Helena Rojo

Acting

Helena Rojo

Born — Died

1944-08-18 — 2024-02-03

Place of birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

68 titles

Helena Rojo (Mexico City; August 18, 1944 - February 4, 2024), was a renowned Mexican film, television and theater actress. She enjoyed a successful career spanning several decades in Mexican cinema, television, and theater. Rojo gained recognition for her versatile and compelling performances in films like "Las Pirañas aman en Cuaresma" (1969) and TV series such as "Cuna de Lobos" (1986). She continues to be celebrated as one of Mexico's most distinguished actresses.

Known for

La rosa de Guadalupe poster
7.1

Stories about people who get into problems who use the help of Virgin Mary and where a rose appears and their problems are solved.

La rosa de Guadalupe

2008

Don't Mess with the Angel poster
7.5

When Marichuy was born, her mother—believing she was on the verge of death—handed her over to a priest, who took her to an orphanage. At the age of fourteen, Marichuy ran away from the institution and began wandering from place to place, scraping together a living however she could. Years later, she was attacked by a drunkard; the incident left her harboring resentment toward men and plagued by harrowing nightmares.

Don't Mess with the Angel

2008

Por ella soy Eva poster
7.8

A handsome man, unjustly accused, transforms into a woman named Eva to win over Helena—the love of his life—and unmask the true culprits behind a financial fraud and the theft of Helena's project.

Por ella soy Eva

2012

Triumph of Love poster
7.8

Victoria's life is perfect. She is a famous designer, mother of two and the wife of an actor. But she suffers the absence of her daughter Maria, who was separated from her when she was a little girl.

Triumph of Love

2010

The Color of Passion poster
7.6

Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother of her niece Lucía. Nora, Lucía's half sister and daughter of Rebeca, resents Lucía for the same reasons Rebeca hated Adriana, as history repeats itself.

The Color of Passion

2014

El Privilegio de Amar poster
7.1

Juan de la Cruz, a young seminarian, visits the home of his mother, Ana Joaquina—a religious zealot who has always imposed her will on her son and instilled in him a calling to serve God. Working in Ana Joaquina’s household is Luciana, an innocent, dreamy young woman who falls in love with Juan de la Cruz. One night, swept up in the passion of youth, they give in to their feelings with tenderness and innocence. Upon discovering this, Ana Joaquina throws Luciana out; by then, Luciana is already pregnant with Juan de la Cruz’s child. When the time comes to give birth, she leaves her daughter at a stranger's doorstep, hoping the child will be raised there, but the baby is instead taken to an orphanage. To survive, Luciana becomes involved with a series of unsavory men—including Pedro Trujillo, a brutal man who beats and abuses her.

El Privilegio de Amar

1998

Film credits

2000s · 2 titles

1980s · 8 titles

Don't Panic poster
5.8

On his 17th birthday, a boy named Michael has a surprise party thrown by his friends, where a session with a Ouija board accidentally unleashes a demon named Virgil, who possesses one of them to go on a killing spree. Michael, now plagued by violent nightmares and premonitions, sets out to try and stop the killings.

Don't Panic

1989

Mystery poster
7.2

A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work.

Mystery

1980

Lovers, Partners & Spies poster
8.0

Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer.

Lovers, Partners & Spies

1988

Reto a la vida poster
6.7

Carlos has spent four years in prison for selling drugs. When he's released he finds out his brother has become a drug addict and is locked in a psychiatric hospital. Carlos starts working to cure his brother when he befriends a street kid and falls for social worker Elena.

Reto a la vida

1988

The Eve poster
6.0

Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.

The Eve

1982

In the Land of Light Feet poster
5.7

During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his town and teaches him the customs of his own. Both children discover illegal loggers.

In the Land of Light Feet

1982

La Sucesión poster
5.9

Political intrigue drama which aired dimly, some of the most common vices Latin American government systems, at least hypothetically and not still be scenarios. Its characters have the dictator whose intentions are to inherit the power to his son, little interest in the issue. In a moment in which he is forced to decide who will succeed him, other characters see the opportunity to replace him in the supreme command of this country without a name.

La Sucesión

1980

Noche de juerga poster
5.2

Spur-of-the-moment nightclub hookup leaves a straying husband framed for a murder.

