
Acting
Silvia Derbez
Born 1932-03-08 · San Luis Potosi
Silvia Derbez, born Lucille Silvia Derbez Amézquita, was a Mexican film and television actress. Derbez was born in San Luis Potosi. She competed in Miss Mexico 1953 where she placed 2nd place, after Miss Jalisco Ana Bertha Lepe.
Acting credits
5.6Irresponsible 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
6.0A humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.
The King of México
1956
6.0A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.
Tarzan and the Mermaids
1948
5.5Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.
Quinto patio
1970
6.3Young Gloria is abused by the Vitorina, hospice caretaker hosting it. She forces her to perform the heaviest tasks. Gloria is only happy in music class. When she grows decides to escape, and now she lives on the street with another girl, both singing in the trucks and try to survive.
Zapatos viejos
1993
6.4A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
The River and Death
1954
5.7Diego is a young musician who lives the terrible death of his uncle to AIDS. While in his deep depresion he meets Gabriela, which brings back a smile to his face. Just when life seems more promising than ever, one beutiful night death once again took a toll on his life. It seems as though the phantoms of the past are never going to let him go.
Amor que mata
1994
6.0A woman accused of murder refuses to defend herself in any way, in order to avoid tarnishing the family name and the reputation of her long-lost son.
La mujer X
1955
6.9Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flirts with other women.
Dicen que soy mujeriego
1949
5.7A young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.
Morir de pie
1957
4.8Eloisa works hard, sewing, to his son Juan de Dios. He learns that he is the bastard son of Cecilio, who owns almost a whole town named: San Juan de Dios, Durango.
Padre contra hijo
1955
6.6Mercedes 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
5.7Amanda, a widow, is a beautiful woman that finds comfort seducing every man in her path, including her daughters' boyfriends.
Mamá nos quita los novios
1952
6.3Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in order to solve several problems that appear in his way, including the female kind.
The Seminarian
1949
5.8Cesar Rubio, a school teacher in the city, is fired for staying true to his ideals and values, and is also accused of encouraging rebellion among his students, who were demanding the principal's resignation through a strike.
El impostor
1960
6.0Mother works as a servant to send her daughter to an expensive private school. Naturally, the daughter meets the son of her mother's employer at a mixer...
Cruz de amor
1970
6.2The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison. The cases presented are: "I want to stay in jail", "Blood between women", "The raped prostitute", "The kidnapped policeman", and "Euthanasia or murder?"
Reclusorio
1997
6.7Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a gangster's moll and a murder.
The Medallion of Crime
1955
6.9The story of a group of young people and the problems they face in modern society slowly begins to decline, due to family disintegration and loss of values.
Who are our daughters with?
1956
5.8Remake of famous 1936 ranchera musical.
Out on the Big Ranch
1949
6.5Lower-middle-class ligger rescues a girl from her abusive father and practices for a high-profile dance contest.
Dance my king!
1951
5.9No synopsis available yet.
Mientras México duerme
1986
6.0Three greedy relatives scheme for an inheritance and frame the good guy for the murder of the maker of the will.
El ahorcado
1983
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Wall of Darkness
1994