Manuel Noriega

Manuel Manolo Noriega July 24 1880 August 12 1961 was a stage and film actor screenwriter and film director Born Manolo Noriega Ruiz in Spain he worked in live theatre for many years performing in his native Spain as well in Mexico Cuba and the United States A pioneer in silent film he made his first screen appearance in 1907 It is believed some of his early silent films have been lost but his main body of work began in talkies in the early 1930s performing in close to two hundred sound films Noriega earned an Ariel Award nomination for Best Actor in a minor role for his performance in the 1946 film Pepita Jiménez Married to Hortensia Castañeda their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar Manuel Noriega died in Mexico City in 1961