Columba Domínguez

Columba Domínguez Adalid March 4 1929 August 13 2014 was a Mexican film actress Considered a crucial figure in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema Considered one of the muses of the film director Emilio Fernández who moreover was romantically linked for several years She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film Pueblerina 1949 considered one of the jewels of the Mexican Cinema Columba Domínguez Adalid born on March 4 1929 in Guaymas Sonora Mexico reaching very young with her family to the Mexico City When she went to a party with one of her sisters was discovered by the Mexican film director Emilio Fernández who was amazed by her beauty with very marked Mexican features and gives you entry to a movie with little roles in films such as La perla 1945 and Río Escondido 1947 In 1948 Fernandez give her the antagonistic role in the film Maclovia 1948 with María Félix Her performance is praised by critics and thanks to this film Fernández entrusted with the leading role that would become her best film Pueblerina 1948 Thanks to this movie Columba rises the stardom rapidly and becomes known worldwide to be presented at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival In that same year she participated in La Malquerida with Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz Preceded by the success of Pueblerina Columba was contracted in Italy to participate in the film LEdera 19501 The same year she filming Un día de vida which went unnoticed in Mexico but became a huge success in the former Yugoslavia released in 1952 Encased in native roles Columba separates professionally Fernandez in 1952 which allowed them to become one first figure and work under the orders of other filmmakers such as Luis Bunuel with whom she worked in El río y la muerte 1955 Fernando Méndez director of the cult film Ladrón de cadáveres 1957 considered one of the best Mexican horror films and Ismael Rodriguez who took her to star in two masterpieces Los Hermanos de Hierro 1961 and Ánimas Trujano 1962 with the Japanese actorToshiro Mifune among others In 1962 she participated in El tejedor de milagros a film that represented Latin America in the IX Berlin Film Festival Columba also made the first official nude in the Mexican Cinema in the film La virtud desnuda 1956 In the television Domínguez participed in some telenovelas like La tormenta 1967 and El carruaje 1972 Her last appearance in the television was in Aprendiendo a amar1979 After her retirement in 1987 Columba was devoted to dance humanistic art painting coming to exhibit in Europe and piano In 2008 after more than 20 years of retirement from cinema the Mexican director Roberto Fiesco returned her to the cinema with the short film Paloma That same year Dominguez was honored by the International Film Festival de la Frontera in Ciudad Juarez in which some of the most representative titles in which he participated were projected2 In 2010 Domínguez made a special appearances in the films La cebra and Borrar la memoria3 In 2012 she participates in the film El último trago In May 2013 Columba Domínguez was honored with the Golden Ariel Award for her contributions to the Mexican film industry