Margarita Isabel

Acting

Margarita Isabel

Born — Died

1943-07-25 — 2017-04-09

Place of birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Margarita Isabel was a Mexican film and television actress. Born as Margarita Isabel Morales y González, she is a multiple Ariel Award-winning actress. Five times nominated, she has won three Silver Ariel awards: in 1992, 1995 and 1996.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

La Madrastra: Años después poster
NR

Set ten years after the finale's quintuple wedding, the special portrays the happily reunited San Román family, including four new grandchildren, as well as the Xochimilco residents. The San Románs go to Patricia's lake cabin in order to celebrate their shared ten-year wedding anniversary, unaware that Demetrio, whom they believe died after escaping from prison a year prior, is actually alive and well and is conspiring with his grandson, Ángel and Alma's young son Angelito, and the San Román grandchildren's nanny, Diana, to kill the entire family.

La Madrastra: Años después

2005

Lucía, Lucía poster
5.2

Lucia, an children's book author, tells the story of her husband's disappearance. One day on their way to Brazil he just disappears. She goes to the police, gets a ransom note, and makes friends with the old dude downstairs and the young dude upstairs as she tries to find him. Things take a bit of a twist as she realized the kidnapping may not be as simple as it seems on the surface.

Lucía, Lucía

2003

Dame Tu Cuerpo poster
5.0

German is a successful advertising exec who is about to marry beautiful ex-model, Jacqueline. However, Jacqueline can't stand German's best friend, Alex - a college football coach - on account of his gross behavior and adolescent attitudes towards women. But an atmospheric disturbance switches bodies on Alex and Jacqueline. Now, together with German, Alex and Jacqueline have to find a way to return to their original bodies before time runs out and they're trapped in that switch forever.

Dame Tu Cuerpo

2003

1990s · 19 titles

Like Water for Chocolate poster
7.3

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

Like Water for Chocolate

1992

Cronos poster
6.7

Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.

Cronos

1993

Danzón poster
6.7

A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.

Danzón

1991

Untamed Women poster
4.5

Tired of being mistreated by their husbands, Ema (Reyes Spindola), Clotilde (Elizarraras) and Chayo (Orozco) leave their past (children and husbands included) and begin an adventure that will take them to a cavernous cabaret in Guadalajara, a love affair with a hot-blooded young drug dealer and, finally, a popular and well decorated mexican restaurant in downtown L.A. In the middle, the three women will find their respective self-esteem and their true reasons for living.

Untamed Women

1995

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Contigo en la distancia

1991

Más que alcanzar una estrella poster
5.8

Lalo, a humble mechanic with a great singing voice is discovered by the most famous pop group and launched to stardom, but he will be dazzled by fame and money, even forgetting his loved ones.

Más que alcanzar una estrella

1992

Golpe de suerte poster
6.0

A bureaucrat gets a house and even a car on credit thanks to the support of a compadre who is a union leader, but then has difficulty paying because he is fired in a job cut despite the many years he has been working.

Golpe de suerte

1992

¡Que vivan los muertos! poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

¡Que vivan los muertos!

1998

Tres son peor que una poster
6.7

A young architect has a double life: he has a beautiful wife and a sexy mistress. His friends advise him to choose one, but this three women gives meaning to his life, including his nosy mother-in-law.

Tres son peor que una

1992

Los años de Greta poster
6.5

Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support.

Los años de Greta

1992

Abuelita de Bakman poster
5.0

A novelist cannot create new and original stories, his wife suggests that he go out and write about the people he sees as he passes by.

Abuelita de Bakman

1993

Two Crimes poster
5.2

After being falsely accused of a murder, Marcos runs away to the small and quiet town of Cuevano. There he finds that the family matters are more complicated than his.

Two Crimes

1995

The Last Battle poster
5.1

A group of boys, roughly seven to eleven years of age, go skinny-dipping in a river near their small Mexican town one afternoon and there find themselves the butt of an old vagabond's practical joke, the man stealing all their clothes from them. Humiliated about having to walk home in the buff, the tykes decide to get even, declare war. Yet, as the generations battle it out, a mutual respect develops, the depth of which is evident once the man has a heart attack during one of his romps with the kids. Will the boys' older pal recuperate so that they can engage in one final battle.

