Emma Roldán
Born: 1893-02-03 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Died: 1978-08-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award.
Filmography
1983
- Deceitful Appearances as Anciana del Asilo
1979
1978
- Naufragio as Raquelito
- The Place Without Limits as Ludovinia
- Free Love as Viejita
1977
- Matinée as Vecina
1976
- The Passion of Berenice as Josefina
1974
- The Encounter of a Lonely Man as Abuela
1973
- Castle of Purity as Clerk
- El Miedo No Anda En Burro as Doña Paz
1972
- Magdalena’s True Vocation as Vendedora de lotería
1971
1970
- El hermano Capulina
- La Hermanita Dinamita as Anciana esposa de borracho
- Los amores de Chucho el Roto
1969
- Memories of the Future as Gregoria
1968
- The Devil's Visitations as Tona
1967
- Si quiero as Juan's Mother
- Mi caballo prieto rebelde
1966
- Los Dos Rivales
- La vida de Pedro Infante as Doña Remedios
- Despedida de soltera as Sirvienta
- El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte
1965
- She-Wolves of the Ring as Loreta's Mother
- Los hermanos Muerte
- Aquella Rosita Alvírez
- Guadalajara en verano as Lucretia
- Un hombre peligroso as Criada
- Mi ley es un revólver
1964
- El revólver sangriento as tía de Rosa
- Museum Of Horror as Doña Leonor
- Ruletero a toda marcha as Mamá de Bárbara
1963
- Entrega Inmediata as Doña Angustias
- El rey del tomate as Tía Milagros
- El mariachi canta as Doña Mela
1962
- La barranca sangrienta as Chole (as Ema Roldan)
- Servicio secreto as Sra. Robles
- Los encapuchados del infierno
- La edad de la inocencia as La pitocha
- Revenge of the Resurrected
- Muerte en la feria
- La entrega de Chucho el Roto
- The Deadly Trap
1960
- La estrella vacía as Emilia González, partera
- ¡Yo sabia demasiado! as Doña Delfina
- Los tigres del ring
- The Crying Woman as Maria
- Simitrio as Catalina
- Las hermanas Karambazo
- Our Daily Hunger as (uncredited)
- Peligros de juventud
1959
- La Cucaracha as Comadrona
- Señoritas
- Beyond All Limits as Carmela
- El vestido de novia as Doña Matilde
- Thirst for Love as Abuela
- Las coronelas
- Milagros de San Martín de Porres
- Vístete Cristina
1958
- The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy as Maria, the housekeeper
- Los tres vivales as Doña Delia
- Sueños de oro as Criada mayor
- La mafia del crimen as Juana
- Guitarras de medianoche
- The Scarlet Fox: Hanged Man’s Revenge
1957
1956
- The Third Word as Antonia
- Basket of Mexican Tales as Doña Laura
- The Illegitimate
- Forbidden Kisses as Nana
- Los hijos de Rancho Grande as Doña Ángela
1955
- El seductor as Nana
1954
- Cuidado con el amor as Chona
- El mil amores as Gertrudis
- The Abduction as Esposa de Constancio (uncredited)
- Tailored gentleman as Doña Pelos
- La infame as Leonor
- La calle de los amores
- Nuevo amanecer
- Storm in the souls
1953
1952
- Los hijos de María Morales as Doña María Morales
- Póker de ases
- Víctimas del divorcio
- Por qué peca la mujer as Doña Mati
1951
- Cárcel de mujeres as Petrona
- Monte de piedad as Doña Rosaura
- Gendarme de punto
- El tigre enmascarado as Doña Loreto
- Salón de belleza
- Los hijos de la calle
- Especialista en señoras as Tía Fe Ita
1950
- One Way Street as Catalina
- Vino el remolino y nos alevantó as La generala
- Matrimonio y mortaja
- Hipólito, el de Santa
1948
- La norteña de mis amores
- El cuarto mandamiento as Lupe
- Se la llevó el Remington as Adivinadora
- La carne manda
- La santa del barrio
1947
1946
- El hijo de nadie
- La reina del trópico as Doña Gumersinda
- El ahijado de la muerte as La muerte
- El superhombre
- Esperanza
- Recuerdos de mi valle
1945
1944
- La Fuga
- Woman Without a Soul as Sra. Camparelli
1943
- Romeo y Julieta as Lady Capulet
- Santa as Pepa
- Los miserables as Madame Thenardier
- A Letter of Love as Nana Lupe
- Tentación as Doña Idolina
- Noches de ronda
1941
- La gallina clueca as Rosarito
1940
- Miente y serás feliz as Doña Margarita
- The Underdogs as Mamá de Camila
- Odio
- ¡Que viene mi marido! as Doña Tomasa
- The Midnight Ghost
- El jefe máximo
- Madre a la fuerza as Imelda
1939
- La casa del ogro as La portera (Librada)
- Una luz en mi camino as Sra. Domínguez
1938
- Tierra brava
- Canción del alma
- Los millones de Chaflán as Remedios
- Ojos tapatios as Chefa
1937
- Mi candidato
- Jalisco nunca pierde
- La Adelita
- ¡Esos hombres! as Doña María
1936
- Allá en el Rancho Grande as Ángela
1935
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz as Madre abadesa
- Monja, casada, virgen y mártir as Doña Sol
1934
- Two Monks as Gertrudis
- El compadre Mendoza as María
- Juarez and Maximilian ... (Costume Design)
- ¡Viva México!
1933
- Prisoner 13 as Margarita Ramos
- La calandria as Salomé
- Over the Waves as Mamá de Margarita
- Shadow of Pancho Villa as La curandera
1932
1922
- María as Efraín's Mother