Andrea Palma

Acting

Andrea Palma

Born — Died

1903-04-16 — 1987-11-11

Place of birth

Durango, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Andrea Palma was the stage name of Guadalupe Bracho Pérez-Gavilán (April 16, 1903 - November 11, 1987), who was a Mexican actress of the Golden Age Cinema.

Known for

Pobre Clara poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pobre Clara

1975

El rosario poster
6.0

Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".

El rosario

1944

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz poster
7.3

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955

Tarzan and the Mermaids poster
6.0

A 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

Another Dawn poster
6.7

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.

Another Dawn

1943

México de mis amores poster
6.0

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.

México de mis amores

1979

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 11 titles

1950s · 28 titles

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz poster
7.3

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955

Padre nuestro poster
6.5

Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.

Padre nuestro

1953

Take Me in Your Arms poster
5.1

To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.

Take Me in Your Arms

1954

Aventurera poster
7.6

Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.

Aventurera

1950

Melodías de amor poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Melodías de amor

1955

El caso de una adolescente poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El caso de una adolescente

1958

Cuatro horas antes de morir poster
6.0

The film tells the intense countdown of a woman sentenced to death.

Cuatro horas antes de morir

1953

Ash Wednesday poster
4.6

1913: A young woman is raped by a priest and turns away from the Church as a result of the experience. 1924: She now is the owner of an expensive brothel, and she plays a small role on both sides of the Cristero Uprising, when foreign-born clergy were deported from Mexico.

Ash Wednesday

1958

El dinero no es la vida poster
5.7

A humble bartender falls into a world of gambling and vices, losing everything.

El dinero no es la vida

1952

Where Are Our Children Going? poster
6.0

One of the boys is a radical, one's a playboy, and the girls want to get jobs first before they think about marriage! Mom and Pop have their own #firstworldproblems.

Where Are Our Children Going?

1958

By the False Door poster
6.6

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.

By the False Door

1950

Stolen Tears poster
6.0

Melodrama involving a young woman returning to Mexico from abroad after a failed romance and dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and a meddling Aunt.

Stolen Tears

1954

The Absentee poster
6.6

After arguing with her husband, a woman runs out of the house in the car and dies in a mysterious accident

The Absentee

1952

Sensualidad poster
6.5

A saloon singer is released from prison after being convicted on a prostitution charge. She plans to blackmail the judge from her case by seducing him, but after she grows close to the judge she has a change of heart.

Sensualidad

1951

Dios nos manda vivir poster
5.8

Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink melodrama: young widow suffers everything life can throw at her.

Dios nos manda vivir

1954

Angels of the Street poster
6.3

Grandmother-type provides structure in the lives of orphaned/abandoned children.

Angels of the Street

1953

Mujeres sin mañana poster
6.3

Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.

Mujeres sin mañana

1951

The Coward poster
6.7

A stranded ship. A man and two boys go to its rescue - uncle Arturo and his two nephews. The ship is empty, except for a little girl - the only survivor.

The Coward

1953

La entrega poster
6.0

Through hard work, the Spaniard Alejandro has become wealthy and powerful. In contrast, the banker Don Victorino—who once refused a loan to the then-poor Alejandro—has fallen on difficult times. Victorino is married to Ana, who spends her life playing the piano, and they are the parents of the proud Julia, who is engaged to Enrique Régules. Julia is forced to marry Alejandro in order to save her family’s financial situation. Despite her husband’s blunt and often harsh honesty, Julia gradually finds herself falling in love with him, and vainly tries to make him jealous with Licenciado Héctor, who courts her. Julia becomes nervously ill, troubled by the fact that Alejandro does not love her in the romantic, storybook way she longs for.

La entrega

1954

Mujeres que trabajan poster
6.1

Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in mutual support.

Mujeres que trabajan

1953

Siete pecados poster
5.2

Seven dresses/seven models at a fashion show, and each one represents one of the seven deadly sins.

Siete pecados

1959

Salón de belleza poster
4.4

Employees and clients at Merle's Beauty Stuff have illicit romances and cheating husbands and that kind of thing. Meanwhile, the cop that directs traffic outside gets an opportunity to become a movie star.

Salón de belleza

1951

Quiero vivir poster
6.2

Man in the final stages of a fatal illness gets immersed in a new romance and a murder investigation.

Quiero vivir

1953

Eugenia Grandet poster
6.7

A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.

Eugenia Grandet

1953

Pobre corazón poster
5.6

Woman discovers she's dying of an incurable illness, so she tries to make her husband hate her; dumping her on moving on would be better for him than watching her decline and feeling sad.

Pobre corazón

1950

No artwork available
6.0

Borderline mentally-ill woman with neurotic compulsion to behave like a child and the psychiatrist who looooves her.

La mujer que no tuvo infancia

1957

La mentira poster
6.4

When Demetrio arrives at the mine to meet his brother Ricardo, he finds out that Ricardo has committed suicide for the love of a woman. He promises to avenge the death of his brother..

La mentira

1952

Sor Alegría poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Sor Alegría

1952

1940s · 7 titles

El rosario poster
6.0

Directed by Juan Ortega and set in 19th Century Victorian England, a struggling single woman of the noble class , named Juana Champion (played by actress Andrea Palma), has absolutely no marriage prospects. After finally resigning herself to becoming a Spinster or "Old Maid", she decides to go live with her very wealthy Aunt, none other than the Dutchess of Meldrum. Not long after her arrival, she quickly becomes infatuated with a charming, good-looking and talented painter named Garth, who works for her prim and proper Aunt. Although there is a mutual attraction between them from the start, Garth does not truly fall in love with Juana until he hears her sing a wonderful song called "The Rosary".

El rosario

1944

Tarzan and the Mermaids poster
6.0

A 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

Another Dawn poster
6.7

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.

Another Dawn

1943

La casa de la zorra poster
6.4

The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.

La casa de la zorra

1945

El Buen Mozo poster
6.0

Unscrupulous cad sleeps his way to the top of belle epoque Paris society.

El Buen Mozo

1946

Los buitres sobre el tejado poster
6.7

Mexican movie

Los buitres sobre el tejado

1946

Una sombra en mi destino poster
5.7

Mexican movie

Una sombra en mi destino

1946

1930s · 6 titles

Series credits