Delia Magaña

Acting

Delia Magaña

Born February 2, 1903 · Mexico City, Mexico

Died March 31, 1996 · aged 93

Delia Magaña was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer. Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. For her 60 years in the film industry, as well as for contributing to the American cinema, Magaña's name and hand print are preserved in the sidewalk outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Califo…

Known For

Picardía mexicanaPicardía mexicana · 1978
Picardía mexicana
7.51978
Movie
An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
María PistolasMaría Pistolas · 1963
María Pistolas
6.71963
Movie
Tomboyish gal becomes a player in the Mexican Revolution. Then: boyfriends.
El corrido de María PistolasEl corrido de María Pistolas · 1964
El corrido de María Pistolas
6.41964
Movie
Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
Los MalditosLos Malditos · 1966
Los Malditos
5.51966
MovieWestern
White-hat cowboy takes down a Western gang-leader and his hired guns.
La monja alférezLa monja alférez · 1944
La monja alférez
6.01944
MovieAdventureHistory
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
Satanic PandemoniumSatanic Pandemonium · 1975
Satanic Pandemonium
6.41975
MovieHorrorMystery
Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan is her master. As her acts of violence and blasphemy mount, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!
Alazán y enamoradoAlazán y enamorado · 1966
Alazán y enamorado
6.31966
MovieMusicAdventure
Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
Lagunilla 2Lagunilla 2 · 1982
Lagunilla 2
6.31982
MovieComedy

Filmography

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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.

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