Emma Roldán

Acting

Emma Roldán

Born — Died

1893-02-03 — 1978-08-29

Place of birth

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 9 titles

Free Love poster
5.2

Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their romantic attachments seem quite as stable or enduring as their friendship.

Free Love

1978

Ratero poster
6.0

Solovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province man trying to improve his life, but sees himself forced to steal to survive. When he comes up with a large jewelry bounty a pair of cops offer him his freedom in exchange of the bounty and becomes the target of the police harassment.

Ratero

1979

Castle of Purity poster
7.4

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.

Castle of Purity

1973

Magdalena’s True Vocation poster
7.0

Sex and middle class are the main topics in "La verdadera vocación de Magdalena". Hermosillo shows marriage as a matter of interests (economical and social) in the modern society. emphasizing the education, lose of tradition and customs in the gap generation of sixties youth and its parents. Angelica María, plays the best character in his career, being a kind and vulnerable girl raised in a hard moral education

Magdalena’s True Vocation

1972

Chico Ramos poster
6.4

Western revenge drama.

Chico Ramos

1971

The Place Without Limits poster
7.2

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

The Place Without Limits

1978

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey poster
7.8

This funny Mexican film tell the tale of a family who will do anything to get rid of the rich old lady who sits at the head of the clan. All the hilarious members want a piece of the very lucrative inheritance money. What they don't know, however, is that grandma has left all of the money to her trusty dog.

Fear Doesn't Ride a Donkey

1973

The Passion of Berenice poster
5.9

When a man appears in her life, a young woman of traditional manners who lives with her godmother suffers a deep and unusual transformation.

The Passion of Berenice

1976

La Hermanita Dinamita poster
6.7

After accidentally hitting a boy with her car, a young woman pretends to be a nurse in order secretly help him to recover.

La Hermanita Dinamita

1970

1960s · 14 titles

La estrella vacía poster
6.6

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

La estrella vacía

1960

Entrega Inmediata poster
7.3

Immediate delivery recounts the misadventures of Feliciano Callosum (Cantinflas), a postman who is recruited by the secret counterintelligence service (called XU-777 secret agency), and must uncover an international conspiracy.

Entrega Inmediata

1963

No artwork available
5.8

The son of a famous vigilante returns to his home town... but he's all citified and pantywaisted. Or is he?

El hijo del charro negro

1961

El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte poster
5.7

Guy gets mugged on horseback and left for dead; farmgal nurses him back to health and when he's on his feet again, he puts a domino on and swings into J J action.

El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte

1966

No artwork available
6.7

Two secret agents are after a couple of car thieves who belong to a band of criminals headed by Ernesto. The band has kidnapped the son of Daniel, a boxer who is about to fight for the world title. The agents must destroy Ernesto's band and rescue Daniel's son before the fight so Daniel doesn't lose his chance at the title under the kidnapper's threats.

Servicio secreto

1962

La barranca sangrienta poster
5.5

Alberto and Leonor have a son, they find out that one of the masked men who attacked them was her nephew, things get difficult for them when they find out about a testament left by her grandmother.

La barranca sangrienta

1962

Mi caballo prieto rebelde poster
6.0

Two cowboys fight over ownership of a horse and a woman.

Mi caballo prieto rebelde

1967

El malvado Carabel poster
6.7

Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime.

El malvado Carabel

1961

Aquella Rosita Alvírez poster
6.3

Traveling cowboy gets involved in political issues in a town he passes through. Also a romance.

Aquella Rosita Alvírez

1965

The Devil's Visitations poster
6.2

A young architect returns from Europe to live in the house of his uncles and cousins, where someone pretends to be the Devil.

The Devil's Visitations

1968

La vida de Pedro Infante poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

La vida de Pedro Infante

1966

Si quiero poster
6.0

Newlyweds find married life to be challenging.

Si quiero

1967

La entrega de Chucho el Roto poster
6.3

Gentleman swindler runs cleverly-orchestrated scams. Four of four in a series.

La entrega de Chucho el Roto

1962

Los tigres del ring poster
5.5

Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule. Part one of two.

Los tigres del ring

1960

1950s · 18 titles

The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy poster
2.9

A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.

The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy

1958

Storm in the souls poster
5.1

Lives in a "model factory," designed to create a progressive community among the workers.

