
Acting
Tina Romero
Born
1949-08-14 (77)
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
51 titles
Tina Romero Alcázar (born August 14, 1949) is a Mexican actress. A native of New York City, Romero moved to Mexico in her youth, and later established a career there as an actress. Her early film roles included The Divine Caste (1973) and the title character in the horror film Alucarda (1977). She has also appeared in American films, including Missing (1982), opposite Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon. Romero has also appeared in numerous Mexican television series, including numerous telenovelas, such as Rosalinda (1999), Mi pecado (2009), Quiero amarte (2014),
Known for
7.6The story begins in a small town in rural Mexico, home to Maria López—a humble, dreamy young woman of indigenous descent—who decides to leave her village for Mexico City in search of work and a better life. Upon arriving in the capital, she begins working as a domestic helper in mansions across wealthy neighborhoods, using her earnings to pay for sewing classes. At one of these homes, she meets Juan Carlos del Villar, a playboy who seduces and wins her over.
Simplemente Maria
1989
7.5Paulino Córdoba, Gabino Roura, Rodolfo Huerta, and Matías Quiroga have been friends since childhood; however, as adults, their priorities shifted, and a sin now threatens to destroy their friendship. Paulino owns the El Milagro apple hacienda and is married to Rosario; they have two children, César and Lucrecia. Rosario has always favored her son while openly rejecting her daughter. Lucrecia was raised by Delfina, Rosario’s maid and Manuel’s mother.
Burden of Guilt
2009
7.4Cristina es una muchacha dulce y tierna, querida por todos en “El Platanal”, una hermosa hacienda propiedad de Severiano Álvarez, su padre, hombre recio de campo y de gran carácter. En este lugar trabaja como capataz Diego Hernández, un criollo fuerte que se ha enamorado de Cristina, y ella, ante el amor que siente por Diego, se entrega a él. Cristina confesses to her father that she is pregnant and that she loves Diego. Severiano orders that Cristina and Raquela, the servant, go to the capital and have the child there. Through the actions of Federico Rivero, little María del Carmen returns to the hacienda as Raquela's daughter. Cristina, because she is close to her daughter, is forced to marry Federico, a ruthless and ambitious man. And from now on she will be everyone's “godmother.” Federico causes an accident in which Cristina is blinded; Thus, her fortune passes into his hands.
Embrace Me Tightly
2000
7.4After her parents death, the little Cecilia is under the care of her aunts: Natalia and Evangelina. Evangelina is a cruel woman who doesn't love the child and she treats her bad. Unlike Evangelina, Natalia is good and will help Cecilia because she is her real mother. She was seduced and got pregnant by Padre Julio. Evangelina hates Padre Julio because in the past he preferred Natalia to her. Many years later, there is a problem, because Evangelina doesn't want to give Cecilia money to attend the University. But Cecilia wins a grant and she can study now. She is engaged and wants to marry Giovanni, but Evangelina is against. She will poison him with a drink. Then Cecilia meets and falls in love with Gerardo, who is engaged to Sofia. Sofia's parents are Marta and Armando. Armando returns home after abandoning his family for many years. Marta has a romance with Manuel, but Sofia and Armando are opposed. Ines and Renato, who are Gerardo's parents, also are opposed to his romance with Cecilia. She breaks up the romance and goes to sor Angelina's nunnery to become a nun. Sonia and Roberto try to separate Gerardo from Cecilia. Then Cecilia finds out the truth about her birth and meets padre Julio. Natalia discovers that Evangelina tries to appropriate the whole patrimony of Cecilia and Evangelina kills her.
Cadenas de amargura
1991
6.0La Culpa is a Mexican telenovela produced by Yuri Breña and Pinkye Morris for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 12 to October 11, 1996. Created by Nora Alemán, with literary editing by Marco García, the telenovela stars Tiaré Scanda and Raúl Araiza. Due to low ratings, it was shortened to 45 episodes. The story follows Isabel Lagarde, the adopted daughter of a wealthy family, who falls in love with Miguel Nava, the son of a former boxing champion. Their lives are torn apart after Miguel becomes involved in the accident that kills Isabel's sister, Juana Inés. As grief, suspicion, and revenge threaten to destroy their relationship, Isabel and Miguel must uncover the truth behind the tragedy and identify the real person responsible.
La Culpa
1996
8.5No synopsis available yet.
