Fanny Schiller

Acting

Fanny Schiller

Born — Died

1901-08-03 — 1971-09-26

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Fanny Schiller Hernández (1897–1971) was an award-winning Mexican character actress, television star and also acted in operettas and musicals in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two best supporting actress awards from the Ariels and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses.

Known for

Sombrero poster
4.2

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.

Sombrero

1953

The Black Scorpion poster
5.2

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

The Black Scorpion

1957

A Life in the Balance poster
6.4

A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

A Life in the Balance

1955

El rosario poster
6.0

Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".

El rosario

1944

Watch Out for Love poster
7.1

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

Watch Out for Love

1954

Love Has Many Faces poster
5.2

A woman lives in Acapulco with moochers and a husband who married her for her money.

Love Has Many Faces

1965

Film credits

1960s · 14 titles

Love Has Many Faces poster
5.2

A woman lives in Acapulco with moochers and a husband who married her for her money.

Love Has Many Faces

1965

Miracles Weaver poster
6.0

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".

Miracles Weaver

1962

Savage Sunday poster
4.7

Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.

Savage Sunday

1967

Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness poster
5.6

In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.

Nostradamus: The Genie of Darkness

1962

María Isabel poster
8.0

A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity

María Isabel

1967

The Crows are Grieving poster
6.3

The family of a dying man celebrates his wake while the man is still alive, showing their darker, selfish ambitions and trying to take the best part of the inheritance.

The Crows are Grieving

1965

El norteño poster
6.7

Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin and a plucky pre-adolescent boy. First in a series.

El norteño

1963

La maestra inolvidable poster
5.5

Idealistic young teacher takes a post in a small, backwoods town and dedicates her life to schooling the village's children.

La maestra inolvidable

1969

Death Arrives on Time poster
5.8

Several lives intertwine: those of a group of vandals, a drug addict, and a girl who works as a waitress in a restaurant where her mother cooks.

Death Arrives on Time

1967

No artwork available
6.6

The underside of Mexico City: street performers, factory workers, a drunk, an old man with civic pride, a pickpocket, and others live and interact in a shantytown near the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The Laughter Of The City

1963

No artwork available
6.2

Troubled young man meets his father for the first time.

Cielo Rojo

1962

Valentín de la Sierra poster
5.4

Based on the corrido of Valentín de la Sierra, one of the revolutionary leaders who forged the armed struggle in Mexican history. The abuses of the Porfirista government against the humble people lead Valentín to lead a large-scale armed uprising.

Valentín de la Sierra

1968

Los Alegres Aguilares poster
6.8

Identical cousins with mismatched Odd Couple personalities.

Los Alegres Aguilares

1967

México de mis recuerdos poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

México de mis recuerdos

1963

1950s · 26 titles

Sombrero poster
4.2

Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.

Sombrero

1953

The Black Scorpion poster
5.2

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

The Black Scorpion

1957

A Life in the Balance poster
6.4

A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

A Life in the Balance

1955

Watch Out for Love poster
7.1

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

Watch Out for Love

1954

Locura pasional poster
5.6

Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy.

Locura pasional

1956

Una gringuita en México poster
6.0

A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes she's seen in movies. When she gets there, everything isn't all charros and bandidos, though -- surprise, surprise!

Una gringuita en México

1951

A Woman's Devotion poster
4.5

An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on his honeymoon. Soon young women are turning up dead in the area, and the ex-GI comes to believe he might be responsible, as he has long stretches where he can't remember anything.

A Woman's Devotion

1956

Camelia poster
6.2

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

Camelia

1954

The Naked Woman poster
6.0

A circus dancer marries a famous singer, but is threatened when a figure from her past blackmails her.

The Naked Woman

1953

Doña Mariquita de mi corazón poster
6.3

Adolfo, the son of Dona Mariquita, is committed to Marisa to please his mother, but his real love is Paz.

Doña Mariquita de mi corazón

1953

Por ellas aunque mal paguen poster
6.5

Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel with wealthy rancher. Isabel and her family refuse to work, Jose Manuel takes them to the ranch, where they are forced to work for food.

Por ellas aunque mal paguen

1952

Duelo en las montañas poster
6.0

1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.

Duelo en las montañas

1950

Las engañadas poster
5.6

Irresponsible playboy seduces a decent young lady with a fake wedding; he continues being a creep for the next 12 or 15 years.

Las engañadas

1955

The Treasure of Pancho Villa poster
5.9

In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

1955

La mujer que yo amé poster
7.0

A musician is injured and threatened for defending a girl and decides to go to the capital, where fame and success achieved. She is glad to know that he has succeeded, however, has become a street prostitute prone to paralysis. Finally one day he takes courage and decides to look for, since it has become invalid again ...

La mujer que yo amé

1950

Dangerous Curves poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Dangerous Curves

1950

Stolen Tears poster
6.0

Melodrama involving a young woman returning to Mexico from abroad after a failed romance and dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and a meddling Aunt.

Stolen Tears

1954

The Woman and the Beast poster
5.5

Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.

The Woman and the Beast

1959

El beisbolista fenómeno poster
6.5

The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue.

El beisbolista fenómeno

1952

Singing love is born poster
6.4

Comical misadventures of a film crew trying to get their damn musical filmed.

Singing love is born

1954

Fruto prohibido poster
6.2

A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.

Fruto prohibido

1953

Fury in Paradise poster
6.7

In this western, the hero takes a Mexican vacation, gets caught up in a revolutionary plot with the powerful owner of a hacienda, and falls in love with the rancher's daughter all at the same time.

Fury in Paradise

1955

El gran espectáculo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El gran espectáculo

1958

Historia de un abrigo de mink poster
4.6

Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.

Historia de un abrigo de mink

1955

Return of the Monster poster
6.4

Mad scientist is trying to transplant the soul of an animated, talking skeleton into a living body. Also, there's a monster. Number three of three in Zorro Escarlata series.

Return of the Monster

1958

Crimen y castigo poster
4.7

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Crimen y castigo

1951

1940s · 13 titles

El rosario poster
6.0

Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".

El rosario

1944

He Who Died of Love poster
5.7

Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.

He Who Died of Love

1945

La monja alférez poster
6.0

A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.

La monja alférez

1944

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 poster
5.7

Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.

Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9

1946

Salon Mexico poster
6.6

Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize with her.

Salon Mexico

1949

Yours and Body in Soul poster
6.7

Tuya en cuerpo y alma ("Yours in Body and Soul") is a 1945 Mexican film. It stars Sara García.

Yours and Body in Soul

1945

Santa poster
6.2

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.

Santa

1943

May God Forgive Me poster
6.3

Lena, a beautiful and mysteriously sinister refugee haunted by her past, is chased into the arms of a rich, unsuspecting industrialist not for love, but for information.

May God Forgive Me

1948

The Pharaoh's Court poster
6.2

The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.

The Pharaoh's Court

1944

Mi lupe y mi caballo poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Mi lupe y mi caballo

1944

Las puertas del presidio poster
6.2

Unscrupulous boss frames an employee for a robbery so he can make time with the guy's sister.

Las puertas del presidio

1949

La casa de la zorra poster
6.4

The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.

La casa de la zorra

1945

Del rancho a la capital poster
6.7

Rich city family is close to bankruptcy; rich country cousins come to visit.

Del rancho a la capital

1942

1930s · 2 titles