Noche de juerga

1981

1970s · 24 titles

Aguirre, the Wrath of God poster
7.4

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972

Blacker Than the Night poster
6.9

When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.

Blacker Than the Night

1975

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary poster
5.1

Mexican horror film about an American painter named Mary who is living in Mexico where she sells her works and also kills people for their blood. It turns out Mary is a vampire but not the traditional one with fangs. Since she has no fangs she must stab or slash the throats of her victims but soon she has a new man in her life as well as a mysterious man in black who appears to be doing the same type of murders.

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary

1975

The Children of Sanchez poster
6.5

Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.

The Children of Sanchez

1978

Mirage poster
7.0

A young man inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house.

Mirage

1972

Los hijos de Sanchez poster
NR

The Sanchez clan have seen the worst of times, but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to build a life of her own, the family and Sanchez face an enormous challenge.

Los hijos de Sanchez

1978

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 Great Adventure of Zorro poster
7.2

The De La Vega's are a wealthy and prestigious family known throughout the territory. When Diego, the youngest son of Don Alejandro de La Vega, returns from his 4 year stay in Spain, he finds him hometown oppressed by the corrupt military forces. The farmers are being run out of their homes and their land is being used as military camps and/or sold off to pay for military supplies and wages, along with taking the poor villagers and using them as slaves. So Diego/Zorro has multiple face offs with the local military and swears to restore order and freedom to the oppressed.

The Great Adventure of Zorro

1976

Crónica íntima poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

Crónica íntima

1979

Eye for an Eye poster
5.4

A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession.

Eye for an Eye

1971

The Suicide Club poster
4.4

Enrique lives in the midst of danger until he falls in love with a girl and learns to appreciate the little things in life. However, a series of strange situations unfold before him towards his own death, which he must deal with.

The Suicide Club

1970

El Cínico poster
5.4

Traveling salesman's amoral/sometimes criminal behavior catches up with him after he settles in at his brother's vinyard.

El Cínico

1970

There's Always a First Time poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

There's Always a First Time

1971

End of the Party poster
5.4

A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy.

End of the Party

1972

Those Years poster
6.0

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico

Those Years

1974

The Cubs poster
5.2

After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.

The Cubs

1973

The House in the South poster
6.0

Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.

The House in the South

1976

Foxtrot poster
4.8

A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.

Foxtrot

1976

El Payo: Un Hombre Contra el Mundo poster
5.5

Series western, adaptation of a popular comic-book.

El Payo: Un Hombre Contra el Mundo

1972

Victoria poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Victoria

1972

Angels and Cherubs poster
6.4

A tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view.

Angels and Cherubs

1972

Una vez, un hombre... poster
6.4

Young factory worker becomes apprentice to an alchemist, and he ends up going to the moon to repair equipment belonging to The Three Fates.

Una vez, un hombre...

1971

Queen Doll poster
5.6

A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.

Queen Doll

1972

The Young Animals poster
4.0

A boarding house where four girls stay, each with their own personal problems.

The Young Animals

1970

Series credits

La rosa de Guadalupe poster
7.1

Stories about people who get into problems who use the help of Virgin Mary and where a rose appears and their problems are solved.

La rosa de Guadalupe

2008

Don't Mess with the Angel poster
7.5

When Marichuy was born, her mother—believing she was on the verge of death—handed her over to a priest, who took her to an orphanage. At the age of fourteen, Marichuy ran away from the institution and began wandering from place to place, scraping together a living however she could. Years later, she was attacked by a drunkard; the incident left her harboring resentment toward men and plagued by harrowing nightmares.

Don't Mess with the Angel

2008

Por ella soy Eva poster
7.8

A handsome man, unjustly accused, transforms into a woman named Eva to win over Helena—the love of his life—and unmask the true culprits behind a financial fraud and the theft of Helena's project.

Por ella soy Eva

2012

Triumph of Love poster
7.8

Victoria's life is perfect. She is a famous designer, mother of two and the wife of an actor. But she suffers the absence of her daughter Maria, who was separated from her when she was a little girl.

Triumph of Love

2010

The Color of Passion poster
7.6

Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother of her niece Lucía. Nora, Lucía's half sister and daughter of Rebeca, resents Lucía for the same reasons Rebeca hated Adriana, as history repeats itself.

