Blanca de Castejon

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Blanca de Castejon (1914-1969) was a Puerto Rican actress who became very successful in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. It was never clear if de Castejon was born in New York of Puerto Rican parents, or if she was actually born in Puerto Rico.

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Blanca Castejon (b. 1907 or 1914, d. 1969) was a Puerto Rican actress, born in Comerio, Puerto Rico, who became very successful in Mexico and other parts of Latin America.

Castejon went to Argentina in the 1930s, where she made two feature films between 1934 and 1935. With these two movies, de Castejon established herself as a bonafide celebrity in the so-called south cone. Her fame transcended Argentina; she also made film in Uruguay at the time.

By 1935, she began searching for fame in Hollywood, making a few movies, where she would speak Spanish. Her stay in Hollywood lasted for about five years.

During the 1940s, she established herself in Mexico, marrying actor Rafael Banquells (later the husband of Silvia Pinal and father of Rocio Banquells, who, in turn, is the sister of Alejandra Guzman). In Mexico, de Castejon made about thirty movies, becoming a sex symbol in that country and a member of Mexico's golden era of film. In 1954, de Castejon won the Ariel award (Mexico's version of the Oscars), for supporting actress in School for Bums.

Among the actors she starred with was Antonio Aguilar and many other famous actors.

Castejon died in 1969.