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Ronald Reagan had quite a prolific career, having catapulted from a Warner Bros. contract player and television star, into serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild, the governorship of California (1967-1975), and lastly, two terms as President of the United States (1981-1989).
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, to Nelle Clyde (Wilson) and John Edward "Jack" Reagan, who was a salesman and storyteller. His father was of Irish descent, and his mother was of half Scottish and half English ancestry.
A successful actor beginning in the 1930s, the young Reagan was a staunch admirer of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (even after he evolved into a Republican), and was a Democrat in the 1940s, a self-described 'hemophiliac' liberal. He was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in 1947 and served five years during the most tumultuous times to ever hit Hollywood. A committed anti-communist, Reagan not only fought more-militantly activist movie industry unions that he and others felt had been infiltrated by communists, but had to deal with the investigation into Hollywood's politics launched by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, an inquisition that lasted through the 1950s. The House Un-American Activities Committee investigations of Hollywood (which led to the jailing of the "Hollywood Ten" in the late '40s) sowed the seeds of the McCarthyism that racked Hollywood and America in the 1950s.
In 1950, U.S. Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas (D-CA), the wife of "Dutch" Reagan's friend Melvyn Douglas, ran as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate and was opposed by the Republican nominee, the Red-bating Congressman from Whittier, Richard Nixon. While Nixon did not go so far as to accuse Gahagan Douglas of being a communist herself, he did charge her with being soft on communism due to her opposition to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Nixon tarred her as a "fellow traveler" of communists, a "pinko" who was "pink right down to her underwear." Gahagan Douglas was defeated by the man she was the first to call "Tricky Dicky" because of his unethical behavior and dirty campaign tactics. Reagan was on the Douglases' side during that campaign.
The Douglases, like Reagan and such other prominent actors as Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson, were liberal Democrats, supporters of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, a legacy that increasingly was under attack by the right after World War II. They were NOT fellow-travelers; Melvyn Douglas had actually been an active anti-communist and was someone the communists despised. Melvyn Douglas, Robinson and Henry Fonda - a registered Republican! - wound up "gray-listed." (They weren't explicitly black-listed, they just weren't offered any work.) Reagan, who it was later revealed had been an F.B.I. informant while a union leader (turning in suspected communists), was never hurt that way, as he made S.A.G. an accomplice of the black-listing.
Reagan's career sagged after the late 1940s, and he started appearing in B-movies after he left Warner Bros. to go free-lance. However, he had a eminence grise par excellence in Lew Wasserman, his agent and the head of the Music Corp. of America. Wasserman, later called "The Pope of Hollywood," was the genius who figured out that an actor could make a killing via a tax windfall by turning himself into a corporation. The corporation, which would employ the actor, would own part of a motion picture the actor appeared in, and all monies would accrue to the corporation, which was taxed at a much lower rate than was personal income. Wasserman pioneered this tax avoidance scheme with his client James Stewart, beginning with the Anthony Mann western Winchester '73 (1950) (1950). It made Stewart enormously rich as he became a top box office draw in the 1950s after the success of "Winchester 73" and several more Mann-directed westerns, all of which he had an ownership stake in.
Ironically, Reagan became a poor-man's James Stewart in the early 1950s, appearing in westerns, but they were mostly B-pictures. He did not have the acting chops of the great Stewart, but he did have his agent. Wasserman at M.C.A. was one of the pioneers of television syndication, and this was to benefit Reagan enormously. M.C.A. was the only talent agency that was also allowed to be a producer through an exemption to union rules granted by S.A.G. when Reagan was the union president, and it used the exemption to acquire Universal International Pictures. Talent agents were not permitted to be producers as there was an inherent conflict of interest between the two professions, one of which was committed to acquiring talent at the lowest possible cost and the other whose focus was to get the best possible price for their client. When a talent agent was also a producer, like M.C.A. was, it had a habit of steering its clients to its own productions, where they were employed but at a lower price than their potential free market value. It was a system that made M.C.A. and Lew Wasserman, enormously wealthy.
