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Columba Domínguez‌

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Columba Domínguez

Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico

Columba Domínguez

Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1929-03-04

Popularity

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Biography

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.

Movie Credits

La malquerida

La malquerida‌
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calendar 1949

Adventure at the Center of the Earth

Adventure at the Center of the Earth‌
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calendar 1965

The Important Man

The Important Man‌
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calendar 1961

The River and Death

The River and Death‌
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calendar 1954

Pueblerina

Pueblerina‌
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calendar 1949

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero‌
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calendar 1961

Bread, Love and Andalucia

Bread, Love and Andalucia‌
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calendar 1958

The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher‌
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calendar 1957

Furia en el Edén

Furia en el Edén‌
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calendar 1964

El tejedor de milagros

El tejedor de milagros‌
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calendar 1962

Llanto por Juan Indio

Llanto por Juan Indio‌
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calendar 1965

Borrar de la Memoria

Borrar de la Memoria‌
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calendar 2010

Devotion

Devotion‌
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calendar 1950

Mundo, demonio y carne

Mundo, demonio y carne‌
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calendar 1960

One Day of Life

One Day of Life‌
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calendar 1950

The She-Wolf

The She-Wolf‌
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calendar 1965

Cuando levanta la niebla

Cuando levanta la niebla‌
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calendar 1952

Ramona

Ramona‌
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calendar 2014

Little Town

Little Town‌
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calendar 1962

Reportaje

Reportaje‌
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calendar 1953

Historia de un abrigo de mink

Historia de un abrigo de mink‌
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calendar 1955

Maclovia

Maclovia‌
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calendar 1948

Pueblo, canto y esperanza

Pueblo, canto y esperanza‌
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calendar 1956

Mi niño Tizoc

Mi niño Tizoc‌
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calendar 1972

El hombre propone...

El hombre propone...‌
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calendar 1965

Ambición sangrienta

Ambición sangrienta‌
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calendar 1968

Duelo de pistoleros

Duelo de pistoleros‌
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calendar 1966

La virtud desnuda

La virtud desnuda‌
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calendar 1957

La bienamada

La bienamada‌
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calendar 1951

The Pearl

The Pearl‌
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calendar 1947

Duelo indio

Duelo indio‌
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calendar 1961

El caudillo

El caudillo‌
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calendar 1957

The Paper Man

The Paper Man‌
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calendar 1963

Lawless Youth

Lawless Youth‌
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calendar 1965

Tragic Cabaret

Tragic Cabaret‌
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calendar 1957

Una Gallina Muy Ponedora

Una Gallina Muy Ponedora‌
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calendar 1982

Pepita Jimenez

Pepita Jimenez‌
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calendar 1946

Soy el hijo del gallero

Soy el hijo del gallero‌
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calendar 1978

Arriba Michoacán

Arriba Michoacán‌
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calendar 1987

La sombra de los hijos

La sombra de los hijos‌
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calendar 1964

Five lives and one destiny

Five lives and one destiny‌
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calendar 1957

La fuerza de los humildes

La fuerza de los humildes‌
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calendar 1955

Marcelo y María

Marcelo y María‌
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calendar 1966

Unfaithful Wives

Unfaithful Wives‌
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calendar 1956

Mujeres que trabajan

Mujeres que trabajan‌
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calendar 1953

Enterrado vivo

Enterrado vivo‌
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calendar 1961

Viva la parranda

Viva la parranda‌
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calendar 1960

El mar y tu

El mar y tu‌
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calendar 1952

Victimas de la pobreza

Victimas de la pobreza‌
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calendar 1986

Wounded Dove

Wounded Dove‌
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calendar 1963

Río escondido

Río escondido‌
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calendar 1948

Paloma

Paloma‌
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calendar 2008

El tiro de gracia

El tiro de gracia‌
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calendar 1961

Tv Credits

Los ricos también lloran

Los ricos también lloran‌
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calendar 1979