El rincón de los prodigios
1987
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
6.3Ophelia, a young nun recently arriving in the town of San Ramon, is forced to perform an exorcism on a pregnant woman in danger of dying. Just when she thinks her possession has ended, she discovers that the evil presence hasn't disappeared yet. The director of the award-winning Here Comes the Devil and Late Phases adds a new twist to possession movies in one of this year's Latin American horror surprises.
The Exorcist
2022
7.6Bitter, grumpy patriarch Don Servando and his family travel to spend Christmas with Doña Alicia, a relative who becomes his "ultimate nemesis". It may be Christmas, but Don Servando is set on proving to everyone that Doña Alicia is a terrible person.
Grumpy Christmas
2021
NRImages of moral panic, cult followings and the edges of madness from sex and death.
Hymns from the Abyss
2021
6.0Nora is about to turn 40 and can't stop wondering: what's the point of all this? What was meant to be a celebration turns into a series of unfortunate missteps that push her toward self-discovery. With open wounds, unspoken desires, and a burning past, Nora confronts her family history, death, unemployment, the collapse of her polyamorous relationship, and the urgent need to redefine love, her sexuality, and what she truly wants from life.
Life Is
2026
2010s · 5 titles
6.3In order to save her son's life, Ana embarks on a quest to find a powerful stone from the Zone of Silence in Mexico. Someone finds out the power the stone possesses and believes it is a power worth killing for.
Silencio
2018
3.9Terror, transsexualism, and an eternal cult film. What is on the mind of horror film director Juan López Moctezuma and his fans, Manolo and Lalo, who are not only obsessed with the Mexican horror film 'Alucarda', but also believe in their hearts that they are its true characters? After finding the director in a psychiatric hospital, they kidnap him to make him remember his gloriously twisted past. An unclassifiable documentary film that uses interviews, stock shots and recreations of a past that may only have existed in the nightmares of its protagonists.
Alucardos: Portrait of a Vampire
2011
5.8After a mysterious, beautiful Latin woman named Miranda makes a dramatic appearance at the funeral of a man, shocking his affluent Southern California family, Victor, the man's son, heads to Mexico to find out the truth about the nature of her relationship with his dead father. He finds Miranda in the city of Guanajuato living with another man, Tobias. When Victor confronts Miranda, she denies meeting his father and says they will never hear from her again. If Miranda is telling the truth, what exactly was she doing at Victor's father's funeral? Who is the man that she is living with now? Their confrontation is the beginning of a chain of events where the protagonists will have to solve the dilemma that happens when true love comes twice at the same time.
Hidden Moon
2012
6.1Passionately in love and eager to live together as a couple, Rita and Mateo move out of the city and take refuge in the apparent tranquility of Mateo’s deceased father’s country house. Like every new relationship, it is all sex and fun in the beginning until Rita’s desire to become a mother, Mateo’s fear of commitment.
The Pleasure is Mine
2015
7.5Teo, a young and struggling actor, disguises himself as a 79 year old man to take advantage from the benefits of a retirement home, while also trying to sort out his personal and love life.
Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo
2018
2000s · 2 titles
5.1"Las Lloronas" is an adaptation of the legend of "La Llorona"(Weeping Woman). It's based on the story of three generations of women within a Mexican familiy. Cursed by la llorona, these women fight to overcome the situations that arise by this. Through the struggles that these women face, they must eventually come to terms with destiny. "Las Lloronas" is a story of love, loss and triumph of the spirit, as well as the inner strength that each women has within.
Las lloronas
2004
5.5On an island across the sea lies a village full of romance, wonder and mystery; a timeless place where people carry strong beliefs that can fulfill the heart's deepest desires. A beautiful ...
Sea of Dreams
2006
1990s · 5 titles
6.0Ramón is secretly in love with Adela. One morning, he discovers her corpse among the oat fields
A Sweet Scent of Death
1999
5.8Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.
La señorita
1994
3.5Propped up on his deathbed, a 17th century Spanish missionary named Father Kino (Enrique Rocha) looks back on his remarkable life and relives one of his greatest challenges: bringing the teachings of Christianity to California's native population while convincing the Spanish military to respect the Indians' traditions.
Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest
1993
4.4Film about ghostly revenge from beyond the grave that starts out in a theater. Some of the actors plan a heist of the box office, which goes predictably awry and causes an unintended death...and that's when the horror begins.
Silent Death
1991
No synopsis available yet.
