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Pedro Infante Cruz ((:ˈpeðɾo imˈfante); 18 November 1917〔(IMDB Profile )〕〔(CONACULTA profile )〕 – 15 April 1957), better known as Pedro Infante, was a Mexican actor and singer. Hailed as one of the greatest actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, he is considered an idol of the Latin American people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled as the ''Tres Gallos Mexicanos'' (the ''Three Mexican Roosters''). Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico and was raised in Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán, in a plane crash during a flight en route to Mexico City. His film career began in 1939 with him appearing in more than 60 films, and starting in 1943, he recorded about 350 songs. For his performance in the movie ''Tizoc'', he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Berlinale 1957: Prize Winners )〕 ==Childhood and early career== Son of Delfino Infante García (b. Dec. 24, 1880 - Mar. 17, 1955) who played the double bass in a band, and Maria Del Refugio Cruz Aranda (b. July 4, 1890 -?). He was the third of fifteen children, of which nine survived. Although the Infante Cruz family stayed for some time at Mazatlán, in the early 1919 they moved to Guamuchil. Later in 1920, they moved to Rosario, Sinaloa. As a teen, Infante showed talent and affection for music. He managed to learn strings, wind, and percussion instruments in a short time. He was a guitar student of Carlos R. Hubbard. His wife María Luisa León (b. cir. 1918 - Oct. 27, 1978, cardiac arrest), who was somewhat well-off economically and according to her memoir Pedro Infante: ''en la intimidad conmigo'' (1961) (Pedro Infante: ''with me in intimacy''), convinced him of the need to move to Mexico City where they would find opportunities for this talented young man. In Mexico City, he sang the songs of composers including Alberto Cervantes (Alberto Raúl Cervantes González ()), José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez, Tomás Méndez, Rubén Fuentes, Salvador Flores Rivera (Chava Flores) and others. His first musical recording ''El Soldado Raso'' (''The Soldier'') was made on 19 November 1943, for the Peerless Records Company. Infante first appeared as an extra in the movie ''En un Burro Tres Baturros'' (''Three Men from Aragon on a Donkey''), literally translated as "On a Donkey, Three ''Baturros'"'. His career as an actor in leading roles started with ''La Feria de Las Flores'' (''The Fair of Flowers''), literally translated as "The Flower Carnival" in 1943. In that same year, a friend and neighbor of Infantes' wife, Carmen Barajas Sandoval, offered to introduce them to Jorge Negrete, a singer whom he admired. Barajas, who knew people in the business as she was the aunt of the child actress Angélica María, worked then at The Sindicat Of Workers of the Movies Production, S.T.P.C. (''Workers of the Cinematographic Production Union''). She succeeded in convincing Negrete to recommend Infante to the producer Ismael Rodríguez, and others. As a result, he was invited to appear in different pictures, such as ''Vuelve el Ametralladora'' (''The Machine Gun Returns'') While married to María Luisa León, he met the dancer Lupita Torrentera Bablot (b. Nov. 2, 1931), with whom he had three children, Graciela Margarita (b. Sept. 26, 1947 - Jan. 20, 1949, poliomyelitis) Pedro Infante Jr. (Mar. 31, 1950 - Apr. 1, 2009, pneumonia) and Guadalupe Infante Torrentera (b. Oct. 3, 1951), solidifying his reputation as a ladies' man. Irma Infante (b. Mar. 27, 1955) was born from his relationship with the young actress Irma Dorantes (real name: Irma Aguirre Martínez; b. Mérida, Yucatán, Dec. 21, 1934) whom he met when she was only 16 years of age. Irma Infante has had a career as an actress and a singer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pedro Infante」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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