Delia Magaña
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Delia Magaña (1903 – 1996) was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer who was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
[edit] Motion Pictures
She made 14 films in the United States and around 240 in her native Mexico. Magana's first movies were silent films. She later appeared with such film stars as Pedro Infante and Mario Moreno, who went by the screen name of Cantinfias.
Fox Film producer Robert J. Flaherty spotted Magana at the age of twenty. He was in Mexico City working on a motion picture. Among her numerous movies are El Hombre malo (1930), Cascarrabias (1930), Besame mucho (1945), Immaculada (1950), La Nina Popoff (1952), Esa mi Raza (1977), and Lagunialla 2 (1983). Her last appearance in films was Y tu...quien eres? (1990).
Miss Magana was once guest of honor of a fiesta and dance presented by the United Spanish Speaking Societies. It was held in the Leamington Hotel, San Francisco, on October 27, 1946.
[edit] Death
Delia Magana died of pneumonia in Mexico City on March 31, 1996. She had been admitted sixteen days earlier. Survivors included a niece, Concepcion de Teja Magana. Delia was cremated.
Miss Magana's name and hand print are preserved in the sidewalk outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California
[edit] References
- Daily Northwestern, Hails From Mexico, Friday Evening, March 8, 1929, Page 23.
- Intelligencer Record, Delia Magana, Mexican Actress, Monday, April 1, 1996, Page A-5.
- Los Angeles Times, Wave Of Popularity Sweeping Mexican Stars To Top Goes Marching On, January 27, 1929, Page C11.
- Oakland Tribune, Spanish Groups In Fiesta Sunday, Thursday, October 24, 1946, Page 21.
- Syracuse Record, Tuesday Evening, November 6, 1928, Page 9.
