here and as more development occurs, it will see unbelievable growth. Currently, there is plenty to do and see in Elenora Heights including cafes, restaurants, hair salons, and a small shopping centre.
In 1964, Leticia was born in Chavinda which is a very small town in Mexico. Leticia had a very difficult life growing up because her dad left to go to the United States to work but eventually he passed away and her mother would always be working in never had time for Leticia and her siblings so her grandparents would be the one taking care of her and her siblings, so she called them her parents. Leticia would also start working so she can help her mother with paying bills because he stopped going to school in middle school because they couldn’t afford money so she could continue school. Back in the 1960s, it was very easy to cross the border because there weren’t any policies there to stop you and there were better ways to cross like you could have someone else’s passport that you look pretty similar to you and they would just let you go with no
Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital. Prior to her birth, Marilyn's father bought a motorcycle and headed north to San Francisco, abandoning the family in Los Angeles. Marilyn grew up not knowing for sure who her father really was. Her mother, Gladys, had entered into several relationships, further confusing her daughter as to who it was who fathered her. Afterward, Gladys gave Norma Jean (Marilyn) the name of Baker, a boyfriend she had before Mortenson. Poverty was a constant companion to Gladys and Norma. Gladys, who was extremely attractive and worked for RKO Studios as a film cutter, suffered from mental illness and was in and out of mental institutions for the rest of her life, and because of that Norma Jean spent time in foster homes. When she was nine she was placed in an orphanage where she was to stay for the next two years. Upon being released from the orphanage, she went to yet another foster home. In 1942, at the age of 16, Norma Jean married 21-year-old aircraft plant worker James Dougherty. The marriage only lasted four years, and they divorced in 1946. By this time Marilyn began to model swimsuits and bleached her hair blonde. Various shots made their way into the public eye, where some were eventually seen by RKO Pictures head Howard Hughes. He offered Marilyn a screen test, but an agent suggested that 20th Century-Fox would be the better choice for her, since it was a much bigger and more prestigious studio. She was signed to a contract at $125 per week for a six-month period and that was increased by $25 per week at the end of that time when her contract was lengthened.
Selena, “Le Reina de Tejano”, was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson. She was the youngest of three children of Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcela, his wife. At a young age, Abraham had a strong passion for music that he still has. During the 1950s and 1960s, him and his friends made a group called “Los Dinos” and played at nightclubs and restaurants. Even though his passion for music, he gave it up when he got married and earned a job at Dow Chemical as a shipping clerk.
Following her heart, she continued pursuing her dreams; winning fancy cakes and more opportunities to showed her talent. Her big break was in 1950 when La Sonora Matancera was looking for a new leading singer, because her previous singer Mirtha Silva decided to quit to returned to her native Puerto Rico. Even though Celia Cruz was rough around the edges, they decided to give her a break. A lot of people call local radio station complaining about Cruz, also the executive in the industry did not believe that a female singer could sell albums. She proved them wrong. Celia ‘s perseverance ove...
Blasting off into space was once an all-male’s game. But on the heels of such trailblazers as Sally Ride, engineer and inventor Ellen Ochoa became part of growing breed of NASA female astronauts who have since helped change all that. Ellen Ochoa, a veteran astronaut, is the 11th director of the Johnson Space Center. She is JSC’s first Hispanic director, and its second female director. In 1993, she made history by becoming the first Hispanic woman from any country to travel in space. She would follow up this journey with three more space flights in 1994, 1999 and 2001, logging more than 700 hours in space. Despite being rejected two times from NASA’s Training Program,
As the first major U.S. success for a Spanish language film, Como Agua Para Chocolate (Alfonso Arau, 1992) has had a major impact on Hispanic culture and the future of Hispanic cinema. This film has many implicit and explicit layers that challenge typical cultural ideals, not only in Hispanic culture, but in various cultures across the world. Based on his wife, Laura Esquivel’s novel, Arau used this film, known commonly as Like Water for Chocolate, to bring to the surface the liberation of females through the empowerment of food. Although food and cooking are often associated with the oppression and generalization of Hispanic women, Like Water for Chocolate captivates an empowering view of women using intimate and heightened cinematography of the food.
Zill de Granados, Oriana. Nuestra Familia: Our Family. Center for Investigative Reporting and Latino Public Broadcasting, Sep. 2006. Web. http://nuestrafamiliaourfamily.org/pages/film.html
Dona Barbara is a 1943 Mexican film directed by Fernando de Funters the film is based on Romulo Gallegos 1920 novel of the same name. While the film was produced in Mexico, the story takes place on Los Llanos de Aruca Vally Venezuela (Aruca Vally lowlands). Important natural resources themes enforced on this movie are the use of The Orinoco River as means of transportation and communication and the use of agrarian activities as the way to make a profit.
Marilyn was not the usual movie idol. She was called many different things like: sex appeal, and a vulnerability, and determined to a legend. She wasn’t just your average girl. ( “ Marilyn Monroe.” Encyclopedia Britannica.). She craved attention and was also a very needy person. She loved the spotlight her directors gave her and that’s why she was in or made that many movies. She was always caught saying her lines while walking down the street. She played as many different people in movies. Giving her the desire ...