Columba Domínguez
Also Known As: Columba Domínguez Alarid, Колумба Домингес
Biography: Columba Domínguez Adalid (March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was a Mexican film actress. Considered a crucial figure in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Considered one of the muses of the film director Emilio Fernández, who, moreover, was romantically linked for several years. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film Pueblerina (1949), considered one of the jewels of the Mexican Cinema. Columba Domínguez Adalid born on March 4, 1929 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, reaching very young with her family to the Mexico City. When she went to a party with one of her sisters, was discovered by the Mexican film director Emilio Fernández, who was amazed by her beauty with very marked Mexican features and gives you entry to a movie with little roles in films such as La perla (1945) and Río Escondido (1947). In 1948, Fernandez give her the antagonistic role in the film Maclovia (1948), with María Félix. Her performance is praised by critics and thanks to this film, Fernández entrusted with the leading role that would become her best film: Pueblerina (1948). Thanks to this movie Columba rises the stardom rapidly and becomes known worldwide to be presented at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In that same year she participated in La Malquerida, with Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz. Preceded by the success of Pueblerina, Columba was contracted in Italy to participate in the film L'Edera (1950).[1] The same year, she filming Un día de vida, which went unnoticed in Mexico, but became a huge success in the former Yugoslavia, released in 1952. Encased in native roles, Columba separates professionally Fernandez in 1952, which allowed them to become one first figure and work under the orders of other filmmakers, such as Luis Bunuel (with whom she worked in El río y la muerte (1955)), Fernando Méndez (director of the cult film Ladrón de cadáveres (1957), considered one of the best Mexican horror films) and Ismael Rodriguez (who took her to star in two masterpieces: Los Hermanos de Hierro (1961) and Ánimas Trujano (1962), with the Japanese actorToshiro Mifune), among others. In 1962 she participated in El tejedor de milagros, a film that represented Latin America in the IX Berlin Film Festival. Columba also made the first official nude in the Mexican Cinema in the film La virtud desnuda. (1956). In the television, Domínguez participed in some telenovelas like La tormenta (1967) and El carruaje (1972). Her last appearance in the television was in Aprendiendo a amar(1979). After her retirement in 1987, Columba was devoted to dance, humanistic art, painting (coming to exhibit in Europe) and piano. In 2008, after more than 20 years of retirement from cinema, the Mexican director Roberto Fiesco, returned her to the cinema with the short film Paloma. That same year, Dominguez was honored by the International Film Festival de la Frontera, in Ciudad Juarez, in which some of the most representative titles in which he participated were projected.[2] In 2010, Domínguez made a special appearances in the films La cebra and Borrar la memoria.[3] In 2012, she participates in the film El último trago. In May 2013, Columba Domínguez was honored with the Golden Ariel Award for her contributions to the Mexican film industry.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Adult: No
Birthday: March 04, 1929
Age: 96 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: August 13, 2014
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La malquerida
Overview: Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-09-16
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Adventure at the Center of the Earth
Overview: After a young man is killed in an unexplored subterranean cavern and his girlfriend driven mad by something she saw there, a track found at the scene cannot be identified with any known animal and thus a scientific expedition is launched to find out just what it is that is living there.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-09-02
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The Important Man
Overview: Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-11-03
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The River and Death
Overview: A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-08-22
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Pueblerina
Overview: Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life by marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-07-06
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My Son, the Hero
Overview: Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-10-05
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Bread, Love and Andalucia
Overview: Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-12-04
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The Body Snatcher
Overview: A detective and his cowboy friend team up to stop a mad scientist who is stealing the bodies of murdered wrestlers, and bringing them back to life while electronically replacing their minds with those of animals to make them stronger and live longer. Posing as a successful masked wrestler, the cowboy quickly attracts the attention of the scientist and his henchmen as their next experimental subject...
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-09-26
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Furia en el Edén
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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El tejedor de milagros
Overview: Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-12-27
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Llanto por Juan Indio
Overview: The story revolves around a farmer who is tried for stealing a military rifle and is sentenced to death.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Borrar de la Memoria
Overview: A love story turned assassination against the backdrop of the 1968 student massacre whose unresolved status is finally resolved in tense life threatening conditions. The story of a stubborn journalist who undertakes the clarification and bringing to justice of the heinous murder of one student forty years later represents a dedicated effort to force a country from denial to reconciliation and closure of tragic social and political events in a country´s history. A nation cannot allow official cover-ups that seek to delete and erase from the collective memory events that prevent a nation´s march towards social justice.
