Claudia Islas

Acting

Claudia Islas

Born

1946-07-17 (80)

Place of birth

Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

50 titles

Claudia Islas (August 29, 1946) is a Mexican actress, born in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. She gained prominence in the Mexican entertainment industry during the 1960s and 1970s, known for her versatile acting skills and captivating performances. Islas appeared in numerous films and television series, earning critical acclaim for her roles. Some of her notable works include "El amor tiene cara de mujer" (1971), "Pacto de amor" (1977), and "Colorina" (1980). Throughout her career, she became a beloved figure in Mexican cinema and television.

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

1970s · 20 titles

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

Conserje en condominio poster
6.7

After reading in the newspaper, Úrsulo runs to seek employment. It is the position of caretaker of a luxury apartment building habited by people more heterogeneous: the professional model, the spiritualist, hippies and all turn to him to solve their problems. But someone in the building, kidnapped an important person and Úrsulo becomes a private investigator.

Conserje en condominio

1974

La hora desnuda poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

La hora desnuda

1971

Juegos de alcoba poster
4.4

Anthology movie -- three anecdotes relating to liberated, post-sixties, sexual behavior. Swinging couples, hippie-style free-love, etc...

Juegos de alcoba

1971

Para servir a usted poster
4.5

Working-class dude gets a gig as a waiter doing banquet service, and loses his moral compass through his contacts with decadent rich folk.

Para servir a usted

1971

Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa poster
6.0

"Mod" culture in Mexico City.

Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

1970

Ya Sé Quién Eres (Te He Estado Observando) poster
6.3

David is in love with his neighbor Rosalba and follows her everywhere. Rosalba, heartbroken because her boyfriend left her, decides to marry David.

Ya Sé Quién Eres (Te He Estado Observando)

1971

Una noche embarazosa poster
4.7

An Italian taxicab driver is used as a "breeding man" to save the inheritance of a wealthy family in Mexico.

Una noche embarazosa

1977

Las cadenas del mal poster
5.8

Ambitious young woman thinks she's on he fast track to fame and fortune, but her manager's a sleazeball who gets her hooked on IV drugs and pimps her out at random.

Las cadenas del mal

1970

Cayó de la gloria el diablo poster
6.8

Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of him wears off very quickly, and then...

Cayó de la gloria el diablo

1972

Tres amigos poster
5.8

Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.

Tres amigos

1970

Los ángeles de la tarde poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Los ángeles de la tarde

1972

Todos los pecados del mundo poster
5.8

The seven deadly sins are illustrated through short stories.

Todos los pecados del mundo

1972

Besos, Besos... y Más Besos poster
4.5

Rom-com anthology movie with three anecdotes.

Besos, Besos... y Más Besos

1973

The Kidnapping poster
6.2

A woman is kidnapped and held hostage by a mentally unstable man.

The Kidnapping

1974

Bajo el Ardiente Sol poster
3.8

Romantic melodrama set on a Colombian coffee plantation.

Bajo el Ardiente Sol

1971

No artwork available
6.0

A veteran lawman must escort a brutal and bloodthirsty bandit, Big Bill, back to the prison from which he escaped. On the way, the commissioner is wounded and only finds the assistance of Nick Sanders, a young homeless man with great skill with weapons. The lawman and Sanders establish a friendly relationship, and Sanders agrees to escort the bandit. However, the two protagonists are pursued by hostile forces: the prisoner's gang, and law enforcement officers, who are after Sanders on a murder charge. The meeting point is in a town where the local sheriff tries to fulfill his duty by hosting the prisoner while facing the pressures and fears of the townspeople.

Los indomables

1972

Volver, volver, volver poster
6.2

Good son vs bad son melodrama complicates life on the hacienda.

Volver, volver, volver

1977

The Cursed Twelve poster
6.5

Escaping after a heist, bank-robbers run afoul of an ex bounty hunter with whom they have back story.

The Cursed Twelve

1974

No artwork available
3.9

Young rich kids, disinherited by their parents, turn to blackmail as a source of income.

Los juniors

1970

1960s · 10 titles

Modisto de Señoras poster
4.1

Successful fashiondesigner D'Maurice seduces married women while he pretends to be gay in order to avoid arousing suspicion among his clientele's husbands

Modisto de Señoras

1969

La marcha a Zacatecas poster
5.8

Villistas, 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

Alerta, alta tension poster
5.5

After a criminal gang kidnaps a scientist with valuable information about nuclear weapons, an undercover agent named Jorge Rubio tries to infiltrate this gang in order to deal with the situation. The gang, however, quickly unmasks Rubio and uses both brainwashing and torture techniques on him. They also create a clone of Rubio, thus setting up a show-down battle between the two look-alikes.

Alerta, alta tension

1969

Con licencia para matar poster
6.0

Four martial-artsy crime-fightin' gals and their comic sidekick, under the leadership of a middle-aged guy in a business suit, defeat some bad people who are doing bad stuff.

