Angélica María

Angélica María
Maria in 2010
Born	(1944-09-27) September 27, 1944 (age 76) New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Nationality	American, Mexican
Other names	La Novia de México
Occupation	Actress, singer-songwriter, musician
Years active	1950–present
Children	Angélica Vale (b. 1975)
Website	www.angelicamaria.com.mx

Angélica María Hartman Ortiz (born September 27, 1944), known professionally as Angélica María, "La novia de Mexico" (Mexico's sweetheart), is an American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Her songs El hombre de mi vida (The man of my life) peaked at No. 6, Reina Y Cenicienta (Queen and Cinderella) peaked at No. 9, Prohibido (Prohibited) peaked at No. 13, and El Taconazo (The Taconazo) peaked at No. 34 on the hot latin songs chart. It also belongs to the so-called Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Early life[]

Born in 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Angélica María is the daughter of American entrepreneur, Arnold Hartman, and theater producer, Angélica de Jesús Ortiz Sandoval. Following the divorce of her parents at the age of 5, María moved to Mexico City with her mother.

Early career[]

Her mother's sister, Yolanda Ortiz, introduced little Angélica to the Mexican Cinema when , a movie producer, was looking for a boy for his next movie. Angélica told the producer, "Give me a haircut and I'm that boy". Charmed by the girl, he let her into his audition. She got the role in the movie ("Sin"). Soon afterwards, she worked on, ("A Decent Woman"), ("The Daughter of the Mistress"), Los Amantes ("The Lovers"), (Little Beast), ("Follow Me, Sweetheart"). She obtained the Ariel award for her role in ("My Wife and the Mistress") when she was 6. She also performed in her first fotonovela ("Little Sunray"). She sang in her two next movies, ("Destiny Has Two Faces") and (The Hawks) with superstar Pedro Infante, who told her she would be a great actress, because she spoke with her eyes, as he did.

Teen idol[]

In 1955, Rita Macedo offered her a role in the play (The Bad Seed), which would be the first of a series of plays she was involved with while she filmed. When she was 16 she joined the telenovela industry with the production Cartas de amor (Love Letters). The following year, she acted in musicals as well as in "lucha libre" movies such as (Lord Storm) and (Death in the Ring). At that time she was beginning to be referred to as (Youth's girlfriend) and after her first musical, a journalist, , named her La Novia de México (Mexico's girlfriend or Mexico's sweetheart), which is the title she would keep thereafter.

Singing career[]

After a few musicals, she asked for her mother's assistance (who was also her manager) and together with Armando Manzanero, then a new songwriter, she sang 1962's Eddy Eddy which would eventually become one of her greatest musical successes. Manzanero took Angélica to see a producer, and in the same year she released her first album on the Musart record label. The album was a success, so she began touring and making movies with teen idols such as César Costa and actor/singer Enrique Guzmán whom she would date later. After joining RCA, she would later become one of the biggest stars in Latin America. In 1973 she met the aspiring singer Juan Gabriel who would become one of the biggest selling artists in the world. Together, they would record ballads performed by mariachi bands. The single ("You are still the same one") sold one million copies in the United States alone, and has since then been performed by dozens of other singers. She recorded three more albums in 1974. In 1980, she recorded for the first time in a U. K. studio, making an album of ballads and a single record with two pop songs in English, seeking some kind of crossover. During these years, she signed with Marsal Productions, then Caytronics, Melody, RCA again, and finally CBS, which was her last contract with a foreign record company. Since then, she established her own recording company with which she has produced 7 albums.

Her singing career spans through 2013, being her most recent album "With Your Love", produced by R. Levaron, and launched by Universal Music.

Acting career[]

In 1965, she filmed "" (Friar Bullfighter) in Spain and came back to Mexico to work in two movies, and to record her sixth album. Then, she acted in such successful films as 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa (Five of chocolate and one of strawberry) and obtained the starring role in the 1968 film version of Corazón salvaje a movie that made her famous in places as far as China. In 1971, she acted in Ernesto Alonso's telenovela Muchacha italiana viene a casarse ("Italian girl comes to get married") which opened the Spanish television market in the United States, and was a success in Central America and South America. She also filmed one of her biggest telenovelas Ana del aire ("Ana of the air", playing a flight attendant role). In 1977, she made the telenovela version of her film Corazón salvaje, released two albums, and performed in the play ("Daddy Long-legs"), a play that would spun off an album, and broke the record of more than 1000 performances sold out in the next 3 years.

In 1986, she starred in ("Cursed inheritance") singing the theme-song and releasing an album called "El Hombre de Mi Vida". She later acted with her daughter in a production by Angélica Ortíz titled Una Estrella. In 1988 she divorced Vale and starred in a TV show titled ("Three generations") with Carmen Montejo and Sasha Sokol. In 1990 she acted in the play ("Mom loves rock") with her daughter and Ricky Martin. In 1994, she acted in 's Agujetas de color de rosa which would be such a great success that it was extended to 600 episodes. In 1995 she acted in telenovela , sharing credits with Leticia Calderon, Juan Ferrara, Ofelia Guilmáin etc. and in 1996 she was offered a leading role in telenovela . In 1999 she made a special guest appearance as a mother of Thalia in telenovela Rosalinda, promoting her new album of boleros. The same year Angélica impressed the audience in the theater play , sharing credits with Julio Alemán.