The Color of Passion

2014

El Privilegio de Amar poster
7.1

Juan de la Cruz, a young seminarian, visits the home of his mother, Ana Joaquina—a religious zealot who has always imposed her will on her son and instilled in him a calling to serve God. Working in Ana Joaquina’s household is Luciana, an innocent, dreamy young woman who falls in love with Juan de la Cruz. One night, swept up in the passion of youth, they give in to their feelings with tenderness and innocence. Upon discovering this, Ana Joaquina throws Luciana out; by then, Luciana is already pregnant with Juan de la Cruz’s child. When the time comes to give birth, she leaves her daughter at a stranger's doorstep, hoping the child will be raised there, but the baby is instead taken to an orphanage. To survive, Luciana becomes involved with a series of unsavory men—including Pedro Trujillo, a brutal man who beats and abuses her.

El Privilegio de Amar

1998

Love and Cruelty poster
6.8

Gabriel and Damián are twin brothers, yet they are vastly different. Gabriel was raised in opulence, whereas his brother grew up in poverty; harboring deep resentment toward Gabriel, Damián seeks to destroy him by any means necessary. Gabriel is in his second marriage to the hysterical widow Joselyn. An accident causes Joselyn to miscarry and leaves Luisito—the son she shares with Gabriel—disabled. Blaming her husband for both tragedies, Joselyn makes his life a living hell. She is aided by her mother, Miriam, and Karen, her daughter from a previous marriage; together, they are the "furies" who torment Gabriel. One day, a humble young woman named Mariángela arrives at the mansion to tutor Luisito, and Gabriel falls in love with her. The "furies" set out to tear Mariángela apart, especially after discovering she is the illegitimate daughter of Clemente—a kind-hearted man who is Miriam’s husband and Joselyn’s father.

Love and Cruelty

2006

Inocente de Ti poster
6.8

Inocente de Ti is a Miami-based 130 episode telenovela that first aired on the Univision network in 2005. It features Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanús, and Helena Rojo.

Inocente de Ti

2004

Ramona poster
6.5

Ramona is a Mexican telenovela, based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. It aired in 2000 on Televisa and was written by Lucy Orozco and Humberto Robles. This production featured Kate Del Castillo as Ramona and Eduardo Palomo as Alejandro.

Ramona

2000

Extraño en su pueblo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Extraño en su pueblo

1973

Peregrina poster
5.7

Peregrina is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from November 14, 2005, to March 31, 2006. It is a remake of the 1973 Venezuelan telenovela of the same name, created by Delia Fiallo. The story follows Peregrina, a young gypsy woman who works as a dancer in a traveling circus with her grandmother. After arriving in a coastal town, she meets Rodolfo, and the two fall in love, unaware that a dark secret from their past connects them. As family secrets, ambition, and betrayal emerge, Peregrina must fight for her identity and her happiness.

Peregrina

2005

Extraños caminos del amor poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Extraños caminos del amor

1981

Amor Real poster
7.8

True love threatens to tear a family apart in this epic Mexican serial set in the 1800s. Rich and beautiful Matilde falls in love with Adolfo, but her mother, Augusta, disapproves of the relationship when she learns Adolfo is poor. Augusta forces her daughter to marry rich and handsome Manuel Fuentes Guerra, but Matilde plays with fire by continuing to be with Adolfo. Adela Noriega, Fernando Colunga, Helena Rojo and Chantal Andere star.

Amor Real

2003

La traición poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

La traición

1984

Las Lunas del Auditorio poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Las Lunas del Auditorio

2002

The Flight to Victory poster
8.0

Victoria is a free spirited girl from a humble background and an aspirant Sprinter. She was abandoned by her biological mother when she was a child. A woman named Chencha took her in and treated her as her own daughter. Victoria dreams to become a Champion at the Olympics and much determined to fight any obstacle that gets her way. Victoria also finds herself in between two men, Andres and Raul who are willing to fight for her love.

