
Acting
Esther Fernández
Born — Died
1917-08-23 — 1999-10-21
Place of birth
Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
48 titles
From Wikipedia María Esther Fernández González, better known as Esther Fernández (August 23, 1917 in Mascota, Jalisco Mexico – October 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico), was a Mexican film and television actress. She was one of the first female major stars of the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema" in the 1930s and 1940s. Fernández began her career as an extra in the film La Mujer del Puerto (1934). Her beauty and charisma drew the attention of film director Fernando de Fuentes, who gave her the female lead role of Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), opposite Tito Guizar. The film is regarded as marking the start of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández acted in…
Known for
7.0Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
Doña Perfecta
1951
6.5In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
6.0Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936
6.3Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
1948
6.7Sometimes parents make the mistake of loving one child more than the others. Don José places blind trust in his son Pepe, who turns out to be the one committing the most serious faults within the family, while Raymundo is the one who pays for them. Remake of Cuando los hijos se van (1941).
Every Child a Cross to Bear
1957
6.2Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.
Santa
1943
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1950s · 17 titles
7.0Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
Doña Perfecta
1951
6.7Sometimes parents make the mistake of loving one child more than the others. Don José places blind trust in his son Pepe, who turns out to be the one committing the most serious faults within the family, while Raymundo is the one who pays for them. Remake of Cuando los hijos se van (1941).
Every Child a Cross to Bear
1957
5.8Slum child, abandoned almost since birth, is reunited with his father.
El billetero
1953
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Hipólito, el de Santa
1950
5.8Slumlord and his daughter interfere in the lives of the proletariat for personal gratification.
Sangre en el barrio
1952
5.6Hubby latches onto a series of side-pieces and wifey finds it increasingly hard to put up with his behavior.
La calle de los amores
1954
7.3Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Reportaje
1953
6.7Sequel 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
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Flor de sangre
1951
6.0It's 1913, and noble Mexican General Pancho Villa leads his troops against the assassins of President Madero.
Pancho Villa Returns
1950
5.8The 'other woman' tricks her fella into filing to divorce his wife.
Víctimas del divorcio
1952
No synopsis available yet.
Tu vida entre mis manos
1955
6.6Fernando Mendez's 1953 Spanish-language melodrama El Lunar de la Familia unfurls against the backdrop of a deceptively innocent-sounding family reunion. Two freewheeling, party-happy young men, Luis and his buddy Antonio, catch the train in to San Miguel, on a visit to Luis's grandmother, Doña Luisa, and his sister Esther. Unfortunately for the visitors, Luisa's goddaughter Rosita, is sitting near them in the same train car. She soon catches wind of the boys' wild tendencies, and makes a point of telling Luisa. Furious, the crotchety old woman decides to teach the bad boys a lesson by beating them senseless with her cane and forcing Luis to seek out a proper mate for Esther. Unfortunately, Esther has already fallen in love with Antonio - who could care less.
El lunar de la familia
1953
6.5Two romantic rivals join the Mexican Revolution on opposing sides. The movie's more interested in the love triangle than in the war.
Pancho Villa vuelve
1950
6.5When the pregnant Esther gets some bad news from her doctor, he advises her to visit a clinic in Mexico City, so she enlists husband Antonio to drive her there at once, along with her brother Luis. As soon as the men drop her off at the hospital, they hit a local nightclub and live it up, and as they are leaving the club in the company of a sexy dancer, they get thoroughly robbed: the criminals even steal the poor victims' clothes! Taken in to the police station and documented along the way, their photograph turns up in the paper the next day, which Esther of course sees. The men will have a lot to explain when they arrive at the clinic to pick up Esther.
Genio y figura
1953
6.0Three men in a mining community end up competing for the same woman.
Encrucijada
1956
8.0Melodrama that tells the tragedy of a peasant family.
Surcos de sangre
1950
1940s · 19 titles
6.5In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
6.3Two brothers "out on the ranch" fight over girls and stuff.
Ahí vienen los Mendoza
1948
6.2Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.
