Sara García

Acting

Sara García

Born September 8, 1895 · Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Died November 21, 1980 · aged 85

Sara García (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable grandmother in numerous Mexican films. In later years, she played parts in Mexican telenovelas. Known as "Mexican Cinema's Grandmother", García's image is displayed on the labe…

Known For

La soñadoraLa soñadora · 1917
La soñadora
5.01917
Movie
La soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.
El PapeleritoEl Papelerito · 1951
El Papelerito
5.61951
MovieDramaComedy
Three children forge a close friendship with the help of a gentle elderly woman, Doña Dominga. They survive poverty and social exclusion; however, fate has a cruel twist in store for little Toño.
Vuelven los GarcíaVuelven los García · 1947
Vuelven los García
6.71947
MovieComedyRomance
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
Los dos apóstolesLos dos apóstoles · 1966
Los dos apóstoles
5.81966
MovieMusicComedy
Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.
Escuadrón 201Escuadrón 201 · 1945
Escuadrón 201
6.01945
MovieWar
Fictional story about the Escuadron 201 de Caza (201st Mexican Fighter Squadron), which participated in military campaigns in the Phillipines during WWII. It focuses primarily on two brothers, one who has a promising future as a doctor, who volunteer for this unit after Mexico declares war on Germany after the sinking of Mexican merchants by U-boats. The story also follows another young man, the son of a Spanish immigrant baker. He volunteers to pay what he feels is an unpaid debt to their new adopted country.
Tía CandelaTía Candela · 1948
Tía Candela
5.71948
Movie
Bello recuerdoBello recuerdo · 1961
Bello recuerdo
5.61961
MovieDramaMusic
Back from vacation, Lucy, a school's music teacher, misses a boy. People say he will not return because he recently lost his father. She is very affected by his favorite student, so she decides to go to see him, finding the house in utter ruin. But chance makes Lucy forced to take the child and immediately found in him the son that was kidnapped years ago in America when she was a famous artist.
Mi madrecitaMi madrecita · 1940
Mi madrecita
6.21940
MovieDrama
Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when the chips are down...

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Sor Ye-yéSor Ye-yé · 1968
Sor Ye-yé
5.11968
MovieComedyMusic
Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about him. In fact, multiple existential doubts and feel a strange emptiness in his life suddenly drive to enter a convent as a novice, breaking Ernestos' heart. However, with her cheerlul character, open and rebellious, not appear to conform to life in the cloister, and especially have problems with the novices director , who often punished for trying to take the right path. In the convent, which also functions as children's hospital, she meets a doctor with which it takes quite right for the contrast between his two characters, but his way with love and mutual respect.

Madre María de los Ángeles

Mundo de JugueteMundo de Juguete · 1974
Mundo de Juguete
9.01974
SeriesSoapDrama
Mundo de Juguete is a telenovela produced in Mexico by Televisa in 1974. It is a remake of telenovela Papá Corazón. This telenovela holds the record for having the second longest run ever for a Latin American telenovela, with a total of 605 episodes. Most telenovelas run for an average of six to eight months; the shortest ones run about four months, and the longest up to a year. Many "Mundo de Juguete" fans believe that either all or some of the tapes and film from the telenovela were lost when Televisa collapsed during the 1985 earthquake. Televisa has been secretive regarding which tapes were lost during that earthquake, so there is no way of confirming this. However, such claims can be disputed, considering that the Telenovela has been repeated on television several times after 1985. During the nineties, it was repeated on Mexico City Canal 9. For a period of time, it was also shown on Unicable or on Telenovelas Televisa remade the telenovela in 2000, and called it "Carita de Angel".

Nana Tomasita