The Last Battle

1993

Me tengo que casar poster
6.3

Mexican movie

Me tengo que casar

1995

Con el amor no se juega poster
6.5

Susana, a beautiful young girl living in 1990, is happily looking forward to her forthcoming marriage - and has bought an antique mirror to grace her future home. Three weeks before the wedding, the mirror is delivered to her Grandmother's home and taken to Susana's room. Later that day, when looking into the glass, Susana is startled to see the image of a handsome soldier, Nicolas (from 1863), instead of her own reflection. It soon becomes obvious that he can see Susana as clearly as she can see him - and life, for them both, is never quite the same again. Contains three shorts as a trilogy: The Two Way Mirror (El espejo de dos lunas) 1990, 0:29:23 With You from a Distance (Contigo en la distancia) 1991, 0:27:38 Saturday Night Thief (Ladrón de sábado) 1996, 0:24:57

Con el amor no se juega

1991

No artwork available
7.5

Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes.

Devil Fugitives

1990

Reencuentros poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Reencuentros

1997

Rescate mortal poster
4.2

A college student goes on vacation to a South American country after learning he has cancer, and gets involved in the local civil war after his best friend is kidnapped by the revolutionary guerilla.

Rescate mortal

1990

Perfume, efecto inmediato poster
6.0

A cosmetologist invents a perfume that helps her sister seduce her boss. When her boss realizes the power of the perfume he will try to steal the formula.

Perfume, efecto inmediato

1994

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 7 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

Los meses y los días poster
4.1

Young woman wants to move out of her parents' house, but it's not yet a cultural norm for unmarried women to live alone, and she faces lots of different problems in her attempts toward liberation.

Los meses y los días

1973

Maria of My Heart poster
6.5

Héctor and María meet again after eight years of not seeing each other. She works as a magician in cabarets and he robs houses. María convinces Héctor to become a magician and work together. Life seems to smile on them until one day, when Maria travels to another city, the couple's situation will be overshadowed by an unfortunate event.

Maria of My Heart

1979

Oye Salomé! poster
4.9

Young Guadalupe and her boyfriend love music. She plays flute and he plays clarinet. On Sundays, after attending mass, they give concerts in their parishes. Salome is a young girl who dances salsa every night. All the men who frequent the room where she dances fall in love with her, especially Raúl, a mechanic convinced that his love is impossible, but it turns out that Guadalupe and Salomé are the same person and their love is realized, in spite of the clarinetist.

Oye Salomé!

1978

Naufragio poster
5.6

One woman lives waiting for her son who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares the letters and her grief with a co-worker and friend. This last woman begins to idealize her friend's son.

Naufragio

1978

Zuzanka's Game poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

Zuzanka's Game

1970

The Other Virginity poster
5.2

Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.

The Other Virginity

1975

Series credits

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Alguna Vez Tendremos Alas

1997

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.

Killer Women

2008

La Madrastra poster
8.1

After twenty years, María obtains her freedom and returns to Mexico to find Patricia's real murderer. She marries Esteban, her husband, again to regain the affection of her children, who reject her for being their stepmother.

La Madrastra

2005

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Golpe bajo

2000

The Marked Hour poster
8.3

La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.

The Marked Hour

1988

Luz Clarita poster
7.5

Mariano de la Fuente's family opens their home to a young orphan named Luz Clarita. Little Mariela views her as a rival and sets out to make her life miserable, but Luz Clarita will fight to find happiness.

Luz Clarita

1996

Confidente de secundaria poster
8.0

Confidente de secundaria is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from March 25 to September 27, 1996. Created by Carlos Aguilar and Rosa Salazar, the telenovela stars Irán Castillo, Flavio César, Alexis Ayala, Julieta Rosen, and Julio Alemán. The story follows a group of high school students whose lives are connected through the popular radio show Confidente de Secundaria. Hosted by Roberto and Mónica, the program encourages teenagers to share their fears, dreams, relationships, and personal struggles. As Jackie, Héctor, Bianca, Quico, Marilú, and their friends navigate first love, family conflicts, jealousy, and betrayal, they find guidance and support while learning valuable lessons about friendship, responsibility, and growing up.

Confidente de secundaria

1996