Rita Macedo
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Rita Macedo was a Mexican actress who performed during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She was nominated for an Ariel Award for her 1956 performance in "Ensayo de un crimen" and in 1991 for a TVyNovelas Prize for "Alcanzar una estrella". She won the Best Actress Ariel Award in 1972 for "Tú, yo, y nosotros". She also was instrumental in bringing many works of international writers to the Mexican stage.
She was married to a pioneer of Mexican radio, television and film, Luis de Llano Palmer, by whom she had two children, Julissa, an actress and musician, and Luis de Llano Macedo, renowned telenovela producer. On December 5, 1993, Macedo committed suicide after being diagnosed with cancer.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.354 |
| Birthday | 1928-12-08 |
| Place of Birth | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Also Known As | Рита Маседо, María de la Concepción Macedo Guzmán, |
1959
Nazarin
7.7/133
After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.
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Nazarin
1986
Poison for the Fairies
7.7/103
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica...
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Poison for the Fairies
1955
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
7.265/151
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve...
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1963
The Curse of the Crying Woman
6.667/51
A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.
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The Curse of the Crying Woman
1973
Castle of Purity
7.384/73
A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings...
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Castle of Purity
1976
Espejismo de la ciudad
5/2
Family from a farming community move to the capital and lose their moral compass.
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Espejismo de la ciudad
1948
Rosenda
6.4/7
A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.
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Rosenda
1943
Internado para señoritas
6/4
1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.
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Internado para señoritas
1950
Duelo en las montañas
5.3/3
1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.
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Duelo en las montañas
1956
Los bandidos de Río Frío
5.5/4
Luis Aguilar heads the cast in this story of a band of outlaws whose exploits are more fun than negligible.
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Los bandidos de Río Frío
1961
El globero
5.7/3
Loose remake of Chaplin's The Kid.
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El globero
1950
By the False Door
6.7/7
Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtu...
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By the False Door
1951
Heart of beast
5.3/3
Wanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.
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Heart of beast
1981
Angel del barrio
5/2
Retired boxer is the moral compass of his slum neighborhood.
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Angel del barrio
1951
El señor gobernador
5/4
Newly-elected state governor is challenged by his responsibilities.
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El señor gobernador
1973
Once Upon a Scoundrel
5/6
After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasi...
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Once Upon a Scoundrel
1963
A Bullet for Billy the Kid
5/2
Western gunfighter Billy Kid decides to embark upon a new life and, accompanied by his sister, sets off on the long journey to his ranch. The journey...
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A Bullet for Billy the Kid
1947
La casa colorada
5.2/5
Mexican Revolution: rich man's son kills somebody over a woman, runs off to the war, goes home afterwards. Many complications, much melodrama.
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La casa colorada
1951
Por querer a una mujer
5.7/3
Ranch melodrama: romantic triangle leads to multiple murders.
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Por querer a una mujer
1956
Pueblo, canto y esperanza
6.3/6
Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.
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Pueblo, canto y esperanza
1942
Las 5 noches de Adán
5.3/3
Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.
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Las 5 noches de Adán
1979
Los indolentes
4.8/5
Wealthy family in the 1940s have failed to change with the times, and now everything's collapsing in their lives.
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Los indolentes
1960
La estrella vacía
5.8/4
Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.
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La estrella vacía
1962
Cielo rojo
5.5/4
Troubled young man meets his father for the first time.
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Cielo rojo
1971
El juicio de los hijos
5.3/3
Widow with teenaged children faces hostility from her dead husband's mother, who seems to know a family secret she wants to use against her.
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El juicio de los hijos
1960
Una bala es mi testigo
5/4
Cowboy goes to track down the man who murdered his brother, but it turns out to be someone other than the one he was looking for. Together, they set t...
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Una bala es mi testigo
1972
Tú, yo, nosotros
5/2
Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
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Tú, yo, nosotros
1960
Quinceañera
7.2/5
María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the celebration of their 15th birthday. However, each of them will h...
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Quinceañera
1966
El fugitivo
5.2/6
Drifter returns to his home town for revenge, but he get caught up in the town's interpersonal dramas.
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El fugitivo
1951
Salón de belleza
4.6/5
Employees and clients at Merle's Beauty Stuff have illicit romances and cheating husbands and that kind of thing. Meanwhile, the cop that directs traf...
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Salón de belleza
1963
The Paper Man
6.833/18
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 int...
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The Paper Man
1965
Neutron vs. the Maniac
4.9/8
Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.
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Neutron vs. the Maniac
1966
Nosotros los jóvenes
5/2
Young-adult movie about a crew of 8 or 10 upper-middle-class boys and girls -- mostly about the romance between two of them.
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Nosotros los jóvenes
1971
Jesús, nuestro Señor
7/10
Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.
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Jesús, nuestro Señor
1947
Cinco rostros de mujer
6/4
"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which one will it be?
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Cinco rostros de mujer
1955
The Medallion of Crime
6.2/6
Going out for a drink with the guys after work, a salaryman get in over his head with a gangster's moll and a murder.
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The Medallion of Crime
1953
Las infieles
6.8/5
Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.
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Las infieles
1971
The Corrupted
5/4
Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia, drug-traffic magnate and his paid escort, rich widow a...
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The Corrupted
1948
The Cockfighter
5/4
In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat...
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The Cockfighter
1961
The White Rose
7/8
An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his land, resorting to a devious scheme to try to take...
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The White Rose
1961
Juana Gallo
6.5/12
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
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Juana Gallo
1952
Mi adorado salvaje
5/4
The old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To side-step their demands, she pretends to be already mar...
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Mi adorado salvaje
1949
Felipe de Jesús
6/4
Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
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Felipe de Jesús
1992
Cambiando el destino
4.3/3
A musical band of teens travel by plane to a scheduled event where they will perform in scenario have an accident and get lost in the middle of the de...
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Cambiando el destino
1972
Victoria
5.2/5
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Victoria
1949
El rencor de la tierra
5/2
Mexican movie
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El rencor de la tierra
1951
Manos de seda
5.5/4
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Manos de seda
1955
La mujer ajena
5.5/4
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La mujer ajena
1975
The Other Virginity
4.7/10
Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.
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The Other Virginity
1951
Stronghold
5.7/6
In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maxim...
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Stronghold
1981
Angel del barrio
5/2
Retired boxer is the moral compass of his slum neighborhood.
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Angel del barrio
1972
Una mujer honesta
5/2
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Una mujer honesta
1972
Los ángeles de la tarde
5/2
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