Norma Herrera

Norma Herrera started her career in television, mainly in telenovelas that brought her widespread recognition.

Some of her early notable telenovelas include Un grito en la oscuridad (1965), Deborah (1967) and Pasión gitana (1968).^[1]

In the 1970s, she co-starred in Las gemelas (1972), Los que ayudan a Dios (1973) and El milagro de vivir (1975), and had a minor role in the Cantinflas film El patrullero 777 (1979).

In 1980, she starred in the film Fuego en el Mar, directed by her then-husband Raúl Araiza. For this role she was awarded the Ariel Award for Best Actress.^[2]

During the 1980s, Norma Herrera became a household name in Mexico and Latin America. She starred in some of the most iconic telenovelas of the time, often playing lead roles or important supporting characters.

Her most famous TV projects during this period include: Cicatrices del alma (1986) and Yesenia (1987). For her work in Cicatrices del alma she was nominated to the TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress.^[1]

In the late 1980s and early 1990s she reduced her TV work and starred in several films.

By 1995 he returned to TV in the successful telenovela La dueña, for which she was nominated to the TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress.^[1]

Between 1997 and 1998, she was part of the Mexican production of the musical Beauty and the Beast, playing the role of Mrs. Potts.^[3][4][5]

In 1997 she was part of the cast of the telenovela Huracán.^[6]

In 2000, she won the TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress for her work in Tres mujeres the previous year.

In 2002 she co-starred in the telenovela Cómplices al rescate. Since that time, she has been in co-starring or character roles in telenovelas such as Barrera de amor (2005), Mar de amor (2009),^[7] Amor bravío (2012),^[8] Mi corazón es tuyo (2014),^[9][10] Simplemente María (2015),^[11] Diseñando tu amor (2021)^[12][13] and Gloria Trevi: Ellas soy yo (2023).^{[1][14][15][16]}

Herrera dubbed Mrs. Potts's voice for Disney's 1991 film Beauty and the Beast and its direct-to-video sequels: Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) and Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1998).

In 1997 she also re-dubbed the fairy godmother for Disney's 1950 film Cinderella. She provided the singing voice in the direct-to-video sequels Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, released in 2002 and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time from 2007.

Norma Herrera was married to actor and director Raúl Araiza. He died in 2013, after being divorced for years.^[17] They had two children, both actors: Raúl Araiza Herrera and Armando Araiza, who followed in his parents' footsteps and became well-known television and film actors and hosts.^[1][12][9]

Despite her success, she has largely maintained a private personal life, focusing on her career and family.

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Un grito en la obscuridad
1967	Deborah
1968	Pasión gitana
	En busca del paraíso
1969	Más allá de la muerte	Hildegard
1970	La sonrisa del Diablo	Laura
	La cruz de Marisa Cruces	Mónica
	La Constitución	Elisa Acuña Rossetti
1972	Las gemelas	Susana
	El carruaje	Sofía
1973	Los que ayudan a Dios	Alicia
1975	El milagro de vivir	Leonora
1978	Muñeca rota	Gladys
1980	Cancionera	Norma
1981	El derecho de nacer	María
1983	El maleficio	Nora
	El show de la numero uno	Herself	Tv film
1986	Cicatrices del alma	Elvira
1987	Yesenia	Marisela
1990	Mujer, casos de la vida real	—N/a	Episode: "El ídolo"
1995		Anita	Episode: "¿Que hago con mi dolor?"[21]
	La dueña	Berenice Villareal Vda. de Castro
1997	Huracán	Alfonsina Taviani de Robles	[6]
1999	Tres mujeres	Greta Saraldi de Uriarte-Minski
2000	Carita de ángel	Paulina de Valle
2002	Cómplices al rescate	Doña Pura
2005	Big Brother VIP	Herself	Episode: "Super miércoles de Madres"
	Barrera de amor	Remedios Gómez
2007	Amor mío	Patrícia Herrera	Episode: "Divino divan"
2008	Un gancho al corazón	Alicia Rosales
2009	Hazlo por ti	Herself	Tv movie
	Mar de amor	Violeta (Teacher Violeta)	[7]
2011	Una familia con suerte	Doña Rebeca Garza de Treviño
2012	Amor bravío	Rocío Mendiola de Albarrán	[8]
	Todo incluido	—N/a
2013	Nueva vida	—N/a	Episode: "Bebé"
	Libre para amarte	Gilda	Episodes: "11-17 October 2013"
2014	Mi corazón es tuyo	Soledad Fuentes	[9][10]
2015	Simplemente María	Carmina	[11]
2018	Por amar sin ley	Lucrecia de Noriega	Season 2[22]
2021	Diseñando tu amor	Adelaida Vargas Villaponte	[23][12][13]
2023	Gloria Trevi: Ellas soy yo	Aurora Tamez de Arredondo	[14][15][16]

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	The Big Cube		[24][25]
1979	El patrullero 777	Pregnant woman
1981	Fuego en el mar [es]	Gloria Ortega	Ariel Award for Best Actress
1988	El Fiscal de hierro
	Pero sigo siendo el rey
	Los Camaroneros
1987	Fuga al destino	Paulina
1989	Al margen de la ley [es]	Elisa
	El Fiscal de hierro 2: La venganza de Ramona
	El Judas en la frontera
1990	Atrapados
	Calles sangrientas
	Emboscada aka Ambush
	El Fiscal de hierro
	Pablo Metralla
1991	Hacer el amor con otro
	Trágico carnaval
	Esa mujer me vuelve loco	Yolanda
	Chicago, pandillas salvajes	Ana Rosa
	Chicago, pandillas salvajes II	Ana Rosa
	Beauty and the Beast	Mrs. Potts	Voice acting
1992	Vintage model	Alicia Rivadeneira	[26]
	Comando terrorista	Sargent
1993	El Fiscal de hierro 4
	S.I.D.A. - Síndrome de muerte	Sonia
1997	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	Mrs. Potts	Voice
1998	Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World	Mrs. Potts	Voice
1999	Sangre prisionera
2001	Corazones rotos [es] aka Broken	Ms. Cano

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Theater

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	La danza que sueña la tortuga		[27]
1997	Beauty and the Beast (musical)	Mrs. Potts	[3][4]
2015	Las muchachas del club	Doris	with Helena Rojo and Julissa[28]
2018	Dime abuelita ¿Por qué?	Paulina	Cri Cri The Musical[29]

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