Rita Macedo
Born: 1928-12-08 in Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 1993-12-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rita Macedo was a Mexican actress who performed during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was nominated for an Ariel Award for her 1956 performance in "Ensayo de un crimen" and in 1991 for a TVyNovelas Prize for "Alcanzar una estrella". She won the Best Actress Ariel Award in 1972 for "Tú, yo, y nosotros". She also was instrumental in bringing many works of international writers to the Mexican stage. She was married to a pioneer of Mexican radio, television and film, Luis de Llano Palmer, by whom she had two children, Julissa, an actress and musician, and Luis de Llano Macedo, renowned telenovela producer. On December 5, 1993, Macedo committed suicide after being diagnosed with cancer.
Filmography
1992
- Cambiando el destino as Hermana Angustias
1990
- Alcanzar una estrella as Virginia Armero
1986
- Poison for the Fairies as Jaime's Grandmother (uncredited)
1981
- The Turn of the Screw as Señora Grose
- Angel del barrio as Da Rosa
1979
- Los indolentes as Inés Alday
1976
- Espejismo de la ciudad as Trinidad
1975
- El milagro de vivir as María
- The Other Virginity as Eva's Mother
1974
- Once Upon a Scoundrel as Sra. Gómez
1973
- Castle of Purity as Beatriz
1972
1971
- Jesús, nuestro Señor as Virgen María
- The Corrupted
- El juicio de los hijos as Marta
1966
- El fugitivo as Rosa
- Nosotros los jóvenes as Tía Amparo
- Hombres de roca
1965
- Neutron vs. the Maniac as Rebecca Núñez
1963
- The Paper Man as Victoria, esposa del Torcuato
- The Curse of the Crying Woman as Selma
- A Bullet for Billy the Kid
1962
1961
- The White Rose as Carmen López de Yáñez
- Juana Gallo as Starving woman
- El globero
1960
- Quinceañera as Teresa, Beatriz's mother
- La estrella vacía as Teresa
- Una bala es mi testigo
1959
- Nazarín as Andara
- La reina del cielo
1956
- Los bandidos de Río Frío as Mariana del Sauz
- People, Song and Hope
1955
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz as Patricia Terrazas
- The Medallion of Crime as María Álvarez
- La mujer ajena as Augusta
1954
- La perversa ... (Costume Design)
- Las últimas banderas as Rosa
1953
- Las infieles as Leticia del Valle
1952
1951
- Stronghold as Beatriz Vega
- Mi marido as Isabel
- El señor gobernador
- For Loving a Woman
- Manos de seda as Elsa
- Heart of beast as Leda
- Salón de belleza
1950
- By the False Door as Adela Quiroga
- Duelo en las montañas as Esperanza
1949
- Felipe de Jesús as Rosalia / Maria
- El rencor de la tierra as Analena
1948
- The Cockfighter
- Rosenda as Rosenda
1947
- La casa colorada
- Cinco rostros de mujer as Elena (as Concha Macedo)
1942
- Las cinco noches de Adán as Etelvina
- Dark Angel as Hija de Doña Meche (uncredited)