Con licencia para matar

1969

No artwork available
5.7

Male-bonding, practical jokes, romantic rivalries among cadets in a police academy.

Caballos de acero

1967

The Prodigal Son poster
6.0

Suffering mother is reunited with her son after a long absence... and he turns out to be a real rotter.

The Prodigal Son

1968

Despedida de casada poster
5.9

A newlywed couple already wants to separate, but the apartment they live in belongs to both in equal parts, so they must go on living together until they discover--after solving many problems--in the end how much they really do love each other.

Despedida de casada

1968

Los siete proscritos poster
6.0

A motley crew of seven outlaws are pressed into service to defend a town from marauding Apaches, then two of them are appointed co-Sheriffs. Also some stuff about hunting for a lost treasure.

Los siete proscritos

1969

Persiguelas y... alcanzalas poster
6.0

After a millionaire playboy is murdered, police enlist a look-alike of the victim to impersonate him in a sting operation.

Persiguelas y... alcanzalas

1969

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los años verdes

1967

Series credits

Corazón salvaje poster
8.0

A telenovela that dramatizes the romances and rivalries between two brothers and two sisters in Mexico between the years 1885 and 1900.

Corazón salvaje

1992

Tú eres mi destino poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tú eres mi destino

1984

The Soul Has No Color poster
7.0

The plot told the story of Guadalupe, the eldest daughter of the Roldans, a traditional bankrupt family: to solve the family's financial problems, the father forces Guadalupe to marry a man she doesn't love.

The Soul Has No Color

1997

Ángel Rebelde poster
4.2

Ángel Rebelde is a 2003 Miami, Florida-based telenovela produced by Fonovideo Productions which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela. Mexican actors Grettel Valdez and Victor Noriega star as the main ptoragonists while Maritza Rodríguez and Ismael La Rosa star as the main antagonists. The telenovela aired on Univision from February 2 to December 6, 2004. It recently aired on Venevisión Plus in 2012.

Ángel Rebelde

2004

No artwork available
5.5

Catalina y Sebastian is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca and it was the first union for Silvia Navarro and Sergio Basañez as protagonists. The series was then developed into another Mexican telenovela by the title of Contrato de Amor which stars Leonardo Garcia and Alejandra Maldonado.

Catalina y Sebastián

1999

Pacto de amor poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pacto de amor

1977

Amor prohibido poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amor prohibido

1979

Marisol poster
5.5

Mexican telenovela starring Erika Buenfil and Eduardo Santamarina with the antagonic role of the star actress Claudia Islas. It was produced by Televisa. This telenovela contained 145 episodes and is a remake of Marcha nupcial.

Marisol

1996

Pasión y poder poster
8.0

The telenovela revolves around the family dramas and corporate power struggles of two rival families. This rivalry dates back many years to when Arturo Montenegro and Eládio Gómez Luna vied for the love of the beautiful Ana Laura; ultimately, it was Eládio who married her. Years later, Ana Laura is deeply unhappy, enduring her husband's abuse and cruelty; her only solace is the love of her son Federico, who is the complete opposite of his father. Meanwhile, after being widowed, Arturo married the frivolous Nina, with whom he had three children: Rogelio, Ana Karen, and Paulina. Arturo is so consumed by his business affairs that he fails to notice the humiliations Nina and her children—Rogelio and Paulina—inflict upon Pedro, his son from his first marriage.

Pasión y poder

1988

Baila Conmigo poster
8.3

Baila conmigo is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from March 30 to August 14, 1992. Created by Susan Crowley and Gabriela Ortigoza, the telenovela stars Eduardo Capetillo and Biby Gaytán. Set in the late 1950s during the rise of rock and roll, the story follows Pilar, a popular young woman who falls in love with the ambitious Bruno, who is only interested in fame and adventure. As love triangles, friendships, and rivalries unfold, a group of teenagers pursues their dreams while discovering the joys and challenges of first love, music, and growing up.

Baila Conmigo

1992

Corazón salvaje poster
NR

Corazón salvaje is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1966. It is the second of five screen adaptations of the novel of the same name by Caridad Bravo Adams. This telenovela was starred by singer Julissa while the 1977 production was starred by singer Angélica María who had previously had the role of Mónica in the 1968 film version. Actor Ernesto Alonso produced both telenovela versions. The role of Juan del Diablo went to Enrique Lizalde who, with Julissa, had previously starred in another Bravo Adams’ story, La mentira. This was the first starring role of Enrique Álvarez Félix, son of actress María Félix, in the role of the antagonist Renato Duchamp, the legitimate half-brother of Juan del Diablo. It was also the second time Jacqueline Andere co-starred with Enrique Lizalde, both being stage actors.

Corazón salvaje

2025