In 2003 she joined the cast of sharing credits with Sonia Braga. In 2004 she took part in Amar otra vez, produced by Lucero Suárez, which began broadcasting in January in the U.S. and in México in May 2004.

In 2011 participated in the Telemundo telenovela Aurora, co-starred in and had a special guest appearance in the telenovela La Casa de al Lado, (2011 to 2012).

From August 2012 to May 2013, Angelica Maria acted as 'Amalia Mendoza' in Qué Bonito Amor, starring along Danna García, Jorge Salinas, Juan Ferrara, Evita Muñoz "Chachita", etc.

Personal life[]

María (right) with daughter Angélica Vale in 2016

In 1974, she met Venezuelan singer/comedian , whom she married in April 1975 in the first wedding to be televised in Mexico. That year she broke records in New York City when her show was sold out twice in the same day at the Madison Square Garden. This record has not yet been broken.^[1] In November 1975 her daughter, the international actress, comedian, singer, and impersonator Angélica Vale, was born.

In 2003 Angélica María, negotiating with a major publishing house, launched an autobiography which would release the lesser known aspects of her life as an actress and a woman. It was published by Reader's Digest in November 2005.

She is fluent in Spanish, English, and French.^{[citation needed]}

International tours[]

In 1980, she recorded her 28th album and created the show ("The history of cinema") in which she sang, danced, and performed various characters. She changed wardrobes 15 times without leaving the stage. That same year she recorded another album with Juan Gabriel and starred in El hogar que yo robé ("The home I stole") that would be remade in the 1990s as La usurpadora. Next year she took her show in a tour throughout the Americas. In 1982, she recorded another "balada ranchera" album and obtained a role in her first English-language film ("") and presented a second show ("The magic of Angélica María") in places from New York to Chile.

In 2001, Reader's Digest released an album of her hits, and she acted in the short .

In 2006, joined again the show "Los Grandes del Rock" making tours throughout Mexico, and reteamed with her daughter Angelica Vale for the telenovela La fea mas bella (The Prettiest Ugly Girl). The series was a ratings smash, and in 2009 they acted again as a mother and daughter in the second season of Mujeres asesinas (Murderous women) in the episode . The latter series marked Angelica Maria's second, and to date permanent, departure from Televisa, after a total of 43 years (1962–81 and 1986–2009).

In 2009, she was participating with Armando Manzanero in the show "The Women of Manzanero", touring throughout all Mexico, alongside singers such as: Tania Libertad, Ariadne, María del Sol, Rocio Banquells, Manoella Torres, Edith Márquez, Myriam, among others.

Current projects[]

In 2012 Angelica joined Alberto Vázquez and César Costa in the show , performing tours throughout Mexico, delighting their Mexican & Latin audiences with their singing voices, up until nowadays. Enrique Guzman would join The Troupe, later on.

Between June 2013 and 2014, Angelica formed part of the jury of the Spanish-language version of The X Factor, which was broadcast starting that summer on MundoFox in the United States.^[2]

In 2013, Angélica launched her most recent compilation: 'With Your Love', available at: '""', as well as participating during the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Disney's: It's A Small World After All.

In 2014, she joined the ensemble cast of the film: 'Ruta Madre'.

She will be a regular cast member of the TV Series: Graves (TV series), (2016).

Music[]

• 1962: Angélica María
• 1962:
• 1963:
• 1964:
• 1965:
• 1965: Angélica María y Alberto Vázquez (Soundtrack) (EP)
• 1966: "" (single)
• 1966: Angélica María con Los Rebeldes del Rock
• 1966:
• 1967:
• 1967: Angélica María y Alberto Vázquez (Soundtrack) (EP)
• 1968:
• 1968: Angélica María y Armando Manzanero
• 1968: (Soundtrack) (EP)
• 1969: Angélica María, Palito Ortega y Armando Manzanero (Soundtrack) (EP)
• 1969:
• 1970:
• 1971:
• 1972: Angélica María y Roberto Jordán (Soundtrack) (EP)
• 1972: '
• 1973:
• 1973: "" Angélica María y Roberto Jordán (single)
• 1974:
• 1974: (EP)
• 1974: Theatre (single)
• 1974: (EP)
• 1974:
• 1975:
• 1976: Angélica María y (Soundtrack) (EP)
• 1976:
• 1976: (EP)
• 1976:
• 1977: "" Theatre (single)
• 1977:
• 1979:
• 1979:
• 1980:
• 1980:
• 1981:
• 1983:
• 1983:
• 1984:
• 1985:
• 1986:
• 1988:
• 1989:
• 1990:
• 1990:
• 1992: Revolution
• 1993:
• 1994: Gracias
• 1996:
• 1998:
• 1999:
• 2000:
• 2002:
• 2003:
• 2004:
• 2006:
• 2007:
• 2008:
• 2009:
• 2010:
• 2013:
• 2013:

