Delia Magaña
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Delia Magaña (1903–1996) was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer who was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She made 14 films in the United States and around 240 in her native Mexico. Magana's first movies in both countries were silents. She later appeared with such film stars as Pedro Infante and Mario Moreno, who went by the screen name of Cantinfias.
Delia was spotted by film producer Robert J. Flaherty, of Fox Pictures, at the age of twenty, when he was in Mexico City working on a motion picture. Among her large number of movies are El Hombre malo (1930), Cascarrabias (1930), Besame mucho (1945), Immaculada (1950), La Nina Popoff (1952), Esa mi Raza (1977), and Lagunialla 2 (1983). Her last appearance in films was Y tu...quien eres? (1990).
Miss Magana was once guest of honor of a fiesta and dance presented by the United Spanish Speaking Societies. It was held in the San Francisco Bay area in the Leamington Hotel on October 27, 1946.
Delia Magana died of pneumonia in Mexico City on March 31, 1996. She had been admitted sixteen days earlier. Survivors included a niece, Concepcion de Teja Magana. Delia was cremated.
Miss Magana's name and hand print are preserved in the sidewalk outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California
[edit] References
- Daily Northwestern, Hails From Mexico, Friday Evening, March 8, 1929, Page 23.
- Intelligencer Record, Delia Magana, Mexican Actress, Monday, April 1, 1996, Page A-5.
- Los Angeles Times, Wave Of Popularity Sweeping Mexican Stars To Top Goes Marching On, January 27, 1929, Page C11.
- Oakland, California Tribune, Spanish Groups In Fiesta Sunday, Thursday, October 24, 1946, Page 21.
- Syracuse, New York Record, Tuesday Evening, November 6, 1928, Page 9.
