Delia Magaña
Date of birth: 1903-02-02
Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gudelia Flores Magaña, Gudelia "Delia" Flores Magaña, La Tostada
Biography
Delia Magaña was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer. Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. For her 60 years in the film industry, as well as for contributing to the American cinema, Magaña's name and hand print are preserved in the sidewalk outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
Movie Credits
Curmudgeon
1930-09-11
An irascible retired old lawyer exposes a diamond thief.
Charros, gauchos y manolas
1930-03-15
The magazine "Paintings of the People" initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970-09-15
A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.
The Seminarian
1949-11-02
Returning to his home town, seminarist Miguel is forced to trade the robes for a charro costume in o
Get Off at the Next Corner!
1948-01-02
Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route
Bala Perdida
1960-10-03
Daniel is let out of jail for his mothers funeral. During his furlough he kidnaps his son and takes
Nosotros los pelados
1984-06-14
Slice-of-life comedy/melodrama aout life in a working-class neighborhood.
The Ghost of the Lake
1981-10-01
Satanic Pandemonium
1975-06-26
Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of he
The Naughty Son
1945-11-15
A poor young man is mistaken for a millionaire when he travels to the city to fulfill his dream of b
El Gran Makakikus
1944-12-21
Uncultured nouveau- riche wants to be received in high society. Loose adaptation of Moliere.
La Guerra de los Pasteles
1944-01-03
Musical comedy about a pastry chef and his daughter in the 1830s
Los Malditos
1966-08-12
White-hat cowboy takes down a Western gang-leader and his hired guns.
Alazán y enamorado
1966-09-29
Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.
Those Green Eyes
1952-04-22
Orphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair wit
El tigre de Jalisco
1947-03-07
A very ordinary little mook is manipulated into posing as a notorious bandit.
Dos tenorios de barrio
1949-11-06
Two small-town hustlers are mistaken for government officials.
Prefiero a tu papá
1952-10-17
Theatre director macks on his sons' girlfriends.
Loving Was His Sin
1951-10-10
Two sisters fall in love with the same man. Plus fatal illness.
Dos de la vida airada
1948-04-08
Comical misadventures of two goofballs looking for work.
Hay lugar para... dos
1949-10-05
Union-organizing and labor/management conflicts among Mexico City bus-drivers. Sequel to "Esquina, B
Café de chinos
1949-09-02
Naive Chinese immigrant has feelings for a young woman of loose morals whom he hires at his restaura
El secreto de una mujer
1955-09-29
Artist has affair with his favorite model. She reveals to him that his wife had a baby before they m
The Nights of Paloma
1978-10-26
While being shuttled from her convent/boarding school to her wedding, a young lady of the upper clas
La sierra del terror
1956-05-24
Federal police agent goes undercover to bust rural crime ring. Series western.
Comedians of the League
1957-07-26
The guy that runs the concession stand at a vaudeville theatre gets tangled up with a gang of thieve
Los tres bohemios
1957-07-17
Three struggling musicians share an apartment.
La pantera negra
1957-06-12
Fed agent goes undercover as roving cowboy to solve rural crimes. "Mauricio Rosales" Series.
Los amigos Maravilla en el mundo de la aventura
1963-02-22
Little cowboy-fella, believed to be an orphan, helps his sheriff buddy to stamp out crime. Second of
Thus is Life
1930-05-03
A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work. After he is empl
Vuelven los cinco halcones
1962-12-25
Cowboy justice, Five-avenger team up. #2 in series of two.
Isla para dos
1959-09-12
Middle-aged painter and young musician fall hard for each other while on vacation. Then she discover
María Pistolas
1963-11-08
Tomboyish gal becomes a player in the Mexican Revolution. Then: boyfriends.
Tu camino y el mio
1973-05-24
She rejects him, but he's there for her, even after she gets married and then is abandoned by her ba
Don Herculano enamorado
1975-07-17
Doddering old man makes a play for a married woman. Her husband gets practical joke-y in revenge.
Picardía mexicana
1978-12-21
An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful
La sobrina del señor cura
1954-08-18
A pregnant parishioner can't get her boyfriend to marry her and the home office thinks that foundlin
Los valientes no mueren
1962-01-31
Charro-dude wants his sister to marry into professional city-folk and move into the upper classes...
Guerra de sexos
1978-11-30
A soccer coach gets caught in the middle of the conflict between a millionaire and his wife.
