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Emilia Guiú
Spanish-Mexican actress
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guiú and the second or maternal family name is Estivella.
Emilia Guiú Estivella (March 21, – February 7, ) was a Spanish-Mexican actress who appeared mainly in Mexican films, particularly in the s and s in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She made over 60 film appearances between and and typically played villain roles and "femme fatale". She also made a number of theatrical appearances.
Career
Guiu left Spain with her family, during the Spanish Civil War.[1] In she moved to Mexico and shortly after arriving, she discovered that a Spanish film director needed migrants as hired extras. This brought about her debut role in Flor silvestre (). In she had a small role in Roberto Rodríguez's comedy, ¡Viva mi desgracia! as a jailer woman at the fair and further smaller roles that year including El abanico de Lady Windermere, under the helm of Juan José Ortega and Fernando Fuentes's El rey se divierte. Her first leading role came in in the musical drama film Club verde, directed by Raphael J. Sevilla, in which she starred opposite Emilio Tuero and Celia Montalván. In she appeared in Confidencias matrimoniales, which would be her last performance on screen for 22 years as she moved into theatrical acting. She returned to the cinema in , in the film Las modelos de desnudos.
Guiú made her last performance in the Mexican telenovelaAbrázame muy fuerte in She died on February 7, , in San Diego, California, from cancer.[2]
Filmography
References
Further reading
- Agrasánchez, Jr., Rogelio (). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. México: Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. p.&#; ISBN&#;
- Varios (). Inolvidables rostros de nuestro cine. En SOMOS. México: Editorial Televisa, S. A. de C.V.
- Varios (). Época de oro del cine mexicano de la A a la Z. En SOMOS. México: Editorial Televisa, S. A. de C.V.