Queta Lavat

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

Enriqueta Margarita Lavat Bayona (23 February 1929 – 4 December 2023), known professionally as Queta Lavat, was a Mexican actress. She was the sister of actor Jorge Lavat^[1] and voice actor José Lavat, and mother of Mexican sports anchor Pablo Carrillo.^[2] She was best known for her roles in Las tandas del principal, Cruz de amor and Clase 406.^[3] At the time of her death, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

Queta Lavat
Lavat, c. 1950s
Born	Enriqueta Margarita Lavat Bayona (1929-02-23)23 February 1929 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	4 December 2023(2023-12-04) (aged 94) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946–2023
Children	4

Early life

Enriqueta Margarita Lavat Bayona was born in Mexico City on 23 February 1929.^[4][5] She had six brothers, two of whom were also well known actors, the late Jorge Lavat and José Lavat. Queta's family lived in Colonia Roma de Ciudad de México then later moved to Colonia San Rafael. When she was a young girl, her cousin^[6] María Elena Marqués encouraged her to study dance at La Academia Shirley, she later won a talent competition.^[7]

Career

Lavat had many good memories of Jorge Negrete, having made five movies together: Dos tipos de cuidado, Un gallo en corral ajeno, Camino a Sacramento, Tal para cual and Me he de comer esa tuna. Lavat said: "For me it was wonderful to work with those stars, Pedro (Infante) and Jorge. Mr. Negrete, whom I called don Jorge, invited us to have coffee and sweet bread, entertained with conversations of the most at ease. I liked Jorge very well. My only vice has been to always knit and I knitted in my spare time, so Negrete told me: 'You are my little spider, because I have never seen a woman of your age knitting, that is the habit of grandmothers".^[7]

Lavat also worked with other famous actors such as Pedro Infante and Irma Dorantes, who was long one of her closest friends. The three appeared together in films like Dos tipos de cuidado and Menores de edad.

Lavat with Polo Ortín (right corner) in Santa Claus (1959)

Lavat's cousin María Elena Marqués was an integral part of her life, it was because of Marqués that she met her husband of 43 years and the father of her four sons. Armando Carrillo. Lavat said "Filming in Acapulco, she told me: I'm going to introduce you to a single, decent, hard working and handsome man. And she was right. We met and things went well. Eight years of dating and 43 years of marriage".^[7]

Lavat appeared in several episodes of the last season of La Tremenda Corte, junto a Leopoldo Fernández (Tres Patines). In all, her career was composed of 160 films and 38 TV series.^[8]

In 2011, Lavat appeared in the television series Amorcito corazón produced by Lucero Suárez, in the role as Sor Pilar. Regarding her career and her future, she spoke plainly: "The only thing I do not want, in any way, is to retire, as long as God grants me lucidity I will continue working, even if I am in a wheelchair".^[9]

Later life and death

On 23 February 2009, the actress celebrated her 80th birthday surrounded by all her loved ones: brothers, sons, grandchildren, daughters-in-law, her son-in-law, childhood friends as well as acting colleagues. Among those who attended were Luz María Aguilar and Irma Dorantes.^[9]

Lavat in 2015

Lavat died in Mexico City on 4 December 2023, at the age of 94.^[10]

Filmography

Lavat in Santa Claus (1959)

