Sofía Álvarez
Carmen Sofía Álvarez Caicedo, better known as Sofía Álvarez (Bogotá, Colombia May 23, 1913 - Mexico City, Mexico April 30, 1985) was a Mexican film actress and singer of Colombian origin.
Born and raised in Colombia, she moved with her family to Mexico in 1928. Her film debut was a small part, in the role of a prostitute in Santa (1930), the first talkie of Mexican cinema. Popularly known as the lady of the long braids, she enjoyed popularity during the 1930s and 1940s as an actress and singer. Subsequently she performed with Mario Moreno Cantinflasin the popular film Ahí está el detalle (1940). In the 1940s, Álvarez is characterized by her interpretation of elegant ladies in films like El sombrero de tres picos and México de mis recuerdos (1943). She performed with the popular Pedro Infante in three films: Si me han de matar mañana (1946), La barca de oro (1947) and Soy charro de Rancho Grande (1947). One of her most celebrated films was La Reina de la Opereta (1945). In 1950 she left the cinema to continue as a radio singer. She returned to the cinema between 1957 and 1966, when she retired from the scenes. Her last film was El Gángster (1965), with Arturo de Córdova. She was noted for her excellent voice also that delicate features that printed her characters.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.476 |
Birthday | 1913-05-23 |
Place of Birth | Bogotá, Colombia |
Also Known As | Sofía Álvarez Caicedo, |
1940
You’re Missing the Point
8.1/89
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the se...
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You’re Missing the Point
1960
A tiro limpio
5/4
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A tiro limpio
1947
Si me han de matar mañana
5/3
Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.
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Si me han de matar mañana
1947
La barca de oro
6/4
Ranch-heiress chooses a husband.
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La barca de oro
1932
Santa
5.5/13
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated...
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Santa
1949
Ángeles de arrabal
5.2/4
Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.
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Ángeles de arrabal
1947
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
5.5/4
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Soy charro de Rancho Grande
1964
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
5/2
Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.
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Tres muchachas de Jalisco
1959
La ley del más rápido
5/3
Young gunslinger gets his hero on. #2 in a series ("El Puma.")
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La ley del más rápido
1965
Los dos cuatreros
4.7/3
Two wandering cowboys are falsely accused of murder.
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Los dos cuatreros
1965
The Gangster
6/3
An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of...
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The Gangster
1946
La reina de la opereta
5.7/3
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La reina de la opereta
1959
El puma
5.3/3
Son of a ranching family returns home after studying in the city for a law degree. He sides with the peons in a labor dispute and his father disowns h...
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El puma
1944
México de mis recuerdos
6/4
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her...
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México de mis recuerdos
1933
Shadow of Pancho Villa
5.7/3
A 1933 film.
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Shadow of Pancho Villa
1948
La hermana impura
5/2
Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he discovers that the man who owns the land he's intereste...
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La hermana impura
1942
Flor de fango
3.7/3
Wicked man seduces virtuous young woman; she leaves home in disgrace. Etc.
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Flor de fango
1935
Martín Garatuza
5/4
Sixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of opposition from her father's widow and co-conspirators.
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Martín Garatuza
1947
La niña de mis ojos
6/9
Classic movie of Mexican cinema.
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La niña de mis ojos
1950
Un corazón en el ruedo
5/2
Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining romantic triangle.
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Un corazón en el ruedo
2020
El Hombre Búfalo
4.7/3
After a threat, a journalist stops publishing. His search for justice leads him to meet his destiny and a mythological being who takes care of the aba...
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El Hombre Búfalo
1984
The Heart of the Night
4.8/6
A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucin...
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The Heart of the Night
2017
Ana and Bruno
7.618/93
Ana, a nine year old girl, arrives with her mother to an isolated beach with the intention to rest and to know the sea. There, she discovers that they...
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Ana and Bruno
2003
Ladies' Night
7.063/48
Romantic Comedy about two girls who find love in the most unexpected places in modern-day Mexico City.
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Ladies' Night
1967
Un ángel de la calle
5/2
Doña Margarita, a lady of high society, wants for her son Pablo a wife of the same social level. He, however, loves the dressmaker’s daughter, whom he...
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