Mercedes Carreño

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

Film credits

1970s · 13 titles

The Perfect Woman poster
5.7

Marcela, 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

The Dogs of God poster
4.4

After 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

The Enemy Blood poster
6.4

A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus.

The Enemy Blood

1971

Partners and Lovers poster
4.0

Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)

Partners and Lovers

1973

The Nights of Paloma poster
4.1

While 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

Gang Riders of Death poster
4.3

Rich 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

Three Stories of Love poster
8.0

Three 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

The Other Virginity poster
5.2

Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.

The Other Virginity

1975

Red Zone poster
3.5

In 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

Life Changes poster
6.0

An unhappy marriage is complicated when hubby starts an affair with his sister-in-law. Darkest before the dawn...

Life Changes

1976

El mar poster
4.3

Local artists mingle with tourists and each other at a Mexican resort. Mingle, mingle.

El mar

1977

The Innocent poster
7.9

The 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

La Choca poster
7.6

A 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

Behind the camera