Norma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara
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1937
Norma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara | |
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| Born | Norma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara González 1937 |
| Died | 30 December 1962 (aged 25) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, dancer |
| Years active | 1957–1962 |
| Awards | 1963 Best Actress Silver Goddess Award for Tlayucan |
Norma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara González[1] (1937 – 30 December 1962) was a Mexican actress. She is best remembered for her appearance on the film Tlayucan (1962),[1] for which she posthumously won the Silver Goddess for Best Actress in 1963.[2]
She was born in 1937, the daughter of María Teresa González[1] and Mr. Ladrón de Guevara. She began her career around 1957 as a dancer in nightclubs and theaters.[1]
In cinema, she began participating in films such as El boxeador (1958), starring Joaquín Cordero, and Tin Tan y las modelos (1960), starring Tin Tan, but she achieved stardom and gained international fame with her performance in Luis Alcoriza's Academy Award-nominated film, Tlayucan (1962),[1] with Julio Aldama, Andrés Soler and Noé Murayama. Another one of her most famous films is Ruletero a toda marcha (1962), in which she played a single mother named Carmen and co-starred with Eulalio González "El Piporro", María Duval and Sara García.
On stage, she appeared in plays such as La tierra es redonda and Blum.[1] Her final film was La rabia por dentro, co-starring English model June Wilkinson and Armando Silvestre.[1]