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Columba Domínguez

Columba Domínguez

Columba Domínguez Adalid (March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was a Mexican film actress. Considered a crucial figure in theGolden Age of Mexican cinema. Considered one of the muses of the film director Emilio Fernández, who, moreover, was romantically linked for several years. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film Pueblerina (1949), considered one of the jewels of the Mexican Cinema. Columba Domínguez Adalid born on March 4, 1929 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, reaching very young with her family to the Mexico City. When she went to a party with one of her sisters, was discovered by the Mexican film director Emilio Fernández, who was amazed by her beauty with very marked Mexican features and gives you entry to a movie with little roles in films such as La perla (1945) and Río Escondido (1947). In 1948, Fernandez give her the antagonistic role in the film Maclovia (1948), with María Félix. Her performance is praised by critics and thanks to this film, Fernández entrusted with the leading role that would become her best film: Pueblerina (1948). Thanks to this movie Columba rises the stardom rapidly and becomes known worldwide to be presented at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In that same year she participated in La Malquerida, with Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz. Preceded by the success of Pueblerina, Columba was contracted in Italy to participate in the film L'Edera (1950).[1] The same year, she filming Un día de vida, which went unnoticed in Mexico, but became a huge success in the former Yugoslavia, released in 1952. Encased in native roles, Columba separates professionally Fernandez in 1952, which allowed them to become one first figure and work under the orders of other filmmakers, such as Luis Bunuel (with whom she worked in El río y la muerte (1955)), Fernando Méndez (director of the cult film Ladrón de cadáveres (1957), considered one of the best Mexican horror films) and Ismael Rodriguez (who took her to star in two masterpieces: Los Hermanos de Hierro (1961) and Ánimas Trujano (1962), with the Japanese actorToshiro Mifune), among others. In 1962 she participated in El tejedor de milagros, a film that represented Latin America in the IX Berlin Film Festival. Columba also made the first official nude in the Mexican Cinema in the film La virtud desnuda. (1956). In the television, Domínguez participed in some telenovelas like La tormenta (1967) and El carruaje (1972). Her last appearance in the television was in Aprendiendo a amar(1979). After her retirement in 1987, Columba was devoted to dance, humanistic art, painting (coming to exhibit in Europe) and piano. In 2008, after more than 20 years of retirement from cinema, the Mexican director Roberto Fiesco, returned her to the cinema with the short film Paloma. That same year, Dominguez was honored by the International Film Festival de la Frontera, in Ciudad Juarez, in which some of the most representative titles in which he participated were projected.[2] In 2010, Domínguez made a special appearances in the films La cebra and Borrar la memoria.[3] In 2012, she participates in the film El último trago. In May 2013, Columba Domínguez was honored with the Golden Ariel Award for her contributions to the Mexican film industry.

Personal information

Birthday

1929-03-04

Birth Place

Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico

Movies and TV shows :

Adventure at the Center of the Earth

Adventure at the Center of the Earth

1965

5.9

Movie
Ambición sangrienta

Ambición sangrienta

1968

5.0

Movie
Arriba Michoacán

Arriba Michoacán

1987

5.0

Movie
Borrar de la Memoria

Borrar de la Memoria

2010

6.3

Movie
Bread, Love and Andalucia

Bread, Love and Andalucia

1958

6.2

Movie
Cuando levanta la niebla

Cuando levanta la niebla

1952

6.4

Movie
Devotion

Devotion

1950

6.0

Movie
Duelo de pistoleros

Duelo de pistoleros

1966

5.0

Movie
Duelo indio

Duelo indio

1961

5.0

Movie
El caudillo

El caudillo

1957

5.0

Movie
El hombre propone...

El hombre propone...

1965

5.0

Movie
El mar y tu

El mar y tu

1952

5.5

Movie
El tejedor de milagros

El tejedor de milagros

1962

5.7

Movie
El tiro de gracia

El tiro de gracia

1961

5.0

Movie
Enterrado vivo

Enterrado vivo

1961

5.0

Movie
Five lives and one destiny

Five lives and one destiny

1957

5.6

Movie
Furia en el Edén

Furia en el Edén

1964

5.0

Movie
Historia de un abrigo de mink

Historia de un abrigo de mink

1955

4.8

Movie
La bienamada

La bienamada

1951

6.0

Movie
La fuerza de los humildes

La fuerza de los humildes

1955

5.0

Movie
La malquerida

La malquerida

1949

6.9

Movie
La sombra de los hijos

La sombra de los hijos

1964

5.0

Movie
La virtud desnuda

La virtud desnuda

1957

5.0

Movie
Lawless Youth

Lawless Youth

1965

5.6

Movie
Little Town

Little Town

1962

6.0

Movie
Llanto por Juan Indio

Llanto por Juan Indio

1965

5.0

Movie
poster

Los ricos también lloran

1979

4.7

TV
Maclovia

Maclovia

1948

6.5

Movie
Marcelo y María

Marcelo y María

1966

5.0

Movie
Mi niño Tizoc

Mi niño Tizoc

1972

6.4

Movie
Mujeres que trabajan

Mujeres que trabajan

1953

6.0

Movie
Mundo, demonio y carne

Mundo, demonio y carne

1960

5.0

Movie
My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero

1961

8.1

Movie
One Day of Life

One Day of Life

1950

5.8

Movie
Paloma

Paloma

2008

0.0

Movie
Pepita Jimenez

Pepita Jimenez

1946

4.8

Movie
Pueblerina

Pueblerina

1949

6.9

Movie
Pueblo, canto y esperanza

Pueblo, canto y esperanza

1956

6.3

Movie
Ramona

Ramona

2014

5.5

Movie
Reportaje

Reportaje

1953

6.9

Movie
Río escondido

Río escondido

1948

5.9

Movie
Soy el hijo del gallero

Soy el hijo del gallero

1978

5.0

Movie
The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

1957

5.5

Movie
The Important Man

The Important Man

1961

7.8

Movie
The Paper Man

The Paper Man

1963

6.9

Movie
The Pearl

The Pearl

1947

7.1

Movie
The River and Death

The River and Death

1954

6.2

Movie
The She-Wolf

The She-Wolf

1965

5.4

Movie
Tragic Cabaret

Tragic Cabaret

1957

5.6

Movie
Una Gallina Muy Ponedora

Una Gallina Muy Ponedora

1982

4.2

Movie
Unfaithful Wives

Unfaithful Wives

1956

4.5

Movie
Victimas de la pobreza

Victimas de la pobreza

1986

5.0

Movie
Viva la parranda

Viva la parranda

1960

4.2

Movie
Wounded Dove

Wounded Dove

1963

6.0

Movie