Esther Fernández [974651] Gender: Female Popularity: 0.2491 Birthplace: Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico Birthday: 1917-08-23 Deathday: 1999-10-21 Age: 82 years Movies: 45 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: From Wikipedia MarÃa Esther Fernández González, better known as Esther Fernández (August 23, 1917 in Mascota, Jalisco Mexico – October 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico), was a Mexican film and television actress. She was one of the first female major stars of the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema" in the 1930s and 1940s. Fernández began her career as an extra in the film La Mujer del Puerto (1934). Her beauty and charisma drew the attention of film director Fernando de Fuentes, who gave her the female lead role of Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936), opposite Tito Guizar. The film is regarded as marking the start of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During the rest of the 1930s, Fernández acted in hit movies including Amapola del Camino (1937), with Andrea Palma and Tito Guizar; Mi Candidato (1938), with JoaquÃn Pardavé and Pedro Armendà riz; and Los de Abajo, with Isabela Corona and Emilio Fernández. Her popularity caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which promoted her films in Latin America and invited her to work in Hollywood. In 1943 she starred in the second sound version of the classic Mexican film Santa, directed by Norman Foster, opposite Ricardo Montalban. In 1946 she acted in the Hollywood film Two Years Before the Mast, with Brian Donlevy and Alan Ladd. Her last appearance was in the film Reclusorio II (1997). Los años de Gre1992-08-07 Each child, a cr1957-05-09 Encrucijada1956-10-18 Los hijos de Ran1956-06-25 Tu vida entre mi1955-01-01 La calle de los 1954-08-18 Reportaje1953-11-13 El lunar de la f1953-05-20 Genio y figura1953-03-14 El billetero1953-01-28 VÃctimas del di1952-10-11 Sangre en el bar1952-04-03 Doña Perfecta1951-10-10 Flor de sangre1951-01-01 Pancho Villa Ret1950-10-20 Surcos de sangre1950-06-23 Hipólito, el de1950-03-04 Pancho Villa vue1950-01-20 Cuatro vidas1949-11-11 Prisión de sueÃ1949-10-12 La santa del bar1948-12-25 Ahà vienen los 1948-11-01 Las mañanitas1948-10-07 A la sombra del 1948-07-08 La carne manda1948-04-29 De pecado en pec1948-01-01 Mujer1947-03-09 Extraña cita1947-01-01 Two Years Before1946-11-22 The Last Adventu1946-10-17 Cantaclaro1946-01-24 Esperanza1946-01-01 Flor de durazno1945-09-08 La Fuga1944-07-04 Santa1943-06-10 Fashion Horizons1940-08-03 The Underdogs1940-06-01 Hombres del mar1938-10-27 Tierra brava1938-08-20 Ojos tapatios1938-02-10 La Adelita1937-11-07 Mi candidato1937-07-06 Allá en el Ranc1936-10-07 The Macabre Trun1936-09-04 The Woman of the1934-02-14