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Delia Magaña

Acting Born Feb 2, 1903 Mexico City, Mexico 24 credits

Biography

Delia Magaña was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer. Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. For her 60 years in the film industry, as well as for contributing to the American cinema, Magaña's name and hand print are preserved in the sidewalk outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.

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Known for

Film

Satanic Pandemonium

as Mother Superior

Full filmography

  • Satanic Pandemonium (1975) as Mother Superior
  • We the Poor (1948) as La Tostada
  • Picardía mexicana (1978)
  • Los Malditos (1966)
  • El Siete Machos (1951) as Chole
  • Lagunilla 2 (1982)
  • El Quelite (1970) as Pecosa
  • Sor Ye-yé (1968) as Monja sorda
  • Comedians of the League (1957) as Doña Fredonia
  • Get Off at the Next Corner! (1948) as La Bicha (Waitress)
  • Guerra de sexos (1978)
  • You the Rich (1948) as La Tostada
  • Curmudgeon (1930)
  • Inmaculada (1950) as Severina
  • El corrido de María Pistolas (1964)
  • Bala Perdida (1960)
  • El norteño (1963)
  • Alazán y enamorado (1966) as Delia Varela, nana
  • Loving Was His Sin (1951)
  • Los valientes no mueren (1962)
  • Divorciadas (1943)
  • Tu camino y el mio (1973)
  • Pensión de artistas (1956)
  • Bésame mucho (1945)