Anabel Gutiérrez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Aicua.

Anabel Gutiérrez
Gutiérrez, c. 1956
Born
Anabel Gutiérrez Aicua

(1931-09-17)17 September 1931
Mexico City, Mexico
Died21 August 2022(2022-08-21) (aged 90)
State of Puebla, Mexico[1][2]
OccupationActress
Years active1949–2019
ChildrenAmairani
RelativesMacarena García (granddaughter)

Anabel Gutiérrez Aicua (17 September 1931 – 21 August 2022) was a Mexican actress and comedian. Her most memorable works included her participation in the film School for Tramps (1955), as well as her appearances on the program Chespirito (1970), playing the character of Doña Espotaverderona in some sketches.[3]

Biography

Anabel Gutiérrez Aicua was born in Mexico City on 17 September 1931.[4]

After making two films as an extra in 1949, El Diablo no es Tan Diablo, where she played with a yo-yo[5] and La liga de las muchachas,[6] Gutiérrez began to be offered larger parts. One of the first was in the 1950 film Deseada, where she starred opposite Dolores del Río in an older sister / younger sister love triangle with Jorge Mistral. The film had 5 nominations for Ariel Awards and won for best musical score.[7] That same year, she also acted in the film, Azahares para tu boda with Fernando Soler, Marga Lopez, Sara Garcia and Joaquin Pardavé.[8]

With that recognition, other work followed and soon Gutiérrez became known as a young teenaged star.[9] She made several movies in quick succession, but her most memorable roles were for Muchachas de uniforme (1951), Rostros olvidados (1952), and Escuela de vagabundos (1954), which for each, she was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Youth Actor. She won the award for Escuela de vagabundos in 1956.[10]

Some of her other memorable roles opposite renowned Mexican actors include: La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954) with Miroslava;[11] Angelitos del trapecio (1959) with Viruta y Capulina;[12] El coyote emplumado (1983) with María Elena Velasco[13] and her last film was in 1999 for the film La paloma de Marsella with Germán Robles.[14]

In the late 1960s, Gutiérrez began working in television and developed a working relationship with Gómez Bolaños Roberto that would bring her second fame. Her first series with him was in El Ciudadano Gómez[15] but the work that made her an icon is Doña Espotaverderona, the mother of La Chimoltrufia, in the television program Chespirito.[16]

Personal life and death

Gutiérrez was the mother of the actress Amairani.[17] She died on 21 August 2022, at age 90.[4]

Awards

  • Muchachas de uniforme (1952), nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Youth Actor[10]
  • Rostros olvidados (1953), nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Youth Actor[10]
  • Escuela de vagabundos (1956), won the Ariel Award for Best Youth Actor[10]

Filmography

Films

Television

References

  1. ^ "Falleció Anabel Gutiérrez, estrella del Cine de Oro" [Anabel Gutiérrez, star of the Golden Cinema, dies]. Infobae (in Spanish). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022. Anabel Gutiérrez, falleció a sus 89 años de edad en el estado de Puebla.
  2. ^ "Fallece Anabel Gutiérrez, la actriz que interpretaba a la mamá de la chimoltrufia en 'Chespirito'" [Anabel Gutiérrez, the actress who interpreted the mother of "chimoltrufia" in "Chespirito", dies]. El Universo (in Spanish). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  3. ^ Orona, Karla (17 September 2021). "Bella actriz que brilló en el Cine de Oro junto a Pedro Infante saltó a la televisión con Chespirito". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b Andrew Herrera, Karina (21 August 2022). "Muere la actriz Anabel Gutiérrez, figura del Cine Mexicano". Noticieros Televisa (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ^ "El Diablo no es Tan Diablo (1949)". Mórbido Fest (in Spanish). Mórbido Fest. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. ^ "La Liga de las Muchachas". Cine Mexicano sin Limites (in Spanish). Cine Mexicano sin Limites. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Deseada". Filmaffinity (in Spanish). Filmaffinity. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  8. ^ Escalante Cordero, José Luis (18 March 2010). "Cine: Azahares para tu boda". Semanario Punto y Aparte (in Spanish). Jalapa, Mexico: Semanario Punto y Aparte. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  9. ^ Vigoritto, Fernando (24 May 2009). "Sólo para recordar: Leyendas vivas de nuestro cine" (in Spanish). Mexico: El Sol de Mexico. Organización Editorial Mexicana. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d "Ariel > Ganadores y nominados > Anabelle Gutiérrez". Academia Mexicana de Cine (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Academia Mexicana de Cine. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  11. ^ "La Visita que no Tocó el Timbre". Guije (in Spanish). Havana, Cuba: Guije. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Angelitos del Trapecio". Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  13. ^ "El coyote emplumado". Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  14. ^ "La paloma de Marsella (Recuerdos de una mujer de cabaret)". Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  15. ^ Gómez Bolaños, Roberto (2012). Sin querer queriendo: memorias (in Spanish) (2. ed.). México, D.F.: Aguilar. p. 139. ISBN 978-6-071-11847-9. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  16. ^ Cazangi, Marcelo (13 February 2013). "Anabel Gutiérrez". Mundo Chaves e Chapolin (in Spanish). Mexico: Mundo Chaves e Chapolin. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  17. ^ "Amairani Romero comparte dolor de su madre tras muerte de Chespirito" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Televisa. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.