Elsa Aguirre

Elsa Irma Aguirre Juárez^[a] (born 25 September 1930) is a Mexican actress from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Her work in more than 40 films and telenovelas has earned her multiple accolades, such as the Golden Ariel for her outstanding cinematographic career and a Luna del Auditorio for her life in entertainment, among others.

Elsa Aguirre
Elsa Aguirre kissing Argentine footballer, Omar Sívori, in 1957.
Born	Elsa Irma Aguirre Juárez (1930-09-25) 25 September 1930 (age 94)[1] Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1945–2002
Family	Alma Rosa Aguirre (sister)

Career

At the beginning of her career she was discovered when she was a teenager, in a beauty contest held by a cinematographic production company called CLASA Films Mundiales, which was looking for new talent. Thus, she and her sister Alma Rosa were chosen to appear in their first film called El sexo fuerte in 1945, directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel. Since then, Elsa Aguirre has starred in many types of films such as drama, romance, action, fiction, etc. throughout her career. Elsa Aguirre appeared with her sister Alma Rosa in some of her films.^{[citation needed]}

One of her films is Algo flota sobre el agua (1947) directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna, in which she starred with Arturo de Córdova. Elsa inspired a song called Flor de azalea, composed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza and Manuel Esperón exclusively for her. This song was the soundtrack of this film. Aguirre has appeared in theatre, television series and singing in live shows.^{[citation needed]}

Other films in which she appeared are, among others:^{[citation needed]}

• Cuidado con el amor (1954) directed by Miguel Zacarías, and co-starring Pedro Infante and Eulalio González “Piporro”.
• Vainilla, bronce y morir (Una mujer más) (1956) directed by Rogelio A. González, co-starring Ignacio López Tarso.
• Pancho Villa y la Valentina (1958) directed by Ismael Rodríguez and co-starring Pedro Armendáriz.
• Ama a tu prójimo (1958) directed by Tulio Demicheli, also starring her sister Alma Rosa and Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1946	The Stronger Sex
	El pasajero diez mil
	Don Simón de Lira	Blanquita Alas de Cuervo
1947	The Thief	Rosita
1948	Algo flota sobre el agua		Something Floats on the Water (International English title)
	Los viejos somos así	Dalia
	Ojos de juventud
1949	Midnight		Midnight (International English title)
1950	La mujer que yo amé
	La liga de las muchachas		Adorables rebeldes (alternate title)
	Red Rain
	A Decent Woman
1951	Love Was Her Sin
	La estatua de carne
1952	Acapulco
	Cuatro noches contigo	Elsa Peralta
1954	La perversa
	Cantando nace el amor
	Cuidado con el amor	Ana María
1955	Estafa de amor
1956	La doncella de piedra
	Orgullo de mujer
	Giant	uncredited	Hollywood production
1957	La mujer de dos caras
	Vainilla, bronce y morir (Una mujer más)
1958	Ama a tu prójimo
1960	Pancho Villa y la Valentina	La Valentina
1966	La vida de Pedro Infante	archive footage
	Sólo de noche vienes
	Casa de Mujeres
1967	El pistolero desconocido (El comandante Tijerina)
	El hijo de todas		The Son of All – International English title
	La vuelta del mexicano
1968	El día de la boda
1969	El matrimonio es como el demonio	Hilda Cervantes
1970	Cómo enfriar a mi marido
	El cuerpazo del delito	Maria de Jesus 'Chuchet'	segment La seductora
	Las figuras de arena
	Los años vacíos
1977	La muerte de un gallero
1980	Albur de amor
1992	El prófugo
1995	Acapulco, cuerpo y alma	Telenovela
1999	Mujeres Engañadas	Telenovela
2001	Lo que es el amor	Telenovela

Bibliography

• Agrasánchez Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8.

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguirre and the second or maternal family name is Juárez.