Years active 1922–1978 Name Emma Roldan | Role Character actress | |
Full Name Emma Roldan Reyna Occupation Actress, costume designer Parents Virginia Reyna, Jose Maria Roldan Movies The Children of Maria Mo, Alla en el Rancho Grande, El miedo no anda en burro, El compadre Mendoza, The Passion of Berenice Similar People Fernando de Fuentes, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Chano Urueta, Miguel M Delgado, Rene Cardona | ||
Children Pedro Ortega, Emma Ortega | ||
Emma Roldán - Biografía y carrera
Emma Roldán (February 3, 1893 – August 29, 1978) was a Mexican character actress and costume designer. She is remembered as the sharp-tongued, domineering matron of Mexican cinema, and was nominated three times for a Silver Ariel Award.
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Acted in some of Fernando de Fuentes most important movies, like El prisionero trece and El compadre Mendoza, both from his Revolution Trilogy, and first Mexican box-office Allá en el Rancho Grande.
Noche Emma Roldán
Early life
A San Luis Potosí native, Roldán was born Emma Roldán Reyna to hotel owners José María Roldán and Virginia Reyna, the second of four siblings. Her parents' hotel was located in front of the "Teatro de la Paz" in San Luis Potosí, where theatrical companies would perform. It is there where she met her husband Pedro Jesús Ojeda with whom she procreated two children, Emma Ojeda Roldán and Pedro Ojeda Roldán. She and her husband moved to Monterrey, but they would tour across the country, a life she disliked. They later divorced and Roldán relocated to her parents' home in Potosí.
Selected filmography