Filmography[]

TV shows[]

• 1964: Premier Orfeon
• TV Musical (several seasons)
• Los Días Felices (several seasons)
• 1975: Los Grandes Años del Rock And Roll
• Exitos Bacardí (several seasons)
• 1977: Arriba El Telón
• Siempre En Domingo (yearly seasons)
• 1984–1985: Angélica María En.....
• 1986: La Hora Marcada
• 1989:
• 2008–2010: Angélica María Show
• 2013–2014: El Factor X
• 2016: Graves

Telenovelas[]

Hollywood films[]

• 1982: ' as Christina Carver
• 2003: 'Sea of Dreams as Rina

Mexican films[]

• 1950: as Miguelito (estreno 1951)
• 1950: as Hijito de Rosa (estreno 1950)
• 1950: as Lupita pequeña (estreno 1951)
• 1950: as Gloria (estreno 1951)
• 1950: as Rosita niña (estreno 1951)
• 1951: as María Luisa (estreno 1952)
• 1951: as Carmelita (estreno 1952)
• 1951: Dos caras tiene el destino as Rosa María (estreno 1952)
• 1951: La ausente as Rosita (1952)
• 1952: as Venus (1952)
• 1952: as Rosa María (1953)
• 1952: Sucedió en Acapulco as Niña empleada por chantajistas (1953)
• 1954: as Florecita (1956)
• 1955: as Clarita (1956)
• 1956: as Angélica (1957)
• 1956: Música de siempre as Bailarina (estreno 1958)
• 1957: as Rosa María
• 1959: as La Cachuquis
• 1959:
• 1959:
• 1959:
• 1961: Las hijas del Amapolo (1962)
• 1961: as Tere (1961)
• 1962: as Margot (1962)
• 1962: as Rosita (1963)
• 1962: as Rosita (1963)
• 1962: as Marisa (1963)
• 1962: as Marta (1963)
• 1962: Los signos del zodiaco as Sofía (1964)
• 1963: (1965)
• 1963: as María (1964)
• 1963: as Marga (1964)
• 1963: as Nora (1964)
• 1963: as Rosita (1964)
• 1964: (1965)
• 1964: as Mané (1965)
• 1964: as Dina (1965)
• 1965: (Spain, 1966)
• 1966: as Elena Montero (1966)
• 1966: (1967)
• 1967: 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa as Esperanza/Brenda/Domitila (estreno 1969)
• 1967: Corazón salvaje (1968)
• 1968: Romeo contra Julieta (1968)
• 1968: (1969)
• 1968: (1969)
• 1968: (1969)
• 1969: as Carlota (1970)
• 1970: as Rosalba (1971)
• 1971: as Magdalena, "Magui"/"Irene Durán" (1972)
• 1972: Entre monjas anda El Diablo as María (1973)
• 1972: as Lucía (1973)
• 1972: as Leonarda Tomasa Isaaca (1973)
• 1974: (1975)
• 1977: (1978)
• 1978: La guerra de los pasteles (1979)
• 2002: (cortometraje)
• 2007: (mediometraje) (2009)
• 2010:
• 2010:
• 2019: Como caído del cielo as her self

Theatre[]

• 1955:
• 1960:
• 1961:
• 1965:
• 1966:
• 1968: Marat/Sade as Charlotte Corday
• 1974–1975: Gigi as Colette
• 1976:
• 1976:
• 1977–1979: Daddy Long Legs
• 1987–1988:
• 1990–1991:
• 1993:
• 1995:
• 1996: Woman of the Year as Tess Harding
• 1999:
• 2007: by Richard Baer ... as Cristina
• 2014: The Vagina Monologues at the Westside theatre, NYC

Facts[]

• Angélica María is known as La Novia de México (Girlfriend of Mexico).
• Although she was one of the main movie and TV attractions during 60s and 70s and the no. 1 record seller in the country during the same period, she is still one of the most respected and beloved performers in Mexico.
• For her work on stage, screen, television and as a singer, Angélica María has been inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias at Mexico City's Plaza de las Estrellas; she and Angélica Vale are among the few mother and daughter entertainers to be honored as such.
• Angélica Maria, Raul Vale and Angélica Vale were included in the 2007 book Televisa Presenta, paying tribute to the first 50 years of the network.

Awards and nominations[]

Premios TVyNovelas[]

Premios Diosas de Plata[]

Premios ATP (Asociación de Periodistas Teatrales)[]

Premios Excelencia Musical (Academia Latina de la Grabación)[]

Premios People en Español[]

References[]

External links[]

• Angélica María at IMDb
• Angélica María at the Telenovela Database
• Angélica María's Publicist's Official Mini-Site
• Angelica Maria: Official site in Spanish
• Angélica María's music at Liquid Spins