Television roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
1958	Un paso al abismo	Unknown role
1965	Un largo amor	Unknown role
1966	Vértigo	Unknown role
1967	Angustia del pasado	Unknown role
1970	Encrucijada	Christian
1972	El edificio de enfrente	Unknown role
1973	Mi primer amor	Unknown role
1977	Rina	Martha
1981	Nosotras las mujeres	Aída
1981	Extraños caminos del amor	Jacinta
1982	Vivir enamorada	Adriana's mother
1987	Pobre señorita Limantour	Unknown role
1990	Ángeles blancos	Unknown role
1990	Yo compro esa mujer	Unknown role
1993	Corazón salvaje	Mother Superior
1994	La pura	Doña Antonia Espinoza Corcuerav
1995	Alondra	Concepción Hurtado
1999	Tres mujeres	Susana
1999	Rosalinda	Directora de la prisión
2000	Amigos x siempre	Mother superior
2001	La intrusa	Rosalía de Limantur
2001	Atrévete a olvidarme	Fidela
2002–2003	Clase 406	Doña Cuquita Domínguez
2003	Velo de novia	Socorro
2004	Corazones al límite	Gudelia
2004–2006	Rebelde	Angelita
2008	Sexo y otros secretos	Esperanza	Episode: "El Plan"
2008–2012	La rosa de Guadalupe	Victoria	Episode: "Ni con el pétalo de una rosa"
		Carmen Esperanza	Episode: "Lo que dicta el corazón"
2008–2009	En nombre del amor	Madre Superiora	5 episodes
2009–2010	Camaleones	Graciela
2009–2010	Mar de amor	Alfonsina Zapata	9 episodes
2011	Como dice el dicho	Guadalupe León	Episode: "Del dicho al hecho"
2011	La fuerza del destino	Judge	Episode: "Huracanes"
2011-2012	Amorcito corazón	Sor Pilar
2012	Miss XV	María
2013	Mentir para vivir	Mercedes	3 episodes
2013	Corazón indomable	Lucrecía	6 episodes
2013–2014	Qué pobres tan ricos	Doña Matilde Álvarez Vda. de Ruizpalacios	Recurring role; 160 episodes
2015	Amor de barrio	Zelma	Recurring role; 36 episodes
2016	El hotel de los secretos	Señora Limantour	Recurring role; 46 episodes
2019	La usurpadora	Piedad Mejía Vda. de Bernal
2019	Cita a ciegas	Romina