Yo quiero ser hombre
1950-06-30
In order to come into a large inheritance, young Divina must marry her cousin Pablo. Her aunt, Milag
Los chiflados del rock and roll
1957-04-05
Pensión de artistas
1956-08-24
Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a
Sandunga para tres
1953-07-28
Three boys and three girls. First all the boys are fighting over one of the girls, then all the boys
Divorciadas
1943-12-09
Three newly unmarried women room together, start a business, share the ups and downs of their love l
Rondalla
1949-10-06
Romantic triangle on the hacienda.
San Juan de Dios es Jalisco
1982-01-01
Mexican feature film
La monja alférez
1944-07-27
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of
El valor de vivir
1954-02-02
Concert pianist unjustly convicted of espionage. On release, he hooks up with a terminally-ill balle
Picardia mexicana 2
1980-06-02
Three truckdriving pals drink a lot and raise hell.
El Siete Machos
1951-02-05
Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Mar
The Prodigal Son
1968-07-02
Suffering mother is reunited with her son after a long absence... and he turns out to be a real rott
We the Poor
1948-03-25
Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City ne
El corrido de María Pistolas
1964-03-12
Sequel to Maria Pistolas. Comic-tomgirl member of Villa's army has boy trouble.
You the Rich
1948-12-31
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
Mi viuda alegre
1942-02-22
A 1942 film directed by Miguel M. Delgado.
¡Esa mi raza!
1979-01-01
A greedy man gets a job in politics thanks to his connections - and abandons one of his two children
El Quelite
1970-12-10
Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales
La feria de San Marcos
1958-06-02
Two men and two women meet and pair off (m/w x 2) during the town Festival in San Marcos. Later, wed
Mi padrino
1969-06-11
Bumbling oaf takes custody of his god-daughter and helps her advance her singing career.
La máscara roja
1962-05-10
Young heiress discovers irregularities in the handling of her late father's mine and goes into actio
El norteño
1963-11-07
Lawman on horseback cracks a case involving stolen gold bullion, the title to a mine, an evil twin a
El nieto del Zorro
1948-03-26
Two strolling players are mistaken for locally-famous bandit. Also, a young lady's inheritance is at
Cuando los hijos odian
1950-02-09
Woman and her daughter try to get on with their lives and run their family bakery while dealing with
Bésame mucho
1945-03-02
A cluster of young performers will do just about anything to get their show produced.
Vivillo desde chiquillo
1951-05-17
A freeloader goes through a case of mistaken identity after a man tries to blackmail a married woman
Lagunilla 2
1982-03-31
¡… Y murío por nosotros!
1951-03-15
Póker de reinas
1960-05-19
A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz a
Los apuros de mi ahijada
1951-04-12
Irresponsible playboy-type needs to cut down on his nightclubbing and his expensive women-friends an
El ruiseñor del barrio
1952-08-15
Ten or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident. Today,
La niña popoff
1952-03-06
Malicious gossip drives a wedge between a rising star in musical comedy and her songwriter boyfriend
Pueblo quieto
1955-09-30
Son of a first family returns to his home town, reconciles with his pops, pitches woo at the young l
Sor Ye-yé
1968-03-09
Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his frie
Terror in the Barrios
1983-03-17
Traumatized child grows up to commit serial murders, targeting men and women who look like his mom a
Un corazón en el ruedo
1950-01-05
Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining r
Vuelven los Argumedo
1963-04-19
The Argumedo cousins have their clothes stolen while taking a shower, and they must find it at all c
The Son of Gabino Barrera
1965-12-23
Gabino's son tries to find out why his father was murdered.
Charro a la fuerza
1948-06-10
Mistaken identity farce; heiress has to marry to receive an inheritance.
Inmaculada
1950-09-15
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sit
El ánima de Sayula
1982-04-15
Se le pasó la mano
1952-10-29
Ahí vienen los Argumedo
1962-11-02
Y tú... ¿quién eres?
1990-01-01
La golfa del barrio
1982-06-13
Left grief-stricken when his bride dies unexpectedly on their wedding night, desperate newlywed Juan
Call Me Mike
1979-03-07
After being unjustly accused of corruption and seriously injured in prison, Miguel's personality wil
Las cenizas del diputado
1977-06-16
A political player is presumed dead in a traffic accident; his relatives all try to cash in on his e
Historia de un abrigo de mink
1955-04-28
Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.