
Acting
Jorge Lavat
Born 1933-08-04 · Mexico City, Mexico
Jorge Lavat Bayona (3 August 1933 − 14 September 2011) was a Mexican film and television actor. Born in Mexico City, Mexico, he appeared in more than 25 serialized telenovelas over the decades between 1958 and 2001 including his participation in Senda Prohibida, the first telenovela ever produced in Mexico. He was also known for his recordings combining music and the spoken word, particularly a single he released for the essay-poem Desiderata. He was married four times: first with Ana María Torres, then with Silvia Burgos, his third marriage was once again with Ana María Torres and finally he was the husband of the actress Rebeca Martínez. He had two sons and two daughters. One of them, Adriana Lavat also became an actress. He is also related to the Mexican telenovela actress Queta Lavat, his sister, and his brother is also an actor José Lavat. He died on September 14, 2011 after a back operation he suffered a severe infection, he was kept in a coma and was never able to recover. He died from complications of a respiratory infection in a Mexico City hospital, his remains were cremated.
Acting credits
6.4A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
La Valentina
1966
4.7Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
Savage Sunday
1967
6.7La India María, who is really good at sports, becomes a nun and is always getting in trouble for wanting to help people.
Sor Tequila
1980
5.4The story of Mother and Daughter for a Husband and Stepfather who was killed by shotgun.
Triángulo
1972
6.6A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.
Yesenia
1971
6.2A man hated by his father and in love with a beautiful woman whose brothers do not approve of the relationship and persecute him.
¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!
1965
6.0MARÍA ROJO, who established herself as a great actress in "Rojo Amanecer", "Danzón" and "La Tarea", offers us yet another of her excellent performances in this stupendous film, based on a chilling true event that shook public opinion. Directed by Luis Carlos Carrera ("Benjamín's Woman"), INFAMIA tells the story of a young Chicana (Daniela Castro) who sees her life destroyed by the bureaucracy of a society that denies the rights of immigrants.
Infamia
1991
Cowboy detective investigates two murders.
Cuatro hombres marcados
1968
7.1A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting business, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.
The Golden Cockerel
1964
7.9The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .
El aviso inoportuno
1969
6.1Saucy-but-naive country girl moves to the big city to look for work.
La criada bien criada
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Napoleoncito
1964
8.3A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
The Scapular
1968
7.8After retiring to the beautiful Mexican town of Guanajuato, a 70 year old decides to follow his dreams and enroll at the university where he stumbles upon a new generation and they are bound together by the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha.
El estudiante
2009
7.5Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
Duro pero seguro
1978
7.8Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century: one night the monks of the San Francisco Abbey find a baby in front of their gate. They call the boy Marcelino and take care of the little one with devotion...
The Miracle of Marcelino
2010
6.0A young hunchbacked girl who sells newspapers and sings in the street is discovered by a music producer.
La jorobada
1981
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Inventando un crimen
1992
4.8Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.
Las modelos de desnudos
1983
4.4Mexican feature film
Vividores de mujeres
1982
4.5Rom-com anthology movie with three anecdotes.
Besos, Besos... y Más Besos
1973
5.8Villistas, army officers, heirs and heiresses all gather at the home of a recently deceased hacendado. Everybody has an agenda, everybody butts heads in comical ways. Or not so much.
La marcha a Zacatecas
1969
6.3A young model with no money or work drifts through a harsh world tries to build a more stable life while her new relationship becomes increasingly complicated.
Love Is a Strange Game
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Las impuras
1969