
Acting
Dolores Camarillo
Born — Died
1910-03-31 — 1988-02-08
Place of birth
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Dolores Sepulveda Camarillo (March 31, 1910 – February 8, 1988) was a Mexican character actress of film, television, and theater. She also was a makeup artist for films, and was frequently billed as "Fraustita". The daughter of actors, Camarillo was a makeup artist for films in the 1930s. She was also a makeup teacher in the Andrés Soler Institute. She was married to fellow film actor Antonio R. Frausto, to whom she owed her professional nickname of "Fraustita", or meaning "little woman Frausto" Camarillo debuted as an actress in 1915 in the theatrical play, La cara de Dios (The Face of God). She appeared in 124 films from 1933 to 1986. One of her most prominent roles in her film career is…
Known for
6.0Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.
Mystery in Mexico
1948
5.5Independently-wealthy woman tries to break free of repressive, conservative cultural constraints.
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
1964
7.0Man and woman have a couple of one-night-stands spread out over 15 or 20 years.
Happy Year, My Love
1957
8.2Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
You’re Missing the Point
1940
8.0Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.
School for Tramps
1955
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Monja, casada, virgen y mártir
1935
Film credits
1970s · 8 titles
7.5An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
Picardía mexicana
1978
6.8Aging widow interferes in the lives of her adult children.
Hoy he soñado con Dios
1972
4.6She rejects him, but he's there for her, even after she gets married and then is abandoned by her babydaddy. Remake of Bajo El Cielo De Mexico (1958) (and also 1937?).
Tu camino y el mio
1973
5.0Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.
Los amantes frios
1978
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El ogro
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Los enamorados
1972
6.2Three convicts break out of jail to retrieve a bunch of gold stolen by one of them. The warden of the jail wants it too. And so does the army.
Debieron Ahorcarlos Antes
1974
5.8Three girls from different social classes are forced to take that first step into adulthood that leads them to live fun adventures and also unfortunate events.
El primer paso... de la mujer
1974
1960s · 14 titles
5.5Independently-wealthy woman tries to break free of repressive, conservative cultural constraints.
Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)
1964
8.0Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
My Son, the Hero
1961
6.4Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
El corrido de María Pistolas
1964
6.3A mature woman looks for a judge to hand over after having murdered a man and recounts everything that happened. Sequel to "Historia de un canalla".
I Killed a Man
1964
6.0"Problem drama" examining the pros and cons of euthanasia.
Mi madre es Culpable
1960
6.9A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
The Paper Man
1963
6.8Papa hires a "boyfriend" to indulge her in her fantasies of old-fashioned romance.
A 16 Year Old Young-Woman
1963
6.0Elderly roue interferes in the love life of a young woman because she's secretly his daughter. Remake of En Tiempos De Don Porfirio.
Así amaron nuestros padres
1964
4.2A woman has several lovers, her husband discovers her with one of them, and both men are mistaken for robbers.
Cuernos debajo de la cama
1969
6.7Tomboyish gal becomes a player in the Mexican Revolution. Then: boyfriends.
María Pistolas
1963
5.8A mechanical marries a young but both lose their jobs and happiness again when they know they are expecting a child.
La Sonrisa de los Pobres
1964
5.8Mom doesn't approve of her son's fiancée, so she schemes a scheme to throw him together with a woman she likes better. It involves him leaving town to become a bullfighter, and...
Viva Jalisco que es mi tierra
1961
5.3Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1966
6.6Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.
Tlayucan
1962
1950s · 8 titles
7.0Man and woman have a couple of one-night-stands spread out over 15 or 20 years.
Happy Year, My Love
1957
8.0Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.
School for Tramps
1955
6.4Priest feels a calling to open an orphanage.
La ciudad de los niños
1957
6.7This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.
Love Your Neighbor
1958
Romcom with music: owner of an auto-repair shop woos the owner of a beauty parlor.
El cariñoso
1959
5.8A dancer is accused of killing a businessman. When her husband finds out, he decides to take her kid away from her.
Noche de perdición
1951
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Si me viera don Porfirio
1950
6.0Bad girl makes lives miserable.
When Children Sin
1952
1940s · 23 titles
6.0Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.
Mystery in Mexico
1948
8.2Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
You’re Missing the Point
1940
4.1Woman chooses between two suitors. The lucky one is a cad and cheats on her, the one who was rejected hangs around in the background to set things right whenever she has a problem.
La mujer que engañamos
1945
6.3Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
1948
6.4When her father dies, a young woman must go to Michoacán to take charge of her lands, where she meets a young man and they both fall in love.
How Beautiful is Michoacan!
1943
6.8A not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical comedy.
Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!
1941
6.8Mario marries Blanca, the queen of operetta, but after their daughter is born, they separate and she leaves on a world tour to continue her artistic career. Meanwhile, he stays behind and waits with the baby until they reunite again.
La reina de la opereta
1946
5.8Two charros from Hacienda A come a-courtin' to hacienda B, owned by a friend of their father's. Also a horse-race.
¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
1946
6.0Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.
El rayo del sur
1943
6.0In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!
1943
5.6Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
Viviré otra vez
1940
6.7After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
México de mis recuerdos
1944
6.6Victor must leave his life of partying and change his girlfriend, Lucero, for the bride that awaits him in his hometown.
El que tenga un amor
1942
6.2After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.
Viva Mi Desgracia
1944
6.0The story of a single mother and her children, and the lives that cross their paths.
Like All Mothers
1945
5.7Biography of early-1800s Mexican priest/statesman.
El padre Morelos
1943
6.9No synopsis available yet.
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
1947
6.7Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
Felipe de Jesús
1949
6.4A broken high society man tries to keep his family expensive lifestyle by tricking a rich man from out of the town to marry his well intended daughter.
Al son de la marimba
1940
6.5Despite the strange death of Jorge's previous wives, Elisa decides to marry him.
Dark Angel
1942
6.3The tragic romance between a woman with a dubious past and a young thief who reforms his life for love.
Nosotros
1945
7.5Because of a debt, Lupe is forced to work as a housekeeper for Luis, a ranch owner who is madly in love with her. However, Luis’s feelings are not reciprocated because Lupe is in love with Juan Ramón.
Así se quiere en Jalisco
1942
6.6Small-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career there. Follow-up (not a direct sequel) to El baisano Jalil (1942).
El barchante Neguib
1946
1930s · 6 titles
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Monja, casada, virgen y mártir
1935
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Huapango
1938
6.0Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936
6.9The 1910 Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. Together, they will endure the tragedies and hardships of a civil war.
Let's Go with Pancho Villa!
1936
6.0Costume-drama, 1840s: bandits prey on the town of Yautepec for over twenty years.
The Tiger of Yautepec
1933
6.7Alberto is born in wartime, where his father dies a hero. He grows up effeminate. His mother sends him to military college where Fernando bullies him, but they become friends. When war comes, he has to face his fears.
El cobarde
1939

