Rita Macedo

About

Also Known As

Maria Concepcion Macedo Guzman

Birth Place

Mexico

Died

December 06, 1993

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

Leading Mexican actress at her peak during the golden age of that country's cinema. Macedo began in films at the age of 14 in the well-received "Las Cinco Noches de Adan/The Five Nights of Adam" (1942) and was active in films over the course of the next four decades. Her best known films are two directed by Luis Bunuel: the very dark but hilarious satirical comedy "The Criminal Life of A...

Filmography

El Castillo de la Pureza (1973)

Beatriz

The Curse of the Crying Woman (1969)

Spiritism (1965)

The Empty Star (1962)

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1962)

Patricia

Nazarin (1962)

Andara

Family & Companions

Carlos Fuentes

Husband

Novelist. First husband; dedicated one of his novels to her.

Luis de Llano

Husband

Film producer. Second husband.

Biography

Leading Mexican actress at her peak during the golden age of that country's cinema. Macedo began in films at the age of 14 in the well-received "Las Cinco Noches de Adan/The Five Nights of Adam" (1942) and was active in films over the course of the next four decades. Her best known films are two directed by Luis Bunuel: the very dark but hilarious satirical comedy "The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz" (1955), and the powerfully grim study of a saintly priest faced with hypocritical parishioners, "Nazarin" (1958), the latter featuring one of Macedo's finest performances as one of the villagers.