Columba Domínguez

Acting

Columba Domínguez

Born — Died

1929-03-04 — 2014-08-13

Place of birth

Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Columba Domínguez Adalid (March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was a Mexican film actress. Considered a crucial figure in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Considered one of the muses of the film director Emilio Fernández, who, moreover, was romantically linked for several years. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film Pueblerina (1949), considered one of the jewels of the Mexican Cinema. Columba Domínguez Adalid born on March 4, 1929 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, reaching very young with her family to the Mexico City. When she went to a party with one of her sisters, was discovered by the Mexican film director Emilio Fernández, who was amazed by her beauty with very marked…

Known for

Los ricos también lloran poster
6.0

Popular telenovela produced in Mexico in 1979, starring Verónica Castro, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells. Castro also sang the theme Aprendí a Llorar, a song written by Lolita de la Colina. The telenovela was produced by Chilean Valentín Pimstein and Carlos Romero, it was directed by Rafael Banquells. The story was written by Inés Rodena and adapted by Valeria Philips.

Los ricos también lloran

1979

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aprendiendo a amar

1980

The Important Man poster
7.9

Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio.

The Important Man

1961

Bread, Love and Andalucia poster
6.3

Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer.

Bread, Love and Andalucia

1958

One Day of Life poster
6.2

A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.

One Day of Life

1950

The River and Death poster
6.3

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.

The River and Death

1954

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

1960s · 21 titles

The Important Man poster
7.9

Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio.

The Important Man

1961

Miracles Weaver poster
6.0

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".

Miracles Weaver

1962

My Son, the Hero poster
8.0

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.

My Son, the Hero

1961

La sombra de los hijos poster
5.6

Dying woman refuses to surrender to her unnamed movie disease until she can help her children through the big, big problems each one is facing.

La sombra de los hijos

1964

The Paper Man poster
6.9

A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.

The Paper Man

1963

Ambición sangrienta poster
6.0

A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.

Ambición sangrienta

1968

Llanto por Juan Indio poster
5.7

The story revolves around a farmer who is tried for stealing a military rifle and is sentenced to death.

Llanto por Juan Indio

1965

Paloma herida poster
6.3

Paloma is a young blonde indigenous woman who arrives in a coastal town and goes to the local cantina to murder Danilo Zeta in cold blood. But the young woman is captured and, upon being tried in the public square of Puerto San José, she refuses to speak. In prison, after giving birth to a child, Judge Justo and her wife Amalia encourage her to tell them her past.

Paloma herida

1963

El tiro de gracia poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

El tiro de gracia

1961

Adventure at the Center of the Earth poster
6.0

After a young man is killed in an unexplored subterranean cavern and his girlfriend driven mad by something she saw there, a track found at the scene cannot be identified with any known animal and thus a scientific expedition is launched to find out just what it is that is living there.

Adventure at the Center of the Earth

1965

Duelo de pistoleros poster
5.8

Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money.

Duelo de pistoleros

1966

Mundo, demonio y carne poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Mundo, demonio y carne

1960

El hombre propone... poster
5.4

Anthology film, four stories set in Guadalajara and environs.

El hombre propone...

1965

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Furia en el Edén

1964

Lawless Youth poster
6.0

Jorge is arrested and brought to trial, where it is known that he chose crime due to the abandonment of his father.

Lawless Youth

1965

Marcelo y María poster
5.6

Late 16th century: two Azteca teens are very much in love, but older folks have designs on each of them. This can't end well...

Marcelo y María

1966

The She-Wolf poster
6.0

Professor Fernandez is studying the metamorphosis in living organisms to cure his daughter of a strange disease that occurs in full moon nights.

The She-Wolf

1965

Little Town poster
6.7

Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.

Little Town

1962

Duelo indio poster
5.4

A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is securing copies of some needed legal documents. Etc. Second film of four in the series "Pancho Pistolas."

Duelo indio

1961

Viva la parranda poster
5.0

Three con-artists chase after the absconded girlfriend of one and butt heads with two female swindlers working the same marks.

Viva la parranda

1960

Enterrado vivo poster
5.6

Final four episodes of Pancho Pistolas serial, reedited into feature format. PP finally thwarts the Four Bad Brothers in their plan to take over the lands belonging to local indigenous tribe and in getting that territory restored to tribal governance.

Enterrado vivo

1961

1950s · 18 titles

Bread, Love and Andalucia poster
6.3

Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer.

Bread, Love and Andalucia

1958

One Day of Life poster
6.2

A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.

One Day of Life

1950

The River and Death poster
6.3

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.

The River and Death

1954

Tragic Cabaret poster
6.3

A bar-girl's job becomes inescapable after her involvement in a murder. The bar owner deals with relationship troubles from her cheating boyfriend and her adopted daughter's ambitions.

Tragic Cabaret

1958

When the Fog Lifts poster
6.8

One mental patient usurps the identity of another and starts a new life, passing himself off as a long-lost relative of a rich family.

When the Fog Lifts

1952

The Sea and You poster
6.4

A man long thought dead returns to his fishing village home to find the love he left married to the village’s top power broker, a man who control’s the fish production with an iron fist.

The Sea and You

1952

The Body Snatcher poster
5.9

A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...

The Body Snatcher

1957

Historia de un abrigo de mink poster
4.6

Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.

Historia de un abrigo de mink

1955

La fuerza de los humildes poster
5.8

Unethical industrialist gets taken down by a combination of forces including labor activists and a kill-crazy tribal Indian.

La fuerza de los humildes

1955

Unfaithful Wives poster
5.0

A bunch of stories where wives are unfaithful for different reasons: money, revenge or pleasure.

Unfaithful Wives

1956

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

Reportaje poster
7.3

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Reportaje

1953

Devotion poster
7.5

In Sardinia, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the once powerful aristocratic Decherchi family is going through difficult times and is threatened with eviction. To be able to pay his debts, Don Paulu, the son, needs help. He seeks aid from Uncle Zua, an old miser, who rejects him bluntly. Upset by Paulu's misfortunes, Annesa, the servant girl adopted by the family and Paulu's lover, decides to kill Zua so that the Decherchis inherit from him...

Devotion

1950

La bienamada poster
6.2

Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little brother. The-e-n...

La bienamada

1951

People, Song and Hope poster
6.4

Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.

People, Song and Hope

1956

Five lives and one destiny poster
6.0

Jailbreak! Five death-row inmates run for the border.

Five lives and one destiny

1957

La virtud desnuda poster
6.7

A certain young woman won't allow her virtuous reputation to be compromised... until her suitors agree to the price she sets on it. Twist ending.

La virtud desnuda

1957

El caudillo poster
5.6

Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.

El caudillo

1957

1940s · 6 titles

Hidden River poster
6.2

Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.

Hidden River

1948

The Pearl poster
7.2

Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.

The Pearl

1947

Maclovia poster
6.8

On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.

Maclovia

1948

No artwork available
7.0

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.

The Unloved Woman

1949

Pueblerina poster
7.2

Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life by marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.

Pueblerina

1949

Pepita Jiménez poster
5.9

On March 22, four days after returning to his home in Andalusia, Luis de Vargas writes the first of his letters to his uncle and favorite professor at the seminary. He reports that his father intends to fatten him up during his vacation, to have him ready to return in the fall to finish his training for the priesthood. He mentions in passing that his father is courting a twenty-year-old, attractive widow, Pepita Jiménez; his father is fifty-five years old. Pepita had been married for only a short time to an eighty-year-old moneylender named Gumersindo. Luis is not eager to see his father marry again, but he promises his uncle not to judge Pepita before he knows her.

Pepita Jiménez

1946

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