
Acting
Mercedes Carreño
Born — Died
1947-09-15 — 2022-07-21
Place of birth
Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
26 titles
Meche Carreño (1947–2024) was a Mexican actress, dancer, and model known for her work in Mexican cinema during the 1960s and 1970s. She became one of the most recognizable figures of the era, appearing in films such as La Choca (1974), for which she received the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress, and La inocente (1972). She was also known for her distinctive screen presence and sensual image.
Known for
6.4A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
La Valentina
1966
7.1Juan Gabriel became one of the most popular Mexican singer-songwriters, beginning his career in this Ciudad Juárez cabaret. This is his story.
El Noa Noa
1981
6.7A beautiful girl is picked up from the sea by a family of fishermen but when she grows up her adoptive brother falls in love with her.
The Goddess of the Sea
2005
5.7Marcela, a former film star, seeks tranquility in the suburbs after marrying a wealthy industrialist. Her past haunts her with admirers and daily violence. Overwhelmed by a distant husband, a demanding child, critical in-laws, and loneliness, she escapes to an imaginary world to avoid the grim and the ugly.
The Perfect Woman
1979
4.4After a near-drowning, Laura moves through four social worlds under different names, obsessed with God’s infinite mercy and provoking sin to test forgiveness.
The Dogs of God
1974
6.3In the seventies, Arturo Durazo, a close friend of the president, was asked to stop some arms smugglers.
Durazo
1988
Film credits
1980s · 4 titles
7.1Juan Gabriel became one of the most popular Mexican singer-songwriters, beginning his career in this Ciudad Juárez cabaret. This is his story.
El Noa Noa
1981
6.3In the seventies, Arturo Durazo, a close friend of the president, was asked to stop some arms smugglers.
Durazo
1988
4.4The fun adventures of the maids who work in a city building, and the entanglements with their employers.
Servant's Day
1989
6.5Alberto Aguilera arrives from Ciudad Juárez to the capital to pursue a career in music, but in the midst of confusion he is accused of stealing and is sent to prison.
It's my Life
1982
1970s · 13 titles
5.7Marcela, a former film star, seeks tranquility in the suburbs after marrying a wealthy industrialist. Her past haunts her with admirers and daily violence. Overwhelmed by a distant husband, a demanding child, critical in-laws, and loneliness, she escapes to an imaginary world to avoid the grim and the ugly.
The Perfect Woman
1979
4.4After a near-drowning, Laura moves through four social worlds under different names, obsessed with God’s infinite mercy and provoking sin to test forgiveness.
The Dogs of God
1974
6.4A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.
The Enemy Blood
1971
4.0Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)
Partners and Lovers
1973
4.1While being shuttled from her convent/boarding school to her wedding, a young lady of the upper classes is kidnapped by bandits. She gets to see the world and meet interesting people.
The Nights of Paloma
1978
4.3Rich man who owns an island sanctuary is involved in some shady business. Meanwhile, his daughter... and also meanwhile, the tribe of hippies that are racing around on dune buggies...
Gang Riders of Death
1972
8.0Three people live in the same building: An anxious teenager, a girl who wants to be kidnapped by a prince, and a maid who wants to explore eroticism.
Three Stories of Love
1978
5.2Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.
The Other Virginity
1975
3.5In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor, a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover. Suddenly, the man reappears to take her away from her life of vice. But the debt owed by Leonor to the "Madame" of the house causes a series of conflicts.
Red Zone
1976
6.0An unhappy marriage is complicated when hubby starts an affair with his sister-in-law. Darkest before the dawn...
Life Changes
1976
4.3Local artists mingle with tourists and each other at a Mexican resort. Mingle, mingle.
El mar
1977
7.9The innocence of a woman due to a mental deficit will become the worst nightmare for her loved ones, after the harsh reality of the outside world made her their victim.
The Innocent
1972
7.6A smuggler lives far from civilization, in a hut in the jungle with his wife, La Choca, his son and his sister-in-law Flor. One day some men arrive, who accuse him of having betrayed them.
La Choca
1974
1960s · 5 titles
6.4A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
La Valentina
1966
6.0A mute fisherman helps another whose boat capsizes, he dies and leaves behind a girl whom he raises as his own daughter.
There are not Crosses in the Sea
1968
4.5Damiana, a girl who has grown up with her grandfather and a friend, is discovered by photographer and launched as supermodel.
Damiana and the Men
1967
4.9Santo goes up against the vampire Baron Brakola, who has returned to seek vengeance on the descendants of the Knight in the Silver Mask (Santo's colonial era ancestor).
Baron Brakola
1967
6.7A young woman falls in love with a classical pianist and has problems with her friends from high society.
Andante
1969
Behind the camera
6.0A mute fisherman helps another whose boat capsizes, he dies and leaves behind a girl whom he raises as his own daughter.
There are not Crosses in the Sea
1968
6.0A mute fisherman helps another whose boat capsizes, he dies and leaves behind a girl whom he raises as his own daughter.
There are not Crosses in the Sea
1968
6.7A young woman falls in love with a classical pianist and has problems with her friends from high society.
Andante
1969
