Lilia Prado

Lilia Prado
Lilia Prado in a publicity photograph
Born	Lilia Prado March 30, 1928 Sahuayo, Michoacán, Mexico
Died	May 22, 2006 (aged 78) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1947–1991

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); and Joaquín Pardavé, among others. In many films she shared scenes with Pedro Infante and by René Cardona. She and Silvia Pinal were the only actresses who worked with Buñuel in three films.

Filmography

• Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl (1948)
• Gangster's Kingdom (1948)
• Nocturne of Love (1948)
• Confessions of a Taxi Driver (1949)
• The Perez Family (1949)
• love for Love (1950)
• If I Were Just Anyone (1950)
• El Gavilán pollero (1951)
• My General's Women (1951)
• Crimen y castigo (1951)
• Subida al cielo (1952)
• Hotel Room (1953)
• Abismos de pasión (1954)
• La ilusión viaja en tranvía (1954)
• La Vida no vale nada (1955)
• Los Gavilanes (1956)
• Talpa (1956)
• Ando volando bajo (1959)
• Two Cheap Husbands (1960)
• El analfabeto (1961)
• Senda prohibida (1961)
• Los Cuervos están de luto (1965)
• México de noche (1968)
• La Vida inútil de Pito Pérez (1970)
• La Inocente (1972)
• El Rincón de las vírgenes (1972)
• Fé, Esperanza y Caridad (1974)
• La India (1976)
• Emanuelo (1984)
• Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas (1987)

References

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

External links

• Lilia Prado at the IMDB