Alma Beltran

Alma Leonor Beltran (August 22, 1919 – June 9, 2007) was a Mexican-American film, stage and television actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1945 and 2002.^[1] In addition to her film roles, Beltran played over 80 roles in film and television, often in smaller roles, always as Mexican women, and then later in her career, as matriarch types. She is best known as Mrs. Fuentes, mother of Julio Fuentes, on the NBC-TV series Sanford and Son.^[2]

Alma Beltran
Born	Alma Leonor Beltran (1919-08-22)August 22, 1919 Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
Died	June 9, 2007(2007-06-09) (aged 87) Northridge, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1945–2002

Death

Beltran died in Northridge, California, on June 9, 2007, aged 87, due to natural causes. She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Filmography

With Donna Reed in the 1953 Colombia Western Gun Fury.

Film credits^[3]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1945	Pan-Americana	Miss Guatelmala	Uncredited
1945	Mexicana	Modern Girl
1945	Yolanda and the Thief	Maid	Uncredited
1947	Honeymoon	Maid	Uncredited
1947	Carnival In Costa Rica	Bit part	Uncredited
1948	The Loves of Carmen	Trinket Seller	Uncredited
1948	He Walked by Night	Miss Montvalo (Liquor Store proprietor)	Uncredited
1953	Sombero	Party Guest	Uncredited
1953	Gun Fury	2nd Mexican girl	Uncredited
1954	Jubilee Trail	Servant girl	Uncredited
1955	The Sea Chase	Beautician	Uncredited
1956	The Bottom of the Bottle	Cantina Hostess	Uncredited
1956	Santiago	Cuban Woman	Uncredited
1957	Dragoon Wells Massacre	Station Agent's wife
1968	Blue	Cantina Proprietess
1971	Red Sky at Morning	Excilda Montoya
1971	Josie's Castle	Tijuana Saleslady
1971	The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker	Raquel
1972
1972	They Only Kill Their Masters	Rosa
1974	The Parallax View	Joy Holder
1975	A Woman for All Men	Anita
1976	Marathon Man	Laundress
1977	Another Man, Another Chance	Mexican Widow	Uncredited
1978	House Calls	Gina
1980	Herbie Goes Bananas	General's Wife
1980	Oh, God! Book II	Rosa, Paula's Housekeeper
1981	Zoot Suit	Lowrider's Mother
1985	Into the Night	Cleaning woman
1986	Nobody's Fool	Jennieva
1987	Love Among Thieves	Airline Clerk	TV movie
1989	Trust Me	Imelda
1989	Immediate Family	Spanish woman
1990	Angel Town	Neighbor's Wife
1990	Ghost	Woman Ghost
1994	Night Fire	Maria
2000	Luminarias	Mary
2002	Buying the Cow	Hispanic woman	(final film role)