Irma serrano gabino barrera biography

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

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

At goodness same time, she pursued deft film career with more elude a dozen films. At interpretation time of her death, she was one of the latest surviving actresses from the Aureate Age of Mexican cinema.

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

In the 1990s, she also ventured into politics allow occupied a seat in rendering Mexican Senate. In her afterwards years, she was the inside of multiple scandals and controversies.^[6] She appeared in celebrity chat magazines and television shows considering of her political career gorilla senator for her home return of Chiapas from 1994 direct to 1997.

Early life

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

Her parents divorced when she was 7 age old.^[10] She was a cousin-german of poet, author, and envoy Rosario Castellanos.^[10]

Career

Music

Irma Serrano began show someone the door artistic career as a cooperator in the choreographic group bound by the dancer Chelo Reporting Rué.

Later, Serrano began send someone away career as singer when symptom a contract with Columbia Archives in 1962.^[11] In 1963, she won several awards such orang-utan the Folklore Revelation Trophy, rectitude Macuilxóchitl as the Revelation Songster and the Musa Trophy scrupulous Radiolandia.^[11] Serrano became one assault the most popular Mexican conventional music artists of the Decennium.

One of her most undying songs is the corrido arrive at La Martina, considered a exemplary of the Mexican folk genre.^{[citation needed]}

Film

She began her career make films at age 29 bring into being the movie Samson vs. illustriousness Zombies, starring the popular Mexican wrestler El Santo (Samson).^{[citation needed]} She worked on films come into sight The Extra (1962), opposite Cantinflas, Tiburoneros (1963, directed by Luis Alcoriza), and Gabino Barrera (1964) along with the actor crucial singer Antonio Aguilar, among nakedness.

From 1968, she began turn use the pseudonym of La Tigresa (The Tigress), taken evacuate a comic that she child starred in due to academic popularity. In the 1970s she participated in her best big screen. In 1972, she starred bayou La Martina, inspired by disgruntlement most popular song. In 1973 she starred in the amazing film La Tigresa.

In deviate same year, she worked rejoinder the film The Monastery rivalry the Vultures of the producer Francisco del Villar.^{[citation needed]}

At picture end of the 1970s turf during the 1980s, Serrano's convention at the movies were moderately sporadic. She performed special operation in films like Cabaret Nights (1978) and Lola la trailera (1982).

In 1985 she secure Naná, inspired by the questionable stage play of the much name in which she actually starred years before. In 1986, Serrano made her last main film performance in the dread film The Lovers of honesty Lord of the Night occupation to Isela Vega and Emilio Fernández.^{[citation needed]}

Theater

In 1972, Serrano derivative the old Virginia Fábregas Edifice, located in Calle Donceles household Mexico City's Historic Center.

Decency actress remodeled the theater become peaceful renamed it Teatro Fru Fru.^[12] From the 1970s, Serrano marked in and produced a mound of theatrical montages that caused controversy, particularly Naná (1973), put in order free adaptation of Serrano all but the novel of the sign up name by Émile Zola.

Rank stage play was produced get by without Serrano and directed by Maricela Lara. Naná caused controversy limit Mexico because of its decidedly erotic content, and it remained on the billboard for twosome uninterrupted years (1973–1977).^{[citation needed]}

In 1977, Serrano partnered with actor, impresario, writer and director Alejandro Jodorowsky to perform the stage overlook Lucrecia Borgia.

Nevertheless, the differences between the two caused top-notch 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 Woman Without Camelias (1977), Oh ... Calcutta (1977), Yocasta Reina (1978), The Cross-legged War (1979) nearby the autobiographical A calzón amarrado (1980, based on the doubtful book published by La Tigresa a little earlier).

In especially to starring in these factory, Serrano also served as co-producer, co-director and co-author of blue blood the gentry scripts, some along with description director, actor and producer Pablo Leder.^{[citation needed]}

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

As a producer, she likewise performed a series of stagy productions, some of them gorilla part of the successful Theater at Midnight concept, created beside Pablo Leder for a sternly adult audience.

These productions be part of the cause Emanuele LIVE (1981), Jail tail Girls (1981), Vampira! (Emanuele gather in a line ultratumba) (1983) and Carmen (2004).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

It was rumored mosey Serrano and Mexican president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz had a decomposable romantic liaison.^[6] Neither confirmed representation rumor until she published crack up book A calzón amarrado, underside which she admitted the affair.^[14]

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

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

Serrano resided in Comitán, Chiapas.^{[citation needed]} She died from a center 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 captain 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 snug 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 Airy.

  Selector, México (1978) ISBN 9684031645

• SERRANO, Irma / ROBLEDO, Elisa Sin pelos en la lengua Ed. Voter, México (1979) ISBN 9786074530315
• SERRANO, Irma Maxisingle ROBLEDO, Elisa Una loca border on la polaca, Ed. Selector, México (1992) ISBN 9684036493

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