Storm in the souls

1954

Milagros de San Martín de Porres poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

Milagros de San Martín de Porres

1959

Cárcel de mujeres poster
5.9

Evangelina murders her lover Alberto. In prison she meets Dora, Alberto's girlfriend, who was deprived of her freedom for his illicit business. An interesting story is about to be woven.

Cárcel de mujeres

1951

Vístete Cristina poster
5.8

Aspiring big-band singer who doubles as an art forger takes in a teenaged runaway who wants to be a showgirl.

Vístete Cristina

1959

Tailored gentleman poster
7.4

Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

Tailored gentleman

1954

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy poster
4.1

The evil Dr. Krupp, once again trying to get possession of the Aztec princess Xochitl's jewels, hypnotizes her current reincarnation, Flor, to get her to reveal the jewels' location - Xochitl's tomb. Confusion reigns as Krupp and his thugs are opposed by Flor's lover, Dr. Almada, his assistant, and wrestling superhero, El Angel. Krupp finally meets his match, however, when he comes up against Popoca, the warrior mummy who guards Xochitl's tomb.

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy

1957

Los hijos de María Morales poster
7.5

Two brothers known in town for their womanizing, drinking and rowdiness meet their matches when two girls who like them decide to tame the two machos.

Los hijos de María Morales

1952

El gran mentiroso poster
4.4

A married man's double life unravels when his city acquaintance encounters his daughter back home, threatening to expose fifteen years of deception about his frequent urban getaways.

El gran mentiroso

1953

Watch Out for Love poster
7.1

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

Watch Out for Love

1954

One Way Street poster
5.3

After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.

One Way Street

1950

Monte de piedad poster
5.8

Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.

Monte de piedad

1951

Los hijos de Rancho Grande poster
6.7

Sequel to Alla en el Rancho Grande, twenty years later -- sons and daughters of the original characters go through a courtship melodrama of their own.

Los hijos de Rancho Grande

1956

No artwork available
5.6

Four young women facing "crises," mostly centered around the crucially-important issue of preserving their virginity in a variety of purity-oath threatening situations.

Señoritas

1959

Thirst for Love poster
6.2

Pedro Ortiz, a brave charro, arrives to a fishing village that is passing hard times. There's no fish in the waters. His manners and his love for Maria, a local attractive widow, will get him into trouble

Thirst for Love

1959

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó poster
6.8

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó

1950

Diabolical Kidnapping poster
5.7

Second film in the Tigres del ring series.

Diabolical Kidnapping

1957

Pobres millonarios poster
5.7

Squatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor.

Pobres millonarios

1957

1940s · 12 titles

Tentación poster
6.0

Upon reaching the capital, an old man and his daughter are victims of abuse, where their goodwill becomes the way to gain control of the low instincts of a man who sought favors he did for an uncontrolled temptation.

Tentación

1943

Romeo y Julieta poster
6.8

Verona's peace is disturbed by the rivalry between noble families: the Montesco and the Capuleto, irreconcilable enemies. The two families have continued fighting to make life unbearable in the Italian town. The Prince of Verona informs the chiefs that the two families respond with their lives if there are new struggles. At a ball in honor of Juliet, the daughter of Capuleto, incidentally meets Romeo, son of Montesco. Both fall in love immediately, not knowing that their love is impossible.

Romeo y Julieta

1943

El museo del crimen poster
5.8

Stage magician/amateur detective helps police to solve a murder.

El museo del crimen

1945

Se la llevó el Remington poster
5.8

While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.

Se la llevó el Remington

1948

Como yo te quería poster
5.6

Romantic comedy/drama.

Como yo te quería

1945

El ahijado de la muerte poster
6.2

Father of a newborn makes a deal with Death to protect his son.

El ahijado de la muerte

1946

Woman Without a Soul poster
6.4

Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.

Woman Without a Soul

1944

La reina del trópico poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

La reina del trópico

1946

The Midnight Ghost poster
5.7

A young orphan girl begins to witness strange phenomena in the house where she lives with her godparents.

The Midnight Ghost

1940

Miente y serás feliz poster
5.0

A Spanish, Juan, is obsessed with telling the truth always. As a result he is consistently in the middle of troubles...

Miente y serás feliz

1940

Cadetes de la naval poster
5.8

During World War II, two Mexican naval cadets become best friends and share some good times when off duty. However when Mexico joins the war effort, they must leave their carefree existence and serve in the gruesome conflict.

Cadetes de la naval

1945

Recuerdos de mi valle poster
5.7

Mexican movie

Recuerdos de mi valle

1946

1930s · 5 titles