Sara García
Birthday: 1895-09-08
Place of Birth: Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico
Biography: Sara García (8 September 1895 – 21 November 1980) was a Mexican actress who made her biggest mark during the "Golden Age of Mexican cinema". During the 1940s and 1950s, she often played the part of a no-nonsense but lovable grandmother in numerous Mexican films. In later years, she played parts in Mexican telenovelas. Known as "Mexican Cinema's Grandmother", García's image is displayed on the label of Mexico's traditional Abuelitachocolate, a company now owned by Nestlé.
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Solicito marido para engañar
Rich and misogynistic Fabián is determined to seduce married women, whom he literally undresses with...
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The Stone Crucifix
A young prostitue woman arrives severely injured to a hospital and finds a chance to have a new life...
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El Papelerito
Three children forge a close friendship with the help of a gentle elderly woman, Doña Dominga. They ...
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The Three Garcías
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-...
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Vuelven los García
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-...
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Dicen que soy mujeriego
Pedro has had many lovers but he only loves one of them, but this romance stop going on for his flir...
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Bello recuerdo
Back from vacation, Lucy, a school's music teacher, misses a boy. People say he will not return beca...
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Yo quiero ser tonta
Dreamer father wants son to become a bullfighter, and daughter to become a singer, so they become in...
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Un novio para dos hermanas
Pili and uncle Angel travel to Mexico to see Mili dancing at her debut in a theater in the capital. ...
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Those Who Came Back
A small disparate group of people board a multi-day, multi-stop flight from Mexico City to Buenos Ai...
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The Living Idol
An archaeologist believes a Mexican woman is the reincarnation of an Aztec princess....
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El baisano Jalil
Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose s...
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National Mechanics
A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betray...
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El Capitan Aventurero
Don Gil de Alacala (José Mojica), a swashbuckler also known as Captain Adventure, must overcome a se...
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The White Horse
Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. ...
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Story of a Great Love
Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man re...
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Los Fernández de Peralvillo
A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a cri...
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The Innocent
The innocence of a woman due to a mental deficit will become the worst nightmare for her loved ones,...
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En un burro tres baturros
Three Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners....
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To the Sound of the Marimba
Shabby-genteel big city family tries to marry their daughter off to a wealthy landowner from the sou...
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La trepadora
Romantic triangles between city folk and country folk, with new money/old money issues complicating ...
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El día de las madres
Three interwoven stories about generational conflicts beween single mothers and their adolescent/adu...
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Los dinamiteros
Doña Pura, don Benito and don Augusto are three venerable old people who usually coincide each month...
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End of the Party
A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy....
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Joselito vagabundo
Rene, a street urchin, is coerced by the head of a gang of thieves, Frank, who wants to force him to...
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Why Was I Born a Woman?
A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman c...
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El lunar de la familia
Fernando Mendez's 1953 Spanish-language melodrama El Lunar de la Familia unfurls against the backdro...
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You’re Missing the Point
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to k...
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La miel se fue de la luna
Dr. Pablo, something womanizer, going to marry with Mini and cheats África, singer and his lover, te...
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El ropavejero
Cirilo, a used clothes dealer, falls in love with Maria, who works as a cook in a house. One day the...
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The Innocent
After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuerna...
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No te engañes corazón
No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature fi...
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Alejandra
There's a lot of confusion about who Alejandra's parents are, and until those questions are resolved...
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The Secret of the Spinster
A homeless orphan girl is adopted by a wealthy man against his wife wishes. When the man dies, the g...
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Dueña y señora
After his wife dies, the master of the house can... maybe... acknowledge that he had children with t...
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El diablo no es tan diablo
Gender-reversal comedy about husband and wife trading places....
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Los Cristeros
When the government places restrictions on the Catholic church's autonomy, an armed uprising takes p...
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Two Pesos Left
Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to...
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Escuadrón 201
Fictional story about the Escuadron 201 de Caza (201st Mexican Fighter Squadron), which participated...
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El hombre inquieto
Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son....
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El malvado Carabel
Frustrated salaryman responds to career setbacks by embarking on a life of crime....
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The Third Word
The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as...
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Faith, Hope and Charity
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces burea...
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When the Children are Gone
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, ...
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Los leones del ring contra la Cosa Nostra
Twin brother of murdered pro-wrestler goes after the killerses....
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Perez Family
Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pé...
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Miente y serás feliz
A Spanish, Juan, is obsessed with telling the truth always. As a result he is consistently in the mi...
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El buena suerte
An acquaintance from Venezuela visits the owner of a Mexican ranch, causes upheavals in the love-lif...
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Como gallos de pelea
Young man returns from college to his family estate; when he learns that a rival family is trying to...
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No matarás
A mother stands by helplessly while a scandal involving marital infidelity, blackmail and murder tak...