The ownership of Universal and its entry into the production of television shows that were syndicated to network made M.C.A. the most successful organization in Hollywood of its time, a real cash cow as television overtook the movies as the #1 business of the entertainment industry. Wasserman repaid Ronald Reagan's largess by structuring a deal by which he hosted and owned part of General Electric Theater (1953), a western omnibus showcase that ran from 1954 to 1961. It made Reagan very comfortable financially, though it did not make him rich. That came later.
In 1960, with the election of the Democratic President John F. Kennedy, the black and gray lists went into eclipse. J.F.K. appointed Helen Gahagan Douglas Treasurer of the United States. About this time, as the civil rights movement became stronger and found more support among Democrats and the Kennedy administration, Reagan - fresh from a second stint as S.A.G. president in 1959 - was in the process of undergoing a personal and political metamorphosis into a right-wing Republican, a process that culminated with his endorsing Barry Goldwater for the Republican presidential nomination in 1964. (He narrated a Goldwater campaign film played at the G.O.P. Convention in San Francisco.) Reagan's evolution into a right-wing Republican sundered his friendship with the Douglases. (After Reagan was elected President of the United States in 1980, Melvyn Douglas said of his former friend that Reagan turned to the right after he had begun to believe the pro-business speeches he delivered for General Electric when he was the host of the "G.E. Theater.")
In 1959, while Reagan was back as a second go-round as S.A.G. president, M.C.A.'s exemption from S.A.G. regulations that forbade a talent agency from being a producer was renewed. However, in 1962, the U.S. Justice Department under Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy successfully forced M.C.A. - known as "The Octopus" in Hollywood for its monopolistic tendencies - to divest itself of its talent agency.
When Reagan was tipped by the California Republican Party to be its standard-bearer in the 1965 gubernatorial election against Democratic Governor Pat Brown, Lew Wasserman went back in action. Politics makes strange bedfellows, and though Wasserman was a liberal Democrat, having an old friend like Reagan who had shown his loyalty as S.A.G. president in the state house was good for business. Wasserman and his partner, M.C.A. Chairman Jules Styne (a Republican), helped ensure that Reagan would be financially secure for the rest of his life so that he could enter politics. (At the time, he was the host of "Death Valley Days" on TV.)
According to the Wall Street Journal, Universal sold Reagan a nice piece of land of many acres north of Santa Barbara that had been used for location shooting. The Reagans sold most of the ranch, then converted the rest of it, about 200 acres, into a magnificent estate overlooking the valley and the Pacific Ocean. The Rancho del Cielo became President Reagan's much needed counterpoint to the buzz of Washington, D.C. There, in a setting both rugged and serene, the Reagans could spend time alone or receive political leaders such as the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, and others.
Reagan was known to the world for his one-liners, the most famous of them was addressed to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. "Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall" said Reagan standing in front of the Berlin Wall. That call made an impact on the course of human history.
Ronald Reagan played many roles in his life's seven acts: radio announcer, movie star, union boss, television actor-cum-host, governor, right-wing critic of big government and President of the United States.- Actress
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Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curus was born in Mexico, where her father was working at the time. She started performing on stage at a tender age of 6. She studied at the National Ballet Academy in Kraków from 1989-1998 and at the National Academy of Music's vocal department in Kraków. Her silver screen debut was in Pan Tadeusz (1999), the biggest box office success in Polish history. Other notable roles include Ondine in Neil Jordan's film Ondine (2009) (2009), Veronica in Trade (2007) opposite Kevin Kline, Zosia in Pan Tadeusz (1999), Anke in Summer Storm (2004) or Signe in the Spike Lee production The Girl Is in Trouble (2015) (2012).- Director
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Alejandro Monteverde was born on 13 July 1977 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a director and writer, known for Sound of Freedom (2023), Little Boy (2015) and Bella (2006). He has been married to Ali Landry Monteverde since 8 April 2006. They have three children.- Linda Christian was born Blanca Rosa Welter, to a Dutch father, Gerardus Jacob Welter, and a Mexican-born mother, Blanca Rosa Vorhauer. Her Father was an executive with Royal Dutch Shell and Christian traveled extensively as a result living in South Africa, Romania, Germany, France, Switzerland, England, and Palestine at various times during her childhood This was beneficial in that the little girl - a very good pupil at school - eventually was able to speak seven languages. She also turned into a shapely young lady who won a beauty contest. She started studying medicine in Palestine but had to be repatriated to the USA due to the international situation. She landed in Los Angeles and naturally considered a movie career there. She studied drama but got only minor parts for years. She really became famous when she married Tyrone Power, and her career somewhat improved. But it is scandal more than her film roles that long made her a favorite of the celebrity press rather than of specialized movie magazines.
