ALMA ROSA AGUIRRE: BIOGRAPHY AND MAIN FILMS - BIOGRAPHIES - 2024

Alma Rosa Aguirre (1929) is an 89-year-old Mexican actress who stood out throughout the 20th century for her beauty and for being the sister of fellow actress Elsa Aguirre. Among her most important roles are The Ghost of the Red House, The Seven Machos and Nosotras, the Stenographers, films that were made throughout the 1950s.

He began his career at the age of 16 and participated in more than 30 films during the golden age of Mexican cinema, a period in which he shared credits with very famous actors in Mexican cinema; She also worked many times alongside her sister, with whom she was continually compared.

Portrait of Alma Rosa Aguirre. Source: Simón Flechine SEMO, via

D.R. National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico

For some years he also devoted himself to television and theater, putting aside his roles in the cinema, where he worked for the last time in 1972.

Biography

Alma Rosa Aguirre was born on February 19, in 1929. She was originally from the city of Juárez in the state of Chihuahua, a city that borders the United States. She started in the world of cinema when she was only 16 years old.

Together with her sisters, Elsa and Hilda, she participated in a beauty contest organized by the producer of the film Strong sex, directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel. All thanks to an aunt who contacted the actresses' mother.

Alma Rosa and Elsa won the contest and as a prize they received a contract to make several films. The first, obviously, was The Strong Sex in 1946, where the Aguirre sisters had secondary roles. Alma Rosa was a patient and Elsa served as the minister of health.

His beginnings in the cinema

Alma Rosa's mother was the main culprit for the development of her children's artistic talent. Since they were little, everyone participated in school events. The Aguirre family left Juárez in 1930 with the aim of achieving a better lifestyle and settled in Mexico City.

During those years in Mexico, especially in the country's capital, radio and talkies were taking their first steps.

For her part, at the age of 16 Alma Rosa was already working. She participated with her sisters in a dinner contest called Black and White. This contest served to be part of The Strong Sex and at that time the sisters did some work in a dry cleaner and in a bakery.

At first they had some trouble fulfilling the contract they had won. Alma Rosa's father demanded that the mother be able to enter all the filming, since she was very protective, and because of the age of her daughters who were still minors.

Her second film was The Ten Thousand Passenger, starring Rafael Banquells and Lilia Michel, in which she again had a supporting role as a florist, while her sister served as a cigar maker.

He worked with his sister Elsa in more than seven films. Sometimes they even played the role of sisters on the big screen. Her main obstacle was that she was always compared to her sister, who until a few years ago still participated in feature films. Despite everything, she established herself as one of the great actresses of Mexico.

The family

His father was Jesús Aguirre, a general in the Mexican army, who was characterized by his strong character. Her mother was Emma Juárez, who worked as a seamstress for a long time.

The couple had five children. Alma Rosa Aguirre was the oldest, followed by Elsa, who was two years younger. Hilda and the men Mario and Jesús followed.

He was a very important support for his sister Elsa, when she decided to divorce Armando Rodríguez Morado. Rodríguez abused her sister physically and psychologically, so Alma Rosa decided to confront her.

Context

Alma Rosa's career began when World War II was coming to an end. During this period in Mexico there was no greater presence of foreign films. For this reason, the national industry did not have greater competition and the national industry developed by leaps and bounds.

That is why the so-called golden age of Mexican cinema was lived, which began in 1936, a period in which film production increased and the market grew.

Even the film studios in the United States supported the industry in Mexico, although also with the aim of preventing the Soviet Union from having any influence over the neighboring country.

Top Movies

He worked on more than 30 feature films throughout his film career. It was in 1950 when he achieved his first leading role; She did it in the comic work Nosotras, las stenografas directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel, where she played María Eugenia Blanco, who worked in an office.

In addition, he is remembered for his performances in Yo quiero ser un hombre, where he played Divina and Panchito. He also made Nosotras las servientas, Prison de mujeres and El diablo es tan diablo. His last work in the cinema was in the play Entre monjas anda el diablo, together with Vicente Fernández and Angélica María, in 1972.

Famous people he worked with

Alma Rosa's legacy in Mexican cinema was very important, not only because of the number of plays in which she participated, but also because of the actors with whom she shared.

His sister Elsa, obviously, was one of the actresses he worked with the most; She did it at least seven times. She also shared credits with Mario Moreno Cantinflas, in the film The Seven Machos in 1950, where she gave life to a very dreamy young woman.

In addition, he worked with Sara García, the Soler brothers, Pedro Armendariz, Luis Aguilar, Angélica Marías, among many other great personalities from the Mexican artistic world.

A break

For 14 years she was away from the big screen, but not from the art world. Alma Rosa decided to work on television and in the Mexican theater. On occasion, she recognized that it had not been a good idea to withdraw from the movies.

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