Santa
1943
Combines airplane trips and fashion. Heavy on the fashion.
Fashion Horizons
1940
6.7Luis el Roto is a laborer who, due to a lack of money, cannot marry his girlfriend Rosa; they live in a poor alleyway with their respective mothers. Luis is loved by the prostitute Carlota, and for this reason he despises the pimp Rodolfo, who beats Luis in the public restrooms. Tragedy looms over Luis.
Prisión de sueños
1949
6.7Orphan girl grows up, meets the wrong man and falls into disgrace.
Mujer
1947
6.3During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.
The Underdogs
1940
5.4Wicked old lady arranges to sell the virginity of a young neighbor. Her boyfriend gets upset over this.
La santa del barrio
1948
5.4Rom-com scheming; wealthy landowner wants to seduce one of his tenants, but she wants the other guy...
Las mañanitas
1948
6.0In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
In the Shadow of the Bridge
1948
5.5City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.
Flor de durazno
1945
6.0This post-World War II drama, (released to a world-wide audience on July 9, 1949), is definitively unique for the caliber of each of its contributing writers, who are clearly better-known for their cinematic talents in black and white . For instance, the film's Director Chano Urueta ( who became an acclaimed actor in his own right), actually co-wrote the script along with one of its principal actresses, namely Esther Fernandez, as well as adding in the literary abilities of a well-known movie-producer of the era named Luis Marique.
De pecado en pecado
1948
6.5A rootless wilderness-dude in the Venezuelan outback gets caught up in some human dramas despite himself.
Cantaclaro
1946
5.8A stagecoach full of conflictive passengers makes its dangerours way from Mexico to Veracruz during the days of the French Intervention.
La fuga
1944
6.3After her father's death, María Eugenia is pressured by Don Remigio Pérez who her father owed debts to, to marry her. Instead, the kindly Roberto de los Ríos pays off her debts and she goes to live at his country house with his two twin nephews Carlos and Leonardo. However, she faces an attempt to murder.
Extraña cita
1947
6.3All of Mexico asks the same question, who has won the lottery jackpot of five million pesos? If the lucky person who won them does not show up soon to collect the prize, it will have to be raffled again.
The Last Adventure
1946
5.8Childhood friends move up the economic ladder from slumrat to middle class comfort, but the marriage between two of them is threatened by a bad woman from a nightclub.
La carne manda
1948
5.7Mexican movie
Esperanza
1946
5.4Romantic melodrama with murderous rivalries, set on a newly-cultivated wilderness plantation in Guatemala.
Cuatro vidas
1949
1930s · 11 titles
6.0Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.
Allá en el Rancho Grande
1936
6.7Yolanda, the wife of renowned Spanish composer Enrique Montenegro, has grown weary of her husband's constant infidelities and neglect. While attending a bullfight, she meets the celebrated matador Eduardo Franco, and the two begin a romance
Beyond Death
1935
5.8Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.
Mi candidato
1937
6.3Mexican feature film
Ojos tapatios
1938
6.0Her father dies... her fiance dumps her... and she can't find a job... so she covers the waterfront. And then one night...
The Woman of the Port
1934
6.0In a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Joaquín. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles.
Una luz en mi camino
1939
5.6Financier threatens to foreclose on a cigar-factory's mortgage, but a secret benefactor pays off the owner's debt and saves the day.
Tierra brava
1938
4.0The Dressel family owns a prosperous hardware store in the city. The business is managed by Mrs. Dressel, a strict widow who has two sons: Federico and Rodolfo. Federico falls in love with the singer Magdalena and marries her against Frau Dressel’s wishes, as she wants her heir to marry a German woman. The young couple must face constant harassment from Frau Dressel and an accusation of adultery.
The Dressel Family
1935
5.7A 1938 film.
Hombres del mar
1938
5.8Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revolution.
La Adelita
1937
5.7A crazed scientist tries to keep his terminally ill wife alive by transfusing into her the blood of young women he murders.
The Macabre Trunk
1936

