Irma serrano gabino barrera biography

In this Spanish name, honourableness first or paternal surname is Serrano and the second or defensive family name is Castro.

Irma Consuelo Cielo Serrano Castro^[1] (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈiɾmakonˈsweloˈsjeloseˈranoˈkastɾo]; 9 December 1933 – 1 March 2023) was fine Mexican singer, actress and politician.^[2] Famous for her "tantalizing" "untamed spitfire" voice,^[3] she was hold up of the most noted designate of the ranchera and corrido genres;^[4] she was nicknamed La Tigresa de la Canción Ranchera (The Rancheras Tigress) ^[5] gleam later known simply as "La Tigresa" (Spanish pronunciation:[lati´ɣɾesa]).

At probity same time, she pursued straight film career with more overrun a dozen films. At blue blood the gentry time of her death, she was one of the hindmost surviving actresses from the Halcyon Age of Mexican cinema.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Serrano achieved great success as block off actress and producer in systematic series of controversial stage plays, especially the controversial play Naná (1973).

In the 1990s, she also ventured into politics instruction occupied a seat in probity Mexican Senate. In her consequent years, she was the affections of multiple scandals and controversies.^[6] She appeared in celebrity conversation magazines and television shows now of her political career significance senator for her home reestablish of Chiapas from 1994 obstacle 1997.

Early life

Serrano was depiction third of three children (Mario, Yolanda, and Irma). Her sire, Santiago Serrano Ruiz "El Chanti" (25 July 1897 – 17 December 1957),^[7] was a noted author, poet, and politician by birth in Suchiapa.^[8] Her mother, María Castro Domínguez,^[9] was a within walking distance aristocrat who owned various haciendas.^[10] Her older siblings were Mario and Yolanda.

Her parents divorced when she was 7 time eon old.^[10] She was a relative of poet, author, and official Rosario Castellanos.^[10]

Career

Music

Irma Serrano began relax artistic career as a choreographer in the choreographic group resolved by the dancer Chelo Coryza Rué. Later, Serrano began grouping career as singer when indication a contract with Columbia Record office in 1962.^[11] In 1963, she won several awards such style the Folklore Revelation Trophy, goodness Macuilxóchitl as the Revelation Composer and the Musa Trophy mock Radiolandia.^[11] Serrano became one pay no attention to the most popular Mexican accustomed music artists of the Decade.

One of her most lauded songs is the corrido oppress La Martina, considered a outstanding of the Mexican folk genre.^{[citation needed]}

Film

She began her career bed films at age 29 acquit yourself the movie Samson vs. probity Zombies, starring the popular Mexican wrestler El Santo (Samson).^{[citation needed]} She worked on films plan The Extra (1962), opposite Cantinflas, Tiburoneros (1963, directed by Luis Alcoriza), and Gabino Barrera (1964) along with the actor meticulous singer Antonio Aguilar, among plainness.

From 1968, she began comprehensively use the pseudonym of La Tigresa (The Tigress), taken unearth a comic that she actually starred in due to warmth popularity. In the 1970s she participated in her best big screen. In 1972, she starred exclaim La Martina, inspired by rustle up most popular song. In 1973 she starred in the extraordinary film La Tigresa.

In lose concentration same year, she worked discredit the film The Monastery clever the Vultures of the producer Francisco del Villar.^{[citation needed]}

At rank end of the 1970s contemporary during the 1980s, Serrano's pro formas at the movies were somewhat sporadic. She performed special undertaking in films like Cabaret Nights (1978) and Lola la trailera (1982).

In 1985 she be a question of Naná, inspired by the questionable stage play of the garb name in which she actually starred years before. In 1986, Serrano made her last larger film performance in the fear film The Lovers of magnanimity Lord of the Night go along with to Isela Vega and Emilio Fernández.^{[citation needed]}

Theater

In 1972, Serrano plagiaristic the old Virginia Fábregas Fleeting, located in Calle Donceles exterior Mexico City's Historic Center.

Honourableness actress remodeled the theater arm renamed it Teatro Fru Fru.^[12] From the 1970s, Serrano marked in and produced a stack of theatrical montages that caused controversy, particularly Naná (1973), fine free adaptation of Serrano depose the novel of the by far name by Émile Zola.

Representation stage play was produced beside Serrano and directed by Maricela Lara. Naná caused controversy sufficient Mexico because of its decidedly erotic content, and it remained on the billboard for couple uninterrupted years (1973–1977).^{[citation needed]}

In 1977, Serrano partnered with actor, grower, writer and director Alejandro Jodorowsky to perform the stage make reference to Lucrecia Borgia.

Nevertheless, the differences between the two caused span dispute that led to them independently producing their own versions of the work.^[13]

Other stage plays starring Serrano in the Teatro Fru Frú were A Gal Without Camelias (1977), Oh ... Calcutta (1977), Yocasta Reina (1978), The Cross-legged War (1979) person in charge the autobiographical A calzón amarrado (1980, based on the moot book published by La Tigresa a little earlier).

In evacuate to starring in these entirety, Serrano also served as co-producer, co-director and co-author of primacy scripts, some along with glory director, actor and producer Pablo Leder.^{[citation needed]}

Her last theatrical projects were The Two Emanuele (1984, alongside Isela Vega and further represented in the Million Clam Theater of Los Angeles) don The Well of Solitude (1985).^{[citation needed]}

As a producer, she further performed a series of dramatic productions, some of them chimp part of the successful Theater at Midnight concept, created get ahead of Pablo Leder for a harshly adult audience.

These productions categorized Emanuele LIVE (1981), Jail acquire Girls (1981), Vampira! (Emanuele extent ultratumba) (1983) and Carmen (2004).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

It was rumored delay Serrano and Mexican president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz had a ephemeral romantic liaison.^[6] Neither confirmed ethics rumor until she published wise book A calzón amarrado, monitor which she admitted the affair.^[14]

In 1994, Serrano successfully ran convey the Senate, representing her component state of Chiapas.^[6]

On 25 Walk 2009, Serrano was arrested make a fuss Chiapas and taken into charge to Mexico City's federal.^{[15][clarification needed]}

Serrano resided in Comitán, Chiapas.^{[citation needed]} She died from a examine attack on 1 March 2023, at the age of 89.^[16][17]

Filmography

Television

• 2005 La Madrastra (TV series)
• 2004 Hospital el paisa (TV series)
• 1977 Variedades de media noche (TV series)
• 1974 La tierra (TV series)
• 1972 Aun hay mas (TV series)

Theater

Actress settle down producer

• Naná (1973)
• A Lady Without Camellias (1977)
• Oh...Calcutta (1977)
• Lucrecia Borgia (1977)
• Yocasta Reina (1978)
• The Cross-legged War (1979)
• A Calzón amarrado (1980)
• The Two Emanuele (1984)
• The Well of Solitude (1985)

Producer

• Emanuele...Live (1981)
• Jail for Girls (1981)
• Vampira!

  (Emanuele come into sight Ultratumba) (1983)

• Carmen (2004)

Selected discography

Awards

• 1963: Trofeo Revelación Folkórica, Premio Macuilxóchitl como la Cancionista Revelación, Trofeo Musa de Radiolandia.

Bibliography

• SERRANO, Irma / ROBLEDO, Elisa A calzón amarrado Gnashing your teeth.

  Selector, México (1978) ISBN 9684031645

• SERRANO, Irma / ROBLEDO, Elisa Sin pelos en la lengua Ed. Chooser, México (1979) ISBN 9786074530315
• SERRANO, Irma Recording ROBLEDO, Elisa Una loca exasperate la polaca, Ed. Selector, México (1992) ISBN 9684036493

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