Angelines Fernández

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Abad.
Angelines Fernandez
Angelines Fernández circa 1950s photograph (cropped).jpg
Fernández, c. 1950s
Born
María de los Ángeles Fernández Abad

(1924-07-09)9 July 1924
Madrid, Spain
Died25 March 1994(1994-03-25) (aged 69)
Mexico City, Mexico
Resting placeMausoleos del Ángel, Mexico City
NationalitySpanish, Mexican
OccupationActress
Years active1955–1992
Known forEl Chavo del Ocho
Children1

Angelines Fernandez (Spanish pronunciation: [ma.ˈɾi.a ðe los ˈãŋ.xe.les ˈabad]; born María de los Ángeles Fernández Abad; 9 July c. 1924 – 25 March 1994) was a Spanish-born Mexican actress and comedian. She is best remembered for playing Doña Clotilde "La Bruja del 71" in the sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. She was an anti-Franco refugee who remained in Mexico (in addition to a brief stint in Cuba) from 1947 until the end of her life.[1]

Life and career[]

María de los Ángeles Fernández Abad was born at Madrid, Spain, on 9 July with a disputed year of birth, with her crypt saying, 1924,[2] and other sources citing her year as 1922.[3]

She made her acting debut in the musical comedy Carlo Monte en Monte Carlo in Isabela Garcés' theatre company in Madrid.[3] She flew to Mexico in 1947 in fear for her life due to her support for the Spanish Maquis.[4] During the Spanish Civil War, young Fernández was supportive of the Republican faction. She would remain in Mexico for the rest of her life, except for international tours and a short stint in Cuba during the late 1940s. In 1950, she returned to Mexico permanently.

Angelines Fernández starred in fourteen films, including the classic El Esqueleto de la señora Morales (1960). In 1964, she took the supporting role of Sara, the nemesis of Cantinflas's character Padre Sebastián, in El padrecito. She starred in Cadenas de amor at the age of 37, and other telenovelas in the 1960s with the second to last one in 1970. It was not until she was hired in 1973 to play "La Bruja del 71" in El Chavo del Ocho that she cemented her status as a legend. She got that job when she asked her personal friend, Ramón Valdés, if he knew of any acting jobs she might be able to do.

She also participated in Chespirito's other show, El Chapulín Colorado, years later. It was with El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado that she achieved fame in her native Spain. The two Chespirito productions became wide international hits, reaching virtually every country in the Americas and also other, non-Spanish speaking, countries as well. The shows are still shown with re-runs in many countries. In 1974, she participated in her last telenovela and her last film and concentrated her work around Chespirito productions.

After the shows ended in 1979, she continued playing "La Bruja" on the hour-long Chespirito and on public tours. Starting later in the 1980s, she began playing Ignacia Fernández "Doña Nachita", a second regular character on Chespirito, the gossipy neighbor in the Los caquitos sketches. She remained on the show until 1992.

Personal life[]

Fernández had a daughter called Paloma Fernández.[4][5]

Death[]

Fernández's crypt located at Mausoleos del Ángel in Mexico City
Inscription in her crypt

An acknowledged tobacco smoker, she died on 25 March 1994 from a tobacco related cancer (sources mention it being throat cancer without giving further details). She is entombed at the Mausoleos del Ángel in Mexico City. She was 69 years old.[2]

Filmography[]

Film[]

  • (1955)
  • (1958) as Leonor
  • (1958) (uncredited)
  • (1958) as Laura
  • Mi niño, mi caballo y yo (1959)
  • El Esqueleto de la señora Morales (1960) as Clara
  • Mi vida es una canción (1963)
  • El padrecito (1964) as Sara
  • Fuera de la ley (1966)
  • (1967) as Margarita
  • Un novio para dos hermanas (1967) as Profesora de piano
  • Despedida de casada (1968)
  • (1968)
  • (1968) as Mercedes Ancira
  • Un Quijote sin mancha (1969) as Prudencia Pingaron
  • El profe (1971) as Mama de Martin (uncredited)
  • (1971) as conservative church woman (uncredited)
  • (1974)
  • El agente viajero (1975)
  • (1976)
  • Oye Salomé! (1978) as Doña Elena, mamá de Guadalupe
  • El Chanfle (1979) as Paco's wife (Supermarket Clerk)
  • El Chanfle 2 (1982) as Paco's wife
  • Don ratón y don ratero (1983) as Sirvienta
  • Charrito (1984) as Maquillista
  • Dos judiciales en aprietos (1990)
  • Sor Batalla (1990)
  • Bella entre las flores (1990) as Doña Perfecta de Rico (final film role)

Television[]

  • El Chavo del ocho (1973–1979) as Doña Clotilde ("La bruja del 71")
  • El Chapulín Colorado (1973)
  • Chespirito (1980–1994) as Doña Clotilde / Doña Nachita

Telenovelas[]

See also[]

  • Foreign-born artists in Mexico

References[]

  1. ^ Sousa, Alana. "Aventuras na História · O segredo da Bruxa do 71: guerrilheira antifranquista". Aventuras na História (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fãs prestam homenagem a intérpretes de Seu Madruga e Bruxa do 71 em cemitério no México" (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Falleció la actriz Angelines Fernández "La bruja del 71"". El Siglo de Torreón. 27 March 1994. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Paloma Fernández habla sobre su mamá, Angelines Fernández". Chavodel8.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  5. ^ Inzunza, Francisco (13 September 2020). "Ella es Paloma Fernández, hija de Angelines Fernández, la "eterna enamorada" de Ramón Valdés". debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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