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Rita Macedo

Acting Born Dec 8, 1928 Mexico City, Mexico 24 credits

Biography

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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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Known for

Alcanzar una estrella

as Virginia Armero

Full filmography

  • El milagro de vivir (1975) as María
  • Alcanzar una estrella (1990) as Virginia Armero
  • Poison for the Fairies (1986) as Jaime's Grandmother (uncredited)
  • Nazarín (1959) as Andara
  • The Cockfighter (1948)
  • The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) as Patricia Terrazas
  • Castle of Purity (1973) as Beatriz
  • The Turn of the Screw (1981) as Señora Grose
  • Las cinco noches de Adán (1942) as Etelvina
  • Tú, yo, nosotros (1972) as Silvia
  • Cielo Rojo (1962)
  • Mi marido (1951) as Isabel
  • The White Rose (1961) as Carmen López de Yáñez
  • Jesús, nuestro Señor (1971) as Virgen María
  • Rosenda (1948) as Rosenda
  • La reina del cielo (1959)
  • The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963) as Selma
  • The Paper Man (1963) as Victoria, esposa del Torcuato
  • La estrella vacía (1960) as Teresa
  • Juana Gallo (1961) as Starving woman
  • Espejismo de la ciudad (1976) as Trinidad
  • Las últimas banderas (1954) as Rosa
  • For Loving a Woman (1951)
  • Los ángeles de la tarde (1972)