Acting
Ofelia Guilmáin
Born November 18, 1921 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Died January 14, 2005 · aged 83
Ofelia Guilmáin (November 17, 1921 – January 14, 2005) was an actress of telenovelas, stage and the cinema of Mexico. She is also the mother of actors Juan Ferrara and Lucía Guilmáin.
Known For
The Exterminating Angel · 1962The Exterminating Angel
★ 7.91962
MovieComedyDrama
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.
Nazarín · 1959Nazarín
★ 7.61959
MovieDrama
A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.
El patrullero 777 · 1978El patrullero 777
★ 7.91978
MovieComedy
Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right way, surrounded by a pretty much corrupt & citizen distant police department, & always resolves his duties with a personal method.
The Prophet Mimi · 1973The Prophet Mimi
★ 6.81973
MovieDramaThriller
Childhood trauma and religious repression causes a little boy to grow up into a murderer.
Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters · 1962Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters
★ 3.91962
MovieMusicComedy
The film follows adventures of Little Red Riding Hood (Maria Gracia) and Tom Thumb (Cesaro Quezadas) and their friends, fighting against the wicked Witch Queen (Ofelia Guilmáin) and her band of monsters. The film starts at the meeting of the evil monsters in the castle in the Haunted Forest, heart of the Devil's dominion, during which the Vampire (Quintín Bulnes) accuses the Wolf (Manuel Valdés) and the Ogre (José Elías Moreno) of betraying the Witch Queen (La Reina Bruja, renamed Queen of Badness in the English dub), who orders them to ber executed. Their friend Stinky the Skunk (Santanón) however escapes and informs Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, who promise to help. Meanwhile, the Queen and her sister the Old Witch cast a terrible curse, turning villagers into monkeys and mice for trying to defy her magic. The rest of the story details the heroes' quest to conquer evil.
Why Was I Born a Woman? · 1970Why Was I Born a Woman?
★ 8.21970
MovieDrama
A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender roles.
The Brainiac · 1962The Brainiac
★ 5.51962
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.
Sor Ye-yé · 1968Sor 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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The Prophet Mimi · 1973The Prophet Mimi
★ 6.81973
MovieDramaThriller
Childhood trauma and religious repression causes a little boy to grow up into a murderer.
Doña Eulalia, madre de Mimi
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.
Maria Pérez viuda de Fernández
There's Always a First Time · 1971There's Always a First Time
★ 4.51971
MovieDrama
Josefina (segment "Gloria")



















