Mercedes Carreño

Acting

Mercedes Carreño

Born 1947-09-15 · Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico

Mercedes Carreño (September 15, 1947 - July 22, 2022), better known as "Meche" Carreño, was a Mexican actress, producer and film writer.

Acting credits

La Valentina poster
6.4

A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."

La Valentina

1966

It's my Life poster
6.5

Alberto 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

The Goddess of the Sea poster
6.7

A 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

Partners and Lovers poster
4.0

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

Partners and Lovers

1973

El Noa Noa poster
7.1

Juan 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

Baron Brakola poster
4.9

Santo 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

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

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 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

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

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

La Choca poster
7.5

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

Damiana and the Men poster
4.5

Damiana, 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

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

Durazo poster
6.3

In the seventies, Arturo Durazo, a close friend of the president, was asked to stop some arms smugglers.

Durazo

1988

El mar poster
4.3

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

El mar

1977

There are not Crosses in the Sea poster
6.0

A 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

Servant's Day poster
4.4

The fun adventures of the maids who work in a city building, and the entanglements with their employers.

Servant's Day

1989

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

Andante poster
6.7

A young woman falls in love with a classical pianist and has problems with her friends from high society.

Andante

1969

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

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

Behind the camera