El asesinato
1997
1980s · 11 titles
7.2Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
Missing
1982
6.0A fire started by Harry Thompson destroys the Liguria, a legendary ship of the 19th century, and its treasure of gold and diamonds sinks in the sea. Thompson manages to escape unaware that Albizetti sleeps in the same lifeboat he uses. They manage to arrive at a deserted island, which has also been reached on the opposite shore– by the other survivors of the shipwreck: three children, a woman and three men.
The Castaways of Liguria
1985
6.1In Olympus the Gods decide to exterminate humanity, after deliberating one of the gods advocates not to exterminate those who live in Mexico, which in the year 2000 is a paradise where all calamities have been extinguished.
Mexico 2000
1983
5.1Women escape from prison to search for a treasure whose location has been revealed to them by a dying old woman.
Wild Women
1984
6.6Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.
The Penitent
1988
4.6The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.
Deceitful Appearances
1983
7.4The Cast Aways saga continues as the shipwrecked islanders discover a cave full of buried treasures, along with the bones of Pirates. They use the cave as a shelter and plan an escape with the loot. Before their plan is complete, a ship arrives with pirates, lead by a young woman, who have come to claim their treasure as their own, and a battle ensues between them and the shipwrecked islanders.The islanders discover by chance that the new arrivals have no claim to the treasure, and their leader a treasure hunting imposter.
Los Naúfragos II: Los Piratas
1986
5.2Public-works engineer entrusted with a big project faces problems in his home life and conflicts with a corrupt local businessman.
Las grandes aguas
1980
7.5Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes.
Violence in Cold Blood
1989
6.8On Carnival Night, many people come together at a nightclub near the docks. The stories of an aging beauty and her cousin, a faded poet, young Marxists, corrupt politicians, and a group of dock workers cross in a night of ribald fun with a darker edge.
Carnival Night
1984
6.3Returning to his grandmother's ranch, this northerner falls in love with the daughter of a great criminal. He will have to confront murderous gunmen trying to steal his land and the woman he adores.
Pistoleros asesinos
1986
1970s · 12 titles
6.5After the death of her parents, young Justine is sent to live in a convent, where she meets and falls in love with the mysterious and macabre Alucarda. However, Alucarda has friends in low places... very low places. And a blood pact has just granted them entry to the church.
Alucarda
1977
6.9When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Broken Flag
1979
7.0Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.
Las Poquianchis
1976
6.5Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree.
Lo mejor de Teresa
1977
5.8A priest must shed his habits to avenge the death of the grandfather of two helpless children who, along with their mother, are victims of a relative who extorts and murders them.
Mi Caballo El Cantador
1979
6.1Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle, but his marriage to her will be a failure and he will end up as a one more drunk.
Chin Chin el teporocho
1976
5.7Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...
New World
1978
6.7Chronicle Caste War in Yucatan held in the nineteenth century, where the land and the people were the property of the landowners, who called themselves " divine caste ". On one hand, General Salvador Alvarado organized the revolution; on the other, the landowners hire Colonel Ortiz Argumedo to organized the defense of their autonomy. Don Wilfrido, one of the masters, do not hesitate to send his son to fight to maintain their wealth and privileges.
La casta divina
1977
6.8Young woman looking for a rich husband, sets her sights on a very pious and old-fashioned neighbor.
Awakening of the Wolf
1970
6.2No synopsis available yet.
4 hembras y un macho menos
1979
4.6On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot and vandalize both homes, leaving the next morning with many of the belongings they found there, as well as one of the residents who has opted to join them. This political allegory is based on two plays by the Chilean playwright Egon Wolff.
Paper Flowers
1978
5.1Boy is traumatized from watching his sex-worker mother with her clients; he grows up with a particular grudge against that one guy that used to come to see her...
La India
1976
Series credits
7.6The story begins in a small town in rural Mexico, home to Maria López—a humble, dreamy young woman of indigenous descent—who decides to leave her village for Mexico City in search of work and a better life. Upon arriving in the capital, she begins working as a domestic helper in mansions across wealthy neighborhoods, using her earnings to pay for sewing classes. At one of these homes, she meets Juan Carlos del Villar, a playboy who seduces and wins her over.
Simplemente Maria
1989
7.5Paulino Córdoba, Gabino Roura, Rodolfo Huerta, and Matías Quiroga have been friends since childhood; however, as adults, their priorities shifted, and a sin now threatens to destroy their friendship. Paulino owns the El Milagro apple hacienda and is married to Rosario; they have two children, César and Lucrecia. Rosario has always favored her son while openly rejecting her daughter. Lucrecia was raised by Delfina, Rosario’s maid and Manuel’s mother.