Film

Film roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2004	Pata de Gallo	Anciana
2000	Religión, la Fuerza de la Costumbre
1994	La pura (1994)	Doña Antonia Espinoza Corcuera
1993	Amargo destino
1991	El secuestro de un policía
1990	Un corazón para dos
1990	A gozar, a gozar, que el mundo se va a acabar
1988	Central camionera
1987	Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas
1987	La bruja de la vecindad
1985	Más vale pájaro en mano
1984	Hermelinda Linda	Sra. de Pachochas
1984	El monje loco	Doña Susana
1983	Aborto: canto a la vida
1983	Terror en los barrios	Madre de Luis
1981	Lagunilla, mi barrio	Blanca
1981	La Jorobada	Madre superiora
1979	Los reyes del palenque
1978	El perdón de la hija de nadie
1978	Las noches de Paloma	Maura
1978	La hora del jaguar	Sra. Salazar
1978	Duro pero seguro	Esposa de Fulgencio
1978	Los hijos del diablo
1977	Sor tequila
1977	Carita de primavera	Doña Rosa
1975	Acapulco 12-22	Señora Pavia
1975	La trenza	Marbella
1974	La recogida	Directora orfanato
1974	Los perros de Dios
1974	Crónica de un amor	Sirvienta
1973	Quiero vivir mi vida	María, nana de Lucía
1973	San Simón de los Magüeyes
1973	Peluquero de señoras	Reportera
1972	El festín de la loba
1972	La gatita	Señora Barrios
1972	Me he de comer esa tuna
1972	El deseo en otoño	Tía de Elena
1972	El arte de engañar
1971	Yesenia
1971	Ya somos hombres	Mamá de Germán
1970	La mujer de oro		as Enriqueta Lavat
1970	Cruz de amor	La nena Saldívar
1970	La hermana Trinquete	Mujer robada en la calle	as Enriqueta Lavat
1969	El aviso inoportuno	Dueña perrito	as Enriqueta Lavat
1969	Modisto de señoras	Condesa / Cuquis
1969	No se mande, profe	Maestra
1968	María Isabel	Madre de Rubén	as Enriqueta Lavat
1967	Don Juan 67
1967	Estrategia matrimonial	Nueva Rica
1961	Memorias de mi general
1961	El proceso de las señoritas Vivanco	Profesora de gimnasia
1959	Santa Claus[11]	Madre despertada	as Enriqueta Lavat
1956	Los hijos de Rancho Grande		Uncredited
1956	Spring in the Heart	Olga
1954	La ladrona	Empleada de banco	as Enriqueta Lavat
1954	Retorno a la juventud	Enfermera	as Enriqueta Lavat
1954	The Price of Living
1953	Dos tipos de cuidado	Genoveva[12]
1953	El jugador	Hortensia, wife of Francisco
1953	Seven Women (Siete mujeres)
1953	Canción de cuna	Sor María de Jesús
1953	Made for Each Other (Tal Para Cual)	Paula	as Enriqueta Lavat
1952	Se le pasó la mano
1952	Un gallo en corral ajeno	Petra, Sirvienta	as Enriqueta Lavat
1952	El derecho de nacer	Amelia
1952	Chucho el remendado	Beatriz
1952	Hombres sin alma	Norma
1952	Perdición de mujeres
1951	Get Your Sandwiches Here	Lupe
1951	Menores de edad	María Teresa	as Enriqueta Lavat
1951	Vivillo desde chiquillo	Carmela
1951	Among Lawyers I See You	La Segunda Esposa
1951	Tenement House	Rosita	as Enriqueta Lavat
1951	Tierra baja	Pepa
1950	Para que la cuna apriete
1950	Doctor on Call	La Enfermera Irene	as Enriqueta Lavat
1950	Orange Blossom for Your Wedding	Nieta	Uncredited
1950	Si me viera don Porfirio
1950	The Man Without a Face	Rosa Martínez	as Enriqueta Lavat
1950	Piña madura		as Enriqueta Lavat
1950	Nuestras vidas	Laura
1950	La dama del alba	Maestra	Uncredited
1950	Red Rain	Hermana de Elisa	Uncredited
1950	Yo quiero ser mala	Pina Aguado del Rincón
1949	Conozco a los dos	Chica mensajera	as Enriqueta Lavat
1949	Arriba el norte	Carmela Segura
1949	Escuela para casadas
1949	Al caer la tarde	Mercedes
1949	Las tandas del principal	Martina	as Enriqueta Lavat
1949	Rough But Respectable (Soy charro de Levita)	Leonor Dávila	as Enriqueta Lavat
1949	La panchita (1949)	Margaritina
1949	Tres hombres malos	Blanca	as Enriqueta lavat
1949	The Magician (El mago)	Secretaria	Uncredited
1949	Tuya para siempre	Marta	as Enriqueta Lavat
1949	Comisario en turno	Hija del Comisario	as Enriqueta Lavat
1948	La novia del mar	Amiga de Rosa	as Enriqueta Lavat
1948	Matrimonio sintético
1948	La mujer del otro
1947	Carita de cielo	Marisa
1947	Ángel o demonio	Isabel	as Enriqueta Lavat
1946	Se acabaron las mujeres	Sirvienta	Uncredited
1946	Las colegialas	Estudiante	Uncredited

Stage

• Conversations with Mom (Conversaciones con Mamá) (2017)^[13][14][15]

Awards and nominations

• 60th Ariel Awards - Golden Ariel (Ariel de Oro) for her outstanding career in 2018^[16][17]
• Guadalajara International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara) - Homage for 70-year career in 2017^[18][19]
• Cineteca Nacional - Homage for 70-year career in 2017^[20][21]
• National Association of Actors - Distinctive Medal for 50-year career in 2016^[22]
• Goddesses of Silver (Las Diosas de Plata) - Silver Goddess Award for 69 year artistic career in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in 2014^[23]
• Guadalajara International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara)^[24][25] - Industry Builders Award (Premio Forjadores de la Industria) for 69-year career in 2012^[26]
• Choca de Oro - Award for 50 Year Career in 2012^[27]
• Association of Latin Entertainment Critics - Premios Ace Award for "Best Supporting Actor in a Telenovela" in 1992, for her portrayal of Brigida in Ángeles blancos^[28]