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María Elena Marqués Rangel, better known simply as María Elena Marqués (Mexico City, Mexico December 14, 1926 – Mexico City, Mexico November 11, 2008) was a Mexican film and television actress who was a star of Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. ==Biography== She was born on December 14, 1926 in Mexico City. She was discovered by the film director Fernando de Fuentes, who was her neighbor. Her first film was ''Dos corazones y un tango'' (1942) where she performed with the Argentine tango singer Andrés Falgás. In 1943 she worked in ''Doña Bárbara'' with María Félix, ''Romeo y Julieta'', with Cantinflas, and ''Así se quiere en Jalisco'', with Jorge Negrete. She worked again with Negrete in ''Me he de comer esa tuna'' (1945) and ''Tal para cual'' (1951). In her best-known role, Marqués starred in the 1947 film ''La perla'' (''The Pearl''); she played the wife of a fisherman who finds the ill-fated pearl. The film was based on John Steinbeck's book ''The Pearl''.〔 The film was directed by Emilio Fernández and her co-star was Pedro Armendáriz. Marqués was directed again by Fernández in ''Cuando levanta la niebla'' (1952), ''Reportaje'' (1953) and ''Pueblito'' (1961). She worked in Hollywood in ''Across the Wide Missouri'' (1951) opposite Clark Gable,〔 and in ''Ambush at Tomahawk Gap'' (1953), with John Hodiak. Marqués worked on 15 radio soap operas and 30 other radio programs for XEW, acted in 20 TV theater productions and 10 telenovelas. Her last work as an actress was in the film ''El testamento'' (1981). Marqués was married with the also actor Miguel Torruco. Marqués died of heart failure in Mexico City on November 11, 2008 with her children Marisela and Miguel Torruco Marqués at her side.〔 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「María Elena Marqués」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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