Esther Fernández

Esther Fernández
Born	(1917-08-23)August 23, 1917 Mascota, Jalisco Mexico
Died	October 21, 1999(1999-10-21) (aged 82) Mexico
Occupation	film actress
Years active	1933–1957

Esther Fernández (August 23, 1917 – October 21, 1999) was a Mexican film actress of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

She appeared in about 60 films between 1933 and 1957 although she briefly did some acting again in the late 1980s.

Some of her most greatests interpretations are in the Mexican films Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), directed by Chano Urueta and the second version of the classic Santa (1943), directed by Norman Foster.

She was considered together with Andrea Palma and Lupe Vélez, one of the Mexican Cinema Divas of the 30's.

Partial filmography

Fernández with Brian Donlevy and Alan Ladd in Two Years Before the Mast (1946).

• La mujer del puerto (1934)
• Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936)
• Mi candidato (1938)
• Santa (1943)
• Prisión de sueños (1946)
• Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
• Doña Perfecta (1951)
• Simplemente María (TV) (1987)
• Los años de Greta (1992)

External links

• Esther Fernández at the Internet Movie Database

Bibliography

• Agrasánchez Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8.