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Emma Roldán

Acting Born Feb 3, 1893 San Luis Potosi, Mexico 24 credits

Biography

Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award.

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Known for

Film

One Way Street

as Catalina
Film

La Cucaracha

as Comadrona

Full filmography

  • Si quiero (1967) as Juan's Mother
  • One Way Street (1950) as Catalina
  • La Cucaracha (1959) as Comadrona
  • Free Love (1978) as Viejita
  • Los hijos de María Morales (1952) as Doña María Morales
  • Shadow of Pancho Villa (1933) as La curandera
  • Entrega Inmediata (1963) as Doña Angustias
  • Ratero (1979)
  • Castle of Purity (1973) as Clerk
  • Señoritas (1959)
  • The Abduction (1954) as Esposa de Constancio (uncredited)
  • La calandria (1933) as Salomé
  • Cuidado con el amor (1954) as Chona
  • El mil amores (1954) as Gertrudis
  • Ojos tapatios (1938) as Chefa
  • Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey (1973) as Doña Paz
  • The Aztec Mummy (1957) as Criada
  • María (1922) as Efraín's Mother
  • Mi candidato (1937)
  • Vístete Cristina (1959)
  • Romeo y Julieta (1943) as Lady Capulet
  • The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957) as Maria
  • Beyond All Limits (1959) as Carmela
  • La infame (1954) as Leonor