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Born in Tampico, México, Cecilia Suárez started her acting career when she entered the Theater Faculty of the Illinois State University (USA) in 1991. She graduated class valedictorian in 1995 and received the Jean Sharfenberg award. She was grantee of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company, where she acted in "The Crucible" and "Everyman", directed by Frank Galati. The Mexican Association of Theater Critics gave her the best actress in a comedy award for her role in "Popcorn". She debuted in films in 1999 in "Sexo, pudor y lágrimas" by Antonio Serrano. She then participated in Todo el poder, Fidel, Sin ton ni Sonia, Punos rosas, Solo Dios sabe, Chicken Little, Spanglish, Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada, The Air I Breathe, Parpados azules, El viaje de la Nonna and Cinco dias sin Nora. Suarez has been nominated in the Best Actress category of the 2008 Ariel Awards of the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences for her role in Parpados Azules.- Actor
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Multi-faceted Eugenio Siller has built a versatile career as an actor and singer. Born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, he began his career as a singer in 1998 and later enrolled in the prestigious CEA acting school in Mexico. Upon graduating in 2005, his career as an actor was set in motion with the role of Luciano on the hit Spanish-language soap opera Rebelde (Rebel). He followed this success with the role of blind man Rafael on Codigo Postal (Postal Code), for which he prepared by taking classes at a school for the blind. Continuing with challenging roles, Eugenio joined the cast of the reality show Los 5 Magnificos (The Magnificent Five), where contestants were required to perform circus-type acrobatics. His first starring role in a soap opera came with Al Diablo con los Guapos (To Hell with the Handsome), a smash hit with very high ratings throughout its run in the U.S. in 2008. In 2009, Mi Pecado (My Sin) made him a household name in the Latin world. Telemundo Networks took notice and in 2010, Eugenio played the lead role of Martín Lobos on Aurora (Aurora). He followed that success with the Sony Pictures/Telemundo co-production of Una Maid en Manhattan (A Maid in Manhattan) playing the lead Cristóbal Parker Salas which aired between 2011-2012. In 2014 Eugenio starred in Reina de Corazones (Queen of Hearts) as lead Nicolas Nunez and he also co-wrote and sang the novella's theme song - "Te Esperare". In 2015 he returned to the small screen with Quien es Quien (Who's Who) as the lead playing twin brothers Pedro "Perico" Perez and Leonardo Fuentemayor. Eugenio's leap to film happened in 2016 when he joined the cast of Jesus de Nazareth (Jesus of Nazareth) playing the role of John the Apostle. 2017 has kicked off with Eugenio playing John O'Donnell in the independent feature film Blind Trust which is being shot in Atlanta, Georgia which was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, and won "Best feature film" in the Georgia Latino Film Festival and Eugenio was awarded "Best Actor". In 2018 Eugenio embarks in a new comedic film project Tod@s Caen (Everyone Falls) which becomes a huge blockbuster in México. Continuing with another comedic film, Eugenio travels to the Dominican Republic in 2019 to shoot Super Bomberos (Super Firefighters) as the lead role. It's in this same year that Eugenio travels to the north of Spain to star in another biblical movie called El Niño Dios (Child God) portraying Joseph the carpenter.- Actress
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Kika Edgar was born on 9 January 1985 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Mujeres asesinas (2008), La Reina del Sur (2011) and The Power of Destiny (2011).- Rocío Verdejo was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is known for Vantage Point (2008), The Last Death (2011) and Killing Cabos (2004).