Burden of Guilt
2009
7.4Cristina es una muchacha dulce y tierna, querida por todos en “El Platanal”, una hermosa hacienda propiedad de Severiano Álvarez, su padre, hombre recio de campo y de gran carácter. En este lugar trabaja como capataz Diego Hernández, un criollo fuerte que se ha enamorado de Cristina, y ella, ante el amor que siente por Diego, se entrega a él. Cristina confesses to her father that she is pregnant and that she loves Diego. Severiano orders that Cristina and Raquela, the servant, go to the capital and have the child there. Through the actions of Federico Rivero, little María del Carmen returns to the hacienda as Raquela's daughter. Cristina, because she is close to her daughter, is forced to marry Federico, a ruthless and ambitious man. And from now on she will be everyone's “godmother.” Federico causes an accident in which Cristina is blinded; Thus, her fortune passes into his hands.
Embrace Me Tightly
2000
7.4After her parents death, the little Cecilia is under the care of her aunts: Natalia and Evangelina. Evangelina is a cruel woman who doesn't love the child and she treats her bad. Unlike Evangelina, Natalia is good and will help Cecilia because she is her real mother. She was seduced and got pregnant by Padre Julio. Evangelina hates Padre Julio because in the past he preferred Natalia to her. Many years later, there is a problem, because Evangelina doesn't want to give Cecilia money to attend the University. But Cecilia wins a grant and she can study now. She is engaged and wants to marry Giovanni, but Evangelina is against. She will poison him with a drink. Then Cecilia meets and falls in love with Gerardo, who is engaged to Sofia. Sofia's parents are Marta and Armando. Armando returns home after abandoning his family for many years. Marta has a romance with Manuel, but Sofia and Armando are opposed. Ines and Renato, who are Gerardo's parents, also are opposed to his romance with Cecilia. She breaks up the romance and goes to sor Angelina's nunnery to become a nun. Sonia and Roberto try to separate Gerardo from Cecilia. Then Cecilia finds out the truth about her birth and meets padre Julio. Natalia discovers that Evangelina tries to appropriate the whole patrimony of Cecilia and Evangelina kills her.
Cadenas de amargura
1991
6.0La Culpa is a Mexican telenovela produced by Yuri Breña and Pinkye Morris for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 12 to October 11, 1996. Created by Nora Alemán, with literary editing by Marco García, the telenovela stars Tiaré Scanda and Raúl Araiza. Due to low ratings, it was shortened to 45 episodes. The story follows Isabel Lagarde, the adopted daughter of a wealthy family, who falls in love with Miguel Nava, the son of a former boxing champion. Their lives are torn apart after Miguel becomes involved in the accident that kills Isabel's sister, Juana Inés. As grief, suspicion, and revenge threaten to destroy their relationship, Isabel and Miguel must uncover the truth behind the tragedy and identify the real person responsible.
La Culpa
1996
8.5No synopsis available yet.
El rincón de los prodigios
1987
7.4Amarte así, aka Frijolito, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Litzy, Mauricio Ochmann, Roberto Mateos, and Carla Peterson. It was written by Enrique Torres, directed by Heriberto Lopez de Anda, Cristina Palacios, Hugo A. Moser; with Cristina Palacios as General Producer. The network debuted it on April 5, 2005, at the 7 pm timeslot. Telemundo provided both Spanish and English captions on CC1 and CC 3.This telenovela was aired in 20 countries around the world. In Haiti, the telenovela was a big success in January 2010 and was shown at 5PM. With typical Haitian humour, some say that Frijolito killed many people as the earthquake that shattered the island nation on January 12, 2010 occurred right before 5PM.
Amarte así, Frijolito
2005
7.2Ana was raised to be stunning and famous until she comes to terms with how superficial this is. This is the late-coming of age of a woman who is no longer scared of getting lost to find herself.
Ana
2020
No synopsis available yet.
Aprendiendo a vivir
1984
6.7Javi, a young widower, finds a letter from his beloved wife, Mia, in which she leaves him a list of women he must meet to find love again.
Jump-Start My Heart
2024
Behind the camera
6.9When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Broken Flag
1979
5.1Women escape from prison to search for a treasure whose location has been revealed to them by a dying old woman.
Wild Women
1984