Genres: Thriller Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-10-14
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Devotion
Overview: In Sardinia, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the once powerful aristocratic Decherchi family is going through difficult times and is threatened with eviction. To be able to pay his debts, Don Paulu, the son, needs help. He seeks aid from Uncle Zua, an old miser, who rejects him bluntly. Upset by Paulu's misfortunes, Annesa, the servant girl adopted by the family and Paulu's lover, decides to kill Zua so that the Decherchis inherit from him...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-29
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Mundo, demonio y carne
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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One Day of Life
Overview: A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-11-23
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The She-Wolf
Overview: A wealthy, young Mexican woman is under a werewolf's curse.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-07-01
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Cuando levanta la niebla
Overview: One mental patient usurps the identity of another and starts a new life, passing himself off as a long-lost relative of a rich family.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-11-23
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Ramona
Overview: Ramona is 84, and she has announced that she is ready to die. While her family is making the preparations, however, she changes her mind.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-22
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Little Town
Overview: Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-08-02
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Reportaje
Overview: Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-11-13
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Historia de un abrigo de mink
Overview: Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-04-28
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Maclovia
Overview: On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-09-30
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Pueblo Canto y Esperanza
Overview: Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-05-17
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Mi niño Tizoc
Overview: Tizoc wishes to eat a chicken by himself and have his own piñata. At Christmas his father Carmelo grants his wish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1972-07-13
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El hombre propone...
Overview: Anthology film, four stories set in Guadalajara and environs.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-04
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Ambición sangrienta
Overview: A lawman and two sidekicks clear up a series of crimes related to mining rights.
Genres: Western Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-08-29
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Duelo de pistoleros
Overview: Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-03-31
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La virtud desnuda
Overview: A certain young woman won't allow her virtuous reputation to be compromised... until her suitors agree to the price she sets on it. Twist ending.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-05-04
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La bienamada
Overview: Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little brother. The-e-n...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1951-09-13
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The Pearl
Overview: Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the discovery will only bring them misfortune and tries to convince her husband to return it to the sea.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-09-12
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Duelo indio
Overview: A cabal of bad-hats is conspiring to dispossess the local Indians of their hereditary lands, but Pancho fights to defend them... while a messenger is securing copies of some needed legal documents. Etc. Second film of four in the series "Pancho Pistolas."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-12
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El caudillo
Overview: Bad-hat townsfolk want to dispossess local Indians of their tribal lands; priestess and white ally fight back. One of four in a series.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-07-10
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The Paper Man
Overview: A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-10-05
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Tragic Cabaret
Overview: Young woman is sorta trapped into working as a bar-girl because of her unwitting complicity in a murder. Meanwhile, the tough broad who owns the bar faces problems of her own, mostly centered around a philandering boyfriend and an over-ambitious adopted daughter.
Genres: Crime Music Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-11-27
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Lawless Youth
Overview: Jorge is arrested and brought to trial, where it is known that he chose crime due to the abandonment of his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-03-21
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Una gallina muy ponedora
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-06-03
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Pepita Jimenez
Overview: On March 22, four days after returning to his home in Andalusia, Luis de Vargas writes the first of his letters to his uncle and favorite professor at the seminary. He reports that his father intends to fatten him up during his vacation, to have him ready to return in the fall to finish his training for the priesthood. He mentions in passing that his father is courting a twenty-year-old, attractive widow, Pepita Jiménez; his father is fifty-five years old. Pepita had been married for only a short time to an eighty-year-old moneylender named Gumersindo. Luis is not eager to see his father marry again, but he promises his uncle not to judge Pepita before he knows her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-02-22
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Soy el hijo del gallero
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Genres: Western Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-08-23
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Arriba Michoacán
Overview: The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-07-09
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La sombra de los hijos
Overview: Dying woman refuses to surrender to her unnamed movie disease until she can help her children through the big, big problems each one is facing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-04
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Five lives and one destiny
Overview: Jailbreak! Five death-row inmates run for the border.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-03-28
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La fuerza de los humildes
Overview: Unethical industrialist gets taken down by a combination of forces including labor activists and a kill-crazy tribal Indian.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-09-22
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Marcelo y María
Overview: Late 16th century: two Azteca teens are very much in love, but older folks have designs on each of them. This can't end well...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-11-10
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Unfaithful Wives
Overview: A bunch of stories where wives are unfaithful for different reasons: money, revenge or pleasure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-11-01
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Mujeres que trabajan
Overview: Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in mutual support.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-04-22
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Enterrado vivo
Overview: Final four episodes of Pancho Pistolas serial, reedited into feature format. PP finally thwarts the Four Bad Brothers in their plan to take over the lands belonging to local indigenous tribe and in getting that territory restored to tribal governance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-06-24
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Viva la parranda
Overview: Three con-artists chase after the absconded girlfriend of one and butt heads with two female swindlers working the same marks.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-08-04
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El mar y tu
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1952-03-07
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Victimas de la pobreza
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Wounded Dove
Overview: The story of a native Mexican who wants to kill a man.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-10-16
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Rio Escondido
Overview: Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-02-12
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Paloma
Overview: Román has decided to leave his native town, but first he must say goodbye to Paloma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-03-11
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El tiro de gracia
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-02-15
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