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Mimí Derba

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 10/09/1893 († 59, 07/14/1953) | Mexico City (Mexico)
María Herminia Pérez de León, better known as Mimí Derba (9 October 1893 – 14 July 1953) was a Mexican actress, screenwriter, and film director, considered the first female film director in Mexico. ()

Mimí Derba (1893–1953) was a Mexican actress and the first female director in Mexico. Derba founded one of the very first Mexican production companies, Azteca Films. She had a successful career in Vaudeville before entering films.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Soul Sacrifice is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra. ...

Soul Sacrifice

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1917 | 2.5/5 | 1h 10min
 
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Girl goes to boarding school while her widowed father pursues a romance. His thing turns out badly, but she meets her future husband. ...

Las colegialas

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1946 | 3.1/5 | 1h 23min
 
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Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by h ...

Santa

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1932 | 3.0/5 | 1h 21min
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The recently orphaned Enriqueta has to work to earn a living; She finds a job with the widower Julio Mancera, for whom she works as governess for her little daughter. After a while, the two fall in lo ...

In Self Defense

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1917 | 2.5/5 | 1h 40min
 
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Movies with Mimí Derba as Actress(48)

1953 Cuatro horas antes de morir
as Doña Josefa1953 Dos tipos de cuidado
as Abuela de Ricardo1952 Acapulco
as Doña Elena, madre de Isabel1952 The Absentee
1952 Sangre en el barrio
as Doña Beatriz1951 Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!
1951 Mi mujer no es mía
as Doña Emilia1951 White hair
as Doña Eugenia1950 La vida en broma
as Doña Margarita1950 Rosauro Castro
as Madre de Luis Angel1950 Inmaculada
as Madre superiora1950 La loca de la casa
as Mamá de Bertha1950 Nosotras, las taquígrafas
1949 El abandonado
as Señora directora1949 Salon Mexico
1949 La hija del penal
1949 Rondalla
1949 Prisión de sueños
as Dona Mercedes1949 La malquerida
as Nun1949 The Seminarian
as La Millonaria1948 You the Rich
as Mamá de Cristina1947 When the Brave Cry
1947 Fantasía ranchera
as Madre de Antonieta1946 Rocambole
1945 El capitán Malacara
as Doña Engracia1945 Una gitana en México
1945 Me he de comer esa tuna
1945 La casa de la zorra
as Mamá de Teresa1944 La mujer sin alma
1944 La trepadora
1944 Porfirio Díaz
1944 Felipe Derblay, el herrero
as Doña Lupe1944 Balajú
1943 El espectro de la novia
as Doña Clara1943 Wild Flower
1943 La razón de la culpa
as Virginia1943 María Eugenia
1942 El baisano Jalil
as Doña Panchita1941 Adios mi chaparrita
1939 Café Concordia
1938 María
as La marquesa1938 Refugiados en Madrid
1935 Martín Garatuza
as Doña Elvira1932 Santa
1917 Soul Sacrifice
1917 In the Shadow
1917 In Self Defense
1917 La soñadora

Movies with Mimí Derba as Crew(6)

Directing/Director1917 The Tigress
Production/Producer1917 The Tigress
Production/Producer1917 Soul Sacrifice
Directing/Director1917 In the Shadow
Production/Producer1917 In the Shadow
Writing/Writer1917 In Self Defense

Citizenship: Mexico
Born: Monday, 10/09 1893 (October) in Mexico City (Mexico)
Died: Tuesday, 07/14 1953 (July) in Mexico City (aged: 59)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Spanish (ES)
Mimí Derba frequently works together with these people:
Emilio Fernández (9x, Crew)
Eduardo Arozamena (8x, Actor)
Ismael Rodríguez (8x, Crew)
Pedro Armendáriz (7x, Actor)
Arturo Soto Rangel (7x, Actor)
Enrique Rosas (7x, Crew)
Hernán Vera (6x, Actor)
Manuel Esperón (6x, Crew)
Roberto Cañedo (6x, Actor)
Andrés Soler (5x, Actor)
Julio Bracho (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:246167, Added: 08/07/2018, Last updated: 04/26/2024