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Las chivas rayadas
The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family....
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¡Acá las Tortas!
College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrou...
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Los santos reyes
Three criminals break out of jail and head for a town where they've hidden their steals....
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Héroe a la fuerza
Child suffers a brain injury and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, twenty years late...
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El gran premio
Elderly home is struggling for funds; one of the residents competes on a game show to win a jackpot ...
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Las hijas del Amapolo
The story of four charming girls in a small town, trying to hang out with four boys....
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Escuela para solteras
All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies....
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The Vivanco Ladies
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter....
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El barchante Neguib
Small-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career there....
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Los fenómenos del fútbol
Working class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a priest/...
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Flor marchita
Adult seduces and abandons a teenaged girl, she has a baby. Fifteen years later......
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¡Ay qué rechula es Puebla!
Two charros from Hacienda A come a-courtin' to hacienda B, owned by a friend of their father's. Also...
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La vida difícil de una mujer fácil
Friends, co-workers and clients reminisce about a recently-deceased sex-worker....
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Son of the Town
At the end of an unhappy romance, a Mexico City cabdriver decides he's fed up with big-city classism...
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La abuelita
Granny rules the roost, but little sister's a bit rebellious. She listens to Cuban music, she wears ...
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Mis hijos!
An endless series of disasters separates a mother from her children. It takes her over twenty years ...
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Yo quiero ser hombre
In order to come into a large inheritance, young Divina must marry her cousin Pablo. Her aunt, Milag...
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Misericordia
Faded rich family has a housekeeper who struggles to keep them fed and comfortable after their fortu...
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No One Will Love You Like I Do
A student-movement leftist becomes a nun and absorbs lots of deep, deep TV-movie spiritual lessons a...
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Novia a la medida
Door-to-door salesman falls for a young woman, implements hare-brained schemes to separate her from ...
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Mi madrecita
Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when ...
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Entre monjas anda el Diablo
A man called “The Devil” makes a living in cock-fights. He falls for a girl who's about to enter the...
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Póker de ases
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineerin...
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Yo pecador
Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood....
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Canta mi corazón
Teen-pop singer launches his career. Family conflicts and girlfriend troubles....
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El analfabeto
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two ...
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Eterna agonía
Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward t...
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Orange Blossoms for your Wedding
During the time of the Mexican Revolution, the eldest daughter of a conservative family must respect...
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¿Quién te quiere a tí?
Neither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good looking to...
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The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the ...
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La señora de enfrente
Two travelers visiting a small town link up together and then run afoul of the gossip of church ladi...
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Las amiguitas de los ricos
On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus engineers a miracle that will rehabilitate three kept women into ortho...
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Las mujeres mandan
Tired of being mistreated by his wife and children, Isidro (Del Diestro) leaves his family and follo...
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Los dos apóstoles
Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home th...
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Nobleza ranchera
Respected civic leader hired a gunman twenty five years ago to commit a murder for him. Now that guy...
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Mis abuelitas... no más!
Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: compl...
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Regalo de reyes
Class conflicts between two families; one's upper-class but decaying, one's industrious middle-class...
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Dos cadetes
Mama thinks one of her sons is going into the priesthood... but he wants to join the army instead. N...
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La reina del mambo
Nightclub performer escapes from her abusive manager and starts life over in a new city....
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Caminito alegre
An elderly homeless man is welcomed into an Old Folks' Home and becomes acquainted with the dramas o...
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México de mis amores
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing...
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Nos lleva la tristeza
Love in bloom between two ranching families: boy A and girl B, boy B and girl A, the surviving grand...
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No se mande, profe
Strait-laced teacher at a girl's school unleashes his wild side when he debuts as a pop singer in hi...
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Paloma brava
Paloma is bound and determined to kill the heck out of the guy that dishonored her sister, but mista...
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Sor Ye-yé
Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his frie...
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Doña Clarines
Aging wastrel wants to have his sister declared incompetent so he can take control of her estate....
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Los leones del ring
Young wrestler runs afoul of gambling-syndicate Mafiosi; his twin brother and two friends meet at hi...
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Toros, amor y gloria
Farmhand moves to the city to be with his mother. He falls in love with the daughter of the rich fam...
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La Hermanita Dinamita
After accidentally hitting a boy with her car, a young woman pretends to be a nurse in order secretl...
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La soñadora
La soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra....
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Soul Sacrifice
Soul Sacrifice is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra....
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With my finger on the trigger
The Private detective Raúl Marín with the help of his grandmother and the police commander Aragón tr...
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Como México no hay dos
Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar....
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Sexo contra sexo
The engineer José Luis, husband of the fichera and dancer Estrella Raleigh, dies in a plane crash. D...
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