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Mauricio Garcés was born on 16 December 1926 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Don Juan 67 (1967), El renegado blanco (1960) and The Brainiac (1962). He died on 27 February 1989 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- José René Ruiz was born on 22 November 1932 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Under the Volcano (1984), Póker de ases (1952) and The Beautiful Dreamer (1952). He was married to Rocío Gentz. He died on 16 October 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Katalina Verdin was born on 16 August 1975 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Maruja Grifell was born on 6 February 1907 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Todo un caballero (1947), Necesito dinero (1951) and Another Dawn (1943). She was married to Manuel Esperante. She died on 27 March 1968 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Raquel Garza was born in 1963 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for La hija de Moctezuma (2014), Amar a muerte (2018) and Con todo (2004).
- Moisés Peñaloza was born on 22 October 1991 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Vecinos (2005), Diseñando tu amor (2021) and Una familia de diez (2007).
- Mauricio Garcia Muela was born on 28 January 1983 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Triunfo del amor (2010), Cuando llega el amor (1990) and Accomplices (1998).
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Mario Cid was born on 27 June 1932 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is an actor and writer, known for El vuelo de la muerte (1991), El judas de la frontera (1989) and Esta y l'otra con un solo boleto (1983).- Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente was born on 19 June 1957 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- María Luisa Cortés was born on 5 August 1921 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Zonga, el ángel diabólico (1958), Tal para cual (1953) and El casto Susano (1954).
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Fernando Barreda Luna was born on 12 July 1983 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a producer and writer, known for Atrocious (2010), Kiss of Vengeance (2014) and Oscuridad (2009).- Actress
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Patricia Morán was born on 10 September 1925 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was an actress and producer, known for The Exterminating Angel (1962), Bel Ami (1947) and Otra primavera (1950). She died on 24 October 2022 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Erika Alcocer was born on 19 July 1974 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Lo que la gente cuenta (2005), Cambio de vida (2007) and Desafío de estrellas (2003).
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Ernesto Cortázar was born on 10 December 1897 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was a writer and composer, known for En cada puerto un amor (1949), Noches de ronda (1943) and La muerte enamorada (1951). He died on 30 November 1953 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico.- Daniel Berlanga was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is known for Código postal (2006), Bad Girls (2007) and Stepmother (2005).
- Ivonne Govea was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein (1974), Perros de presa (1992) and Con ganas de morir (1992). She died on 15 May 2021 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
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María Fernanda Suarez was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is known for Cuentos para solitarios (1996), Gritos de muerte y libertad (2010) and Vidas Violentas (2015).- Composer
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Leonel García was born on 27 January 1975 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a composer and actor, known for Widows (2018), Señora Influencer (2023) and Broken Sky (2006).- Neil Reagan was born on 16 September 1908 in Tampico, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940), Doughboys in Ireland (1943) and This Is Your Life (1950). He was married to Bess Hoffman. He died on 11 December 1996 in San Diego, California, USA.
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Patricio Cabezut was born on 30 August 1967 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a director and actor, known for Día de muertos (1998), Aquismon: sexto festival de danzas prehispanicas (1999) and Chontla, Veracruz (1a. parte) (1999).- Additional Crew
Gonzalo Argüello was born on 23 April 1999 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Gonzalo is known for Cocodrilos.- Composer
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Juan García Esquivel was born on 20 January 1918 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was a composer and actor, known for Out of Sight (1998), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and Secretary (2002). He was married to Carin Osorio. He died on 3 January 2002 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.- Actor
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Javier Villarreal was born on 11 April 1981 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is an actor and writer, known for Sortilegio (2009), La academia (2002) and The Draft.- Actress
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Luz Huerta was born on 24 May 1924 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Las pobres ilegales (1982), El rayo de Jalisco (1962) and Dos corazones y un cielo (1959). She died on 14 January 2021 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Actor
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Jorge Landeta was born on 11 May 1929 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Póker de ases (1952), Sinfonía de una vida (1946) and Las abandonadas (1945). He died on 3 August 1975 in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico.- Michel Grayeb was born on 27 January 1924 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was an actor, known for El asesino enmascarado (1970), Sábado negro (1959) and El pueblo del terror (1970). He was married to María Teresa Castillo. He died on 2 January 1993 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
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Rafael Vázquez was born on 26 March 1929 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a production manager and actor, known for Macabre (1969), El negro que tenía el alma blanca (1951) and Los elegidos (1964). He was previously married to Carmela Rey.- Martín Solares was born in 1970 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a writer, known for The Black Minutes (2021), Metropolis (1995) and Entrelíneas (2007).
