Acting
Jorge Lavat
Born August 4, 1933 · Mexico City, Mexico
Died September 14, 2011 · aged 78
Jorge Lavat Bayona (3 August 1933 − 14 September 2011) was a Mexican film and television actor. Born in Mexico City, Mexico, he appeared in more than 25 serialized telenovelas over the decades between 1958 and 2001 including his participation in Senda Prohibida, the first telenovela ever produced in Mexico. He was also known for his recordings combining music and the spoken word, particularly a …
Known For
Savage Sunday · 1967Savage Sunday
★ 4.71967
MovieDramaThriller
Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
El aviso inoportuno · 1969El aviso inoportuno
★ 7.91969
MovieComedy
The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .
La Valentina · 1966La Valentina
★ 6.41966
MovieComedyAdventure
A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
Sor Tequila · 1980Sor Tequila
★ 6.71980
MovieComedyFamily
La India María, who is really good at sports, becomes a nun and is always getting in trouble for wanting to help people.
¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes! · 1965¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!
★ 6.21965
MovieAdventureDrama
A man hated by his father and in love with a beautiful woman whose brothers do not approve of the relationship and persecute him.
Yesenia · 1971Yesenia
★ 6.61971
MovieRomanceDrama
A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.
Triángulo · 1972Triángulo
★ 5.41972
MovieThrillerCrime
The story of Mother and Daughter for a Husband and Stepfather who was killed by shotgun.
Sucedió en Jalisco · 1972Sucedió en Jalisco
★ 5.71972
MovieWestern
Romantic conflicts set against a Mexican Revolution backdrop.
Movies
Savage Sunday · 1967Savage Sunday
★ 4.71967
MovieDramaThriller
Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
El aviso inoportuno · 1969El aviso inoportuno
★ 7.91969
MovieComedy
The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .
La Valentina · 1966La Valentina
★ 6.41966
MovieComedyAdventure
A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."
Sor Tequila · 1980Sor Tequila
★ 6.71980
MovieComedyFamily
La India María, who is really good at sports, becomes a nun and is always getting in trouble for wanting to help people.
¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes! · 1965¡Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!
★ 6.21965
MovieAdventureDrama
A man hated by his father and in love with a beautiful woman whose brothers do not approve of the relationship and persecute him.
Yesenia · 1971Yesenia
★ 6.61971
MovieRomanceDrama
A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.
Triángulo · 1972Triángulo
★ 5.41972
MovieThrillerCrime
The story of Mother and Daughter for a Husband and Stepfather who was killed by shotgun.
Sucedió en Jalisco · 1972Sucedió en Jalisco
★ 5.71972
MovieWestern
Romantic conflicts set against a Mexican Revolution backdrop.
Azahares rojos · 1961Azahares rojos
★ 6.71961
Movie
Family with young-adult children returns to Mexico after many years in Spain.
Inventando un crimen · 1992Inventando un crimen
★ 5.01992
Movie
El estudiante · 2009El estudiante
★ 7.82009
MovieDrama
After retiring to the beautiful Mexican town of Guanajuato, a 70 year old decides to follow his dreams and enroll at the university where he stumbles upon a new generation and they are bound together by the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha.
The Scapular · 1968The Scapular
★ 8.31968
MovieDramaHorror
A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
Duro pero seguro · 1978Duro pero seguro
★ 7.51978
MovieFamilyComedy
Nicolasa sells tacos near a movie studio and her popularity threatens the restaurant's own studies. She drops the food when seeing actor Armando performing and the director expels her out.
The Miracle of Marcelino · 2010The Miracle of Marcelino
★ 7.82010
MovieFamilyDrama
Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century: one night the monks of the San Francisco Abbey find a baby in front of their gate. They call the boy Marcelino and take care of the little one with devotion...
Las modelos de desnudos · 1983Las modelos de desnudos
★ 4.81983
MovieDramaComedy
Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.
The Golden Cockerel · 1964The Golden Cockerel
★ 7.01964
MovieDrama
A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting business, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.
Santo and the Golden Eagle · 1973Santo and the Golden Eagle
★ 4.41973
MovieDramaAction
The rich landowner La Tigresa suffers several attacks and seeks help from Santo. The attacks continue but Santo protects and she falls for him.
