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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1928-03-30

Place of Birth

Sahuayo, Michoacan, Mexico

Lilia Prado

Biography

Lilia Prado (March 30, 1928 – May 22, 2006) was a Mexican actress and dancer. After winning a beauty contest she started working in the Mexican cinematographic industry, first as an extra, and later on in leading roles. She starred in over 100 films, being directed by Luis Buñuel in Subida al cielo (Ascent to Heaven), Abismos de pasión (Wuthering Heights), and La ilusión viaja en tranvía (Illusion Travels by Streetcar). In many films she shared scenes with Pedro Infante. She and Silvia Pinal were the only actresses who worked with Buñuel in three films.

Known for

El milagro de vivir

El milagro de vivir

La pasión de Isabela

La pasión de Isabela

Arriba Michoacán

Arriba Michoacán

The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.

Rancho solo

Rancho solo

The film is a typical whodunit story, combined with a "ranchero" and western flavor. A young engineer arrives to his godfather hacienda, along with his fiancée. But the things got complicated when the godfather's wife reveals that she had an affair with the young man. One night, the young man's father is murdered in the wood, and he will look for revenge.

Kermesse

Kermesse

Four young couples cement their primary relationships during the town fair.

Talpa

Talpa

Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.

Adiós Lagunilla, adiós

Adiós Lagunilla, adiós

Middle-aged couple's adult children decide to emigrate to USA. Third movie in trilogy.

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

Lovers of the Lord of the Night

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.

Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl

Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl

Rolando, a millionare, travels to a remote island and meets the young and tough Tania, a local woman with great dancing skills. He falls in love with her and takes the girl to Mexico, but their relationship gets awry when Tania cheats on him with another man.

El rey de la pistola

El rey de la pistola

Western heist movie; a complicated bank job goes bad, and two groups of thieves fight the sheriff and each other.

Pata de palo

Pata de palo

Boy witnesses a murder, killer terrorizes and exploits him.

Love Pays for Love

Love Pays for Love

Pre-Revolutionary setting; class conflicts and a romance across class-boundaries.

La Puerta Negra

La Puerta Negra

A horse breeder needs to acquire his rival's horse at the same time protecting his three beautiful daughters from marrying three musicians who work for his rival.

Vuelta al paraíso

Vuelta al paraíso

All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who live there.

Ángel o demonio

Ángel o demonio

Wealthy young gentleman falls in love with a cabaret girl of no breeding; he overcomes his prejudices and accepts her in spite of her past... will she live up to his expectations of her?