Aguirre Elsa

Elsa Irma Aguirre Juárez is a Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She is considered as one of the belle divas of the Cinema of Mexico. The actress Alma Rosa Aguirre is her sister. 

Career

At the beginning of her career she was discovered when she was teenager, in a beauty contest held by a cinematographic production company called CLASA Films Mundiales, which was looking for new talent. Thus, she and her sister Alma Rosa were chosen to appear in their first film called El sexo fuerte in 1945, directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel. Since then, Elsa Aguirre has starred in many types of films such as drama, romance, action, fiction, etc. throughout her career. Elsa Aguirre appeared with her sister Alma Rosa in some of her films.

One of her films is Algo flota sobre el agua (1947) directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna, in which she starred with Arturo de Córdova. Elsa inspired a song called Flor de azalea, composed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza and Manuel Esperón exclusively for her. This song was the soundtrack of this film. Aguirre has appeared in theatre, television series and singing in live shows. Other films in which she appeared are:

• Cuidado con el amor (1954) directed by Miguel Zacarías, and co-starring Pedro Infante and Eulalio González “Piporro”.
• Vainilla, bronce y morir (Una mujer más) (1956) directed by Rogelio A. González, co-starring Ignacio López Tarso.
• Pancho Villa y la Valentina (1958) directed by Ismael Rodríguez and co-starring Pedro Armendáriz.
• Ama a tu prójimo (1958) directed by Tulio Demicheli, also starring her sister Alma Rosa and Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”, among other productions.

Awards

Aguirre has won many awards and recognitions throughout her career. She has won:

• Ariel de Oro (Mexican Academy of Film, 2003
• Luminaria de Oro Recognition, 2005

Filmography

• 1946 : El sexo fuerte 
• 1946 : El pasajero diez mil 
• 1946 : Don Simón de Lira : Blanquita Alas de Cuervo : 
• 1947 : The Thief : Rosita : 
• 1948 : Algo flota sobre el agua Something Floats on the Water (International English title)
• 1948 : Los viejos somos así : Dalia
• 1948 : Ojos de juventud 
• 1949 : Midnight Midnight (International English title)
• 1950 : La mujer que yo amé 
• 1950 : La liga de las muchachas Adorables rebeldes (alternate title)
• 1950 : Lluvia roja 
• 1950 : Una mujer decente 
• 1951 : Amar fue su pecado 
• 1951 : La estatua de carne 
• 1952 : Acapulco 
• 1952 : Cuatro noches contigo : Elsa Peralta 
• 1954 : La perversa 
• 1954 : Cantando nace el amor 
• 1954 : Cuidado con el amor : Ana María : 
• 1955 : Estafa de amor 
• 1956 : La doncella de piedra 
• 1956 : Orgullo de mujer 
• 1956 : Giant : uncredited : Hollywood production
• 1957 : La mujer de dos caras 
• 1957 : Vainilla, bronce y morir (Una mujer más) 
• 1958 : Ama a tu prójimo 
• 1960 : Pancho Villa y la Valentina : La Valentina : 
• 1966 : La vida de Pedro Infante : archive footage : 
• 1966 : Sólo de noche vienes 
• 1966 : Casa de Mujeres 
• 1967 : El pistolero desconocido (El comandante Tijerina) 
• 1967 : El hijo de todas The Son of All – International English title
• 1967 : La vuelta del mexicano 
• 1968 : El día de la boda 
• 1969 : El matrimonio es como el demonio : Hilda Cervantes : 
• 1970 : Cómo enfriar a mi marido 
• 1970 : El cuerpazo del delito : Maria de Jesus 'Chuchet' : segment La seductora
• 1970 : Las figuras de arena 
• 1970 : Los años vacíos 
• 1977 : La muerte de un gallero 
• 1980 : Albur de amor 
• 1992 : El prófugo
• 1995 : Acapulco, cuerpo y alma : Telenovela
• 1999 : Mujeres Engañadas : Telenovela
• 2001 : Lo que es el amor : Telenovela