Carolina Barret
Acting
Biography
The beautiful actress Carolina Barret (October 20, 1916 - October 13, 2009) was an actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema as a supporting character with an extensive career and designated as an honorary member of the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition to dedicating her life to Mexican cinema, she participated in several U.S. productions. In his last years he made some telenovelas. ARIEL AWARDS. - 1947 Actress Canaima (Winner). - 1956 Supporting actress Espaldas mojadas (Winner). - 1974 Female co-actress Calzonzín inspector (Nominated).
Born: October 21, 1916
Place of Birth: Veracruz, Mexico
Known For
¡A volar, joven!
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rules. He only wants to think about his girlfriend, the maid in an opulent hacienda. The owner of the hacienda has an ugly and shy daughter, who is in love with Cantinflas. The problems arrive when the family arranges a wedding between the ugly girl and Cantinflas, who in order to avoid the commitment gets himself arrested. During his punishment, Cantinflas learns to fly with a silly and poorly trained flight instructor.
Damned City!
A humble provincial writer who wants to publish his first book offers it to a film producer who is looking for locations for a film at that time. The novelist's family then moves to the big city, where they will have to face many adversities that will make them wish they had never left their village.
The Unknown Policeman
A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.
Así es mi tierra
With revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the war to the praise of townsfolk, and "El General" is ready to take a wife. However the senorita of choice already has fallen for a secret admirer, and a boyhood rival who is threatened by the General's popularity in turn plots against his life.
Inspector Calzonzin
A rumor reaches a small town, San Garabato, that a government infiltrator will arrive to check the conditions of the community. Quickly, the municipal president, Don Perpetuo del Rosal, orders the imprisonment of those who might give a bad image. An indigenous man named Calzonzin arrives in town, pursued by two men. He is quickly taken as the infiltrated inspector, and protected by all the local authorities.
Gran Hotel
Cantinflas is a vagrant being evicted for not paying rent, after wandering gets a job at the 'Grand Hotel' through a friend, that's confused by Count Zapatini, who is undercover in the hotel, stealing a gem making this funny movie more complicated.
Tivoli
While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.
Time to Die
A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.
Hooray for Women!
Movie in which funny situations based on the entanglements caused by a woman named Felicidad to her family because of her feminist ideology are presented, to the extent of bringing her daughters and herself to a divorce trial.
Cinco rostros de mujer
"The great love of his life" happened five times; one of those women just wrote him a letter. Which one will it be?
Filmography
as Mamá de Mamerto
as Mrs. Quijanito
as Doña Pomposa
as (segment "La insaciable")
as Enfermera en oficina
as Sonia's Mother
as Clotilde
as La Gitana
as Consuelito, comadre
as Leonor
as Margarita Frías
as Josefina
as Luisa
as La Cabaretera (Inés Rodríguez)
as Mercedes
as Margarita
as Ana
as Rosita
as Flora
as Pepita
as Rosita
as Juanifacia
as Rosa, sirvienta
as Lola Gutiérrez
as Vecina (uncredited)
as Gracia
as Julia
as Tacha
as Flora
as Mulata
as Conchita
as La amiga de la novia
as Sirvienta de Lulú (uncredited)
as Cabaretera
as Pueblerina (uncredited)
as Carolina (uncredited)