Columba Domínguez

Columba Domínguez Adalid(March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was aMexicanfilm actress. Considered a crucial figure in theGolden Age of Mexican cinema. Considered one of the muses of the film directorEmilio Fernández, who, moreover, was romantically linked for several years. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the filmPueblerina(1949), considered one of the jewels of the Mexican Cinema.Columba Domínguez Adalid born on March 4, 1929 inGuaymas,Sonora,Mexico, reaching very young with her family to theMexico City. When she went to a party with one of her sisters, was discovered by the Mexican film directorEmilio Fernández, who was amazed by her beauty with very marked Mexican features and gives you entry to a movie with little roles in films such asLa perla(1945) andRío Escondido(1947). In 1948, Fernandez give her the antagonistic role in the filmMaclovia(1948), withMaría Félix. Her performance is praised by critics and thanks to this film, Fernández entrusted with the leading role that would become her best film:Pueblerina(1948). Thanks to this movie Columba rises the stardom rapidly and becomes known worldwide to be presented at theKarlovy Vary International Film Festival. In that same year she participated inLa Malquerida, withDolores del RíoandPedro Armendáriz. Preceded by the success ofPueblerina, Columba was contracted inItalyto participate in the filmL'Edera(1950).[1]The same year, she filmingUn día de vida, which went unnoticed in Mexico, but became a huge success in the formerYugoslavia, released in 1952. Encased in native roles, Columba separates professionally Fernandez in 1952, which allowed them to become one first figure and work under the orders of other filmmakers, such asLuis Bunuel(with whom she worked inEl río y la muerte(1955)), Fernando Méndez (director of the cult filmLadrón de cadáveres(1957), considered one of the best Mexican horror films) andIsmael Rodriguez(who took her to star in two masterpieces:Los Hermanos de Hierro(1961) andÁnimas Trujano(1962), with the Japanese actorToshiro Mifune), among others. In 1962 she participated inEl tejedor de milagros, a film that represented Latin America in the IXBerlin Film Festival. Columba also made the first official nude in the Mexican Cinema in the filmLa virtud desnuda. (1956). In the television, Domínguez participed in sometelenovelaslikeLa tormenta(1967) andEl carruaje(1972). Her last appearance in the television was inAprendiendo a amar(1979). After her retirement in 1987, Columba was devoted to dance, humanistic art, painting (coming to exhibit inEurope) and piano. In 2008, after more than 20 years of retirement from cinema, the Mexican director Roberto Fiesco, returned her to the cinema with the short filmPaloma. That same year, Dominguez was honored by the International Film Festival de la Frontera, inCiudad Juarez, in which some of the most representative titles in which he participated were projected.[2]In 2010, Domínguez made a special appearances in the filmsLa cebraandBorrar la memoria.[3]In 2012, she participates in the filmEl último trago. In May 2013, Columba Domínguez was honored with theGolden ArielAward for her contributions to the Mexican film industry.