Ninón Sevilla

Acting

Ninón Sevilla

Born November 10, 1921 · La Habana, Cuba

Died January 1, 2015 · aged 93

Emelia Pérez Castellanos (Havana, Cuba, 10 November 1921 – Mexico City, 1 January 2015), better known as Ninón Sevilla, was a Cuban born Mexican film actress and dancer who was active during the golden age of Mexican cinema. She was considered one of the greatest exponents of the Rumberas film in the 1940s and 1950s'.

Known For

Cry of the BewitchedCry of the Bewitched · 1957
Cry of the Bewitched
4.31957
MovieHorrorRomance
A freed slave, who is descended from a murdered witch, plots revenge with her grandmother on a sugar plantation's inhabitants. Complications ensue due to her love for the master of the estate.
Jóvenes delincuentesJóvenes delincuentes · 1991
Jóvenes delincuentes
6.31991
MovieDramaCrime
A group of young people lives in a world of drugs and crime, they wanna be free.
CoquetaCoqueta · 1949
Coqueta
5.51949
MovieDramaMusic
Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.
Adventure in RioAdventure in Rio · 1953
Adventure in Rio
5.51953
MovieDramaCrime
Tourist gets bonked on the head, suffers an amnesiac fugue, wanders away from her husband and children, becomes an evil prostitute-y thief-y saloon gal.
Victims of SinVictims of Sin · 1951
Victims of Sin
7.01951
MovieDramaCrime
A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.
México de mis amoresMéxico de mis amores · 1979
México de mis amores
6.01979
MovieDocumentary
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
Love and SinLove and Sin · 1956
Love and Sin
6.21956
MovieDramaMusic
A dramatic encounter between passionate love and fraternal love. Two brothers fall in love with the same woman, played by the beautiful dancer Ninón Sevilla, an orphan they rescued during their childhood. Though she loves only one of them, she decides to give up her happiness rather than destroying the reason of the other she doesn't love.
Viva el chubascoViva el chubasco · 1983
Viva el chubasco
5.71983
Movie
The struggle between two rival families brings many complications into the life of a people. The priest, with the agreement of the women, get a strike of crossed legs until peace is a fact.

Filmography

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MulataMulata · 1954
Mulata
5.01954
MovieDrama
In the port of Havana, two biracial children, Mateo (Ricardo Román) and Caridad (Ninón Sevilla) grow up together. She is the daughter of a white man who died in a shipwreck and of a black laundress of African origin. Over the years, Mateo falls for Caridad, but she doesn't love him back because she has fallen for a Mexican captain, Martin (Pedro Armendáriz), who she happened to meet at the port. The captain also fell in love with Caridad and proposes that they live together and she accepts. Caridad works in a cabaret in the port and the owner, Guevara (René Cardona), feels an attraction for the girl, and in a moment of jealousy, tries to kill Martin. Martin falls into financial trouble and has to mortgage his boat to Guevara. When Martin returns to Veracruz, Mexico, Guevara feels that he's the new owner of Caridad.

Caridad / María

Beyond DeceptionsBeyond Deceptions · 1998
Beyond Deceptions
8.51998
SeriesDramaSoap
A few years pass after Paulina Martinez gets married to Carlos Daniel. She is now Paulina Bracho and she is now going to school. She has two loving step-children who love her and a new child of her own with Carlos Daniel. Everything seems like a happy end to the original story. But, when Paulina goes to the Doctor to check up on an exam, only the worst happens, she thinks she has anemia, but the doctor has discovered that she has cancer and has only 6 months to live, now she must hide her secret from her husband, his children and her new baby. She then must find courage in herself to tell everyone who loves her the truth...she also must set up Carlos Daniel with a new woman, she chooses the new maid and tells her the truth, but strangely enough Paulina does not seem to deteriorate form her illness, the maid becomes anxious and wants Carlos Daniel to fall in love with her, she would do anything to get his hands on him even if it meant ending Paulina's life...

Cachita