The Flight to Victory

2017

Lying Heart poster
7.4

Mariela Salvatierra is an orphan and was only 11 when her grandfather Manuel died because of Demián Ferrer. Being left on her own, destiny pushed her to leave the country under the care of Leonardo Del Río. 15 years have passed since they left, but now Mariela and Leonardo have returned to face Demián Ferrer. Demián is a fairly powerful and unscrupulous business man who doesn’t even honor his own family. He disregards Santiago, his youngest son, and manipulates and deceives his oldest son, Alonso. This attitude affects Mariela too, since Alonso doesn’t dare to turn his back on his father, which tinges their relationship with love and hatred at once. To make things worse, Renata, a luscious and dishonest girl, moves in to the Ferrer’s home and becomes obsessed with Alonso, doing everything she can to separate him from Mariela and making her come closer to another man who is in love with her.

Lying Heart

2016

La venganza poster
9.0

The plot tells the story of Maria Olivares, a humble peasant woman living with her grandfather Maximiliano in a thatched hut on the Narváez estate. Maria falls in love with Xavier Narváez, a pilot, but his brother Rafael and his wife Carmen oppose the marriage because Maria is poor.

La venganza

1977

The Heart Is Never Wrong poster
8.2

Love story between Aristóteles & Temo, who leave Oaxaca to start a new life together in Mexico City.

The Heart Is Never Wrong

2019

Retrato de familia poster
5.7

Retrato de familia is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from October 23, 1995, to January 19, 1996. Created by Jesús Calzada, the telenovela stars Helena Rojo, Alfredo Adame, Diana Bracho, and Yolanda Andrade. The story is set in Guadalajara and centers on the Mariscal Preciado family. The story follows Cecilia Mariscal, a devoted mother whose troubled marriage to Agustín falls apart, leaving her to rebuild her life. When she falls in love with Dr. Esteban Acuña, she faces unexpected opposition from her own daughter, Elvira, who also becomes obsessed with him. As family rivalries, forbidden love, betrayal, and long-hidden secrets emerge, the Mariscal family's relationships are pushed to the breaking point.

Retrato de familia

1995

Gente bien poster
8.0

Gente bien is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from April 28 to August 15, 1997. Created by Lucy Orozco, Antonio Serrano, and Humberto Robles, the telenovela stars Patricia Manterola and Mario Cimarro, with stellar performances by Helena Rojo, Ana Martín, and María Rivas. The story follows María Figueroa, a hardworking and honest young woman who is forced to leave her job after suffering harassment from her employer. She later begins working at the Dumas family's company, where she becomes involved in a world of power, corruption, and family conflicts. There, she meets Gerardo Felipe, an environmentalist fighting against illegal activities connected to the company, and together they face obstacles, betrayal, and the struggle to protect their love.

Gente bien

1997

María Félix La Doña poster
8.2

The life story of María Félix, from her humble beginnings as one of fifteen children to her rise to fame and infamy as one of the most storied Mexican actresses of the 1940s and beyond.

María Félix La Doña

2022

El Conde: Amor y Honor poster
8.1

A wrongful conviction changes the life of Alejandro Gaitán and separates him from the woman he loves, Mariana Zambrano. After 17 years in jail, he becomes a count with the help of another prisoner and seeks revenge on those who turned on him.

El Conde: Amor y Honor

2024

Las secretas intenciones poster
8.5

Las secretas intenciones is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 17 to November 27, 1992. Created by Alberto Rudich and directed by Francisco Franco, the telenovela stars Yolanda Andrade and Cristián Castro in their first leading roles. The story follows Larisa Cardenal and Miguel Ángel Curiel, two young people whose romance is threatened by family conflicts, hidden secrets, and the manipulations of Antonieta Alcántara, a woman determined to take revenge on Larisa's family. As long-buried truths come to light, their lives become entangled in a web of love, betrayal, and ambition.

Las secretas intenciones

1992

The Candidate poster
7.0

Like many women, Regina struggles every day for the welfare of her family, having to cope from the worn relationship with her husband to the rebellion of her teenage son ... but in her case everything is in sight, because she is the wife of Head of Government of the city and, as if that were not enough, an honorable senator, who always tries to do what is best for her fellow men. In the world of politics, a world where men build power at any cost, is Regina, who strives to improve the reality of people and impose ideals over power.

The Candidate

2016

Love Without Makeup poster
7.0

Amor sin Maquillaje is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; It was a tribute to the 50 years of telenovelas in Mexico.

Love Without Makeup

2007