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Marco Antonio Huerta was born on 2 April 1978 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a writer and producer, known for And Your Mother Too (2001), El espejo del vestíbulo (2002) and Anónimo (2003).- Edith Serrano was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is known for A.M. (2004), Muchachitas (1991) and Festival de Viña del Mar (1963).
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Felipe Cano was born on 30 November 1971 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is a director and editor, known for Blackened (2014), London Garcia Entertainment Show (2011) and Monsters and Castles (2014).- Arturo Campoamor was born on 11 October 1914 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is an actor, known for The Human Octopus (1934), The Hero of Nacozari (1934) and El prisionero 13 (1933).
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Julián Fueyo (born Tampico, Mexico) is a composer and conductor. Julián came to the United States in 2013 to study music composition at the Interlochen Arts Academy after winning first prize at the "Festival de Música Santiago de Quéretaro" Composition Competition. There, he was the first Academy student to conduct the Interlochen Arts Academy Band in a concert.
Julián's most recent honors include: being commissioned by Massimo La Rosa and Yasuhito Sugiyama (Principal Trombone and Tuba of The Cleveland Orchestra, respectively), and enjoying performances by distinguished artists and venues such as Peter Otto (First Associate Concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra), Grammy-nominated ensemble North/South Consonance, and The Houston Museum of Fine Art. His works have received additional premieres in Denver, CO; St. Louis, MO; New York City, Cleveland, Memphis, TN; and Traverse City, MI.
Julián is the recipient of 1st Prize at The Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers; 1st Prize at Abundant Silence Composition Contest; 1st Prize at North/South Consonance Call for Scores; 1st Prize at Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Collegiate Composers Contest; 1st Prize at Cleveland Composers Guild Collegiate Composition Contest; 1st Prize at Belvedere Chamber Music Festival Composition Contest; Finalist at 2016 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award; 2nd Prize at Webster University Young Composers Competition; Composition Merit Award at YoungArts 2015; Winner at MATA Jr. Festival, NYC.- Actress
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Aurora Huerta was born on 18 February 1922 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Las pobres ilegales (1982), El rayo de Jalisco (1962) and Dos corazones y un cielo (1959). She was married to Ernesto Contreras Morales. She died on 1 November 2019 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Laura Elizondo was born on 28 August 1983 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Rafael Ramírez Heredia was born on 9 January 1942 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Rafael was a writer, known for The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012). Rafael died on 24 October 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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José de Jesús Aceves was born in 1916 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was a writer, known for The Young and the Damned (1950) and Prisión de sueños (1949). He died on 28 February 1962 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Genaro Salinas was born in 1920 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was a composer, known for Torturadas Pelo Sexo (1976), As Amantes de Um Canalha (1977) and Os Violentadores (1978). He died on 28 April 1957 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Lolita de la Colina was born on 26 December 1948 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Paloma (1975), Burlesque (1980) and Piernas cruzadas (1984).- Mario Kuri was born on 15 August 1931 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Mario was a composer, known for Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz entre el cielo y la razón (1996). Mario died on 16 January 2013 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Marcelo Chávez was born on 13 March 1911 in Tampico Alto, Veracruz, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Three and a Half Musketeers (1957), El fantasma de la opereta (1960) and Las aventuras de Pito Pérez (1957). He was married to Elvira Lodi and Ernestina Montes de Oca. He died on 14 February 1970 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- René Capistrán Garza was born on 26 January 1898 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. René was a writer, known for Tribunal de Justicia (1944) and The Saint That Forged a Country (1942). René died on 15 September 1974 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.