La jorobada · 1981La jorobada
★ 6.01981
MovieDrama
A young hunchbacked girl who sells newspapers and sings in the street is discovered by a music producer.
La tigresa · 1973La tigresa
★ 5.31973
MovieThrillerAdventure
Orphan girl grows up to take revenge on the men who killed her parents.
Rosario · 1971Rosario
★ 5.61971
MovieDrama
Rosario and Carlos, husbands, are part of a theater company. In a scene of jealousy, she should shoot and kill him. Carlos has had an affair with Zulma, another acriz of the company. On opening day, in the final scene, Rosario accidentally kills her husband. Someone change the gun ...
A 16 Year Old Young-Woman · 1963A 16 Year Old Young-Woman
★ 6.81963
MovieComedyRomance
Papa hires a "boyfriend" to indulge her in her fantasies of old-fashioned romance.
La marcha a Zacatecas · 1969La marcha a Zacatecas
★ 5.81969
MovieComedy
Villistas, army officers, heirs and heiresses all gather at the home of a recently deceased hacendado. Everybody has an agenda, everybody butts heads in comical ways. Or not so much.
Dos corazones y un cielo · 1959Dos corazones y un cielo
★ 6.81959
MovieComedyDrama
Husband and wife share the spotlight as two of Mexico's most famous ranchera singers, but when they decide to pursue solo careers, a Spanish theatrical empresario and an Italian female chocolatier will threaten their marriage.
El perdon de la hija de nadie · 1980El perdon de la hija de nadie
★ 6.71980
MovieMusicDrama
While she's conducting an obsessive search for the father she never met, a nightclub owner falls ill with a movie disease that leaves her amnesiac afterwards. Then she falls in with a band of gypsies. And... (Sequel to La Hija De Nadie.)
TV Shows
Quinceañera · 1987Quinceañera
★ 7.11987
SeriesDrama
Maricruz and Beatriz are school friends; Beatriz comes from a well-to-do family, whereas Maricruz belongs to a lower socioeconomic stratum. Both are on the verge of turning fifteen and are preparing to leave childhood behind. Issues within their family and social environments affect them directly; for Beatriz, her parents' marital breakdown becomes the primary obstacle to overcome, compounded by a sexual awakening fraught with taboos and misinformation. Meanwhile, Maricruz must contend with her mother's overprotectiveness and prejudices, as well as the tension caused by a neighbor who is obsessed with her.
Eva Luna · 2010Eva Luna
★ 7.02010
SeriesDrama
A young woman’s quest for happiness is marred by the secrets and deceptions perpetuated by an evil family. Eva González (Blanca Soto) came to Los Angeles with her father and sister in search of a better life. She goes to work as the personal attendant to Julio Arismendi, the ailing founder of Publicidad Arismendi, unknowingly becoming a pawn to kill him by his wife, Marcela (Susana Dosamantes). When the beautiful Eva catches the eye of Julio’s son, Leonardo Arismendi (Julian Gil), and his best friend, Daniel Villanueva (Guy Ecker), she becomes the target of Victoria (Vanessa Villela), who is Leonardo’s sister and Daniel’s girlfriend. But Daniel leaves Victoria for Eva, and on the day of Eva and Daniel’s wedding, Eva’s father is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Can her future husband be responsible? “Eva Luna” is a 2010 telenovela produced by Venevisión International in collaboration with Univision Studios. It is a remake of the 1997 Telemundo telenovela “Aquamarina.”
Yesenia · 1987Yesenia
1987
SeriesDrama
Yesenia is a beautiful Roma woman who lives different situations in an aimlessly fixed way with the company of her caravan. In one of her many trips she meets a military man, Osvaldo Moncada, and falls in love with him.
They will have to prove that their love is stronger than their differences and social prejudice that separate them. One of the opponents of their relationship is Rashay, the patriarch of the Roma people, who opposes the relationship because the military youth does not belong to the Romani tribe.
La vida en el espejo · 1999La vida en el espejo
★ 1.01999
SeriesDrama