Enriqueta Reza

Enriqueta Reza
Born	María Enriqueta Reza Casals (1893-04-03)3 April 1893 Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Died	17 September 1968(1968-09-17) (aged 75)
Nationality	Mexican
Notable work	Una familia de tantas
Title	Actress
Spouse	Miguel Inclán

Enriqueta Reza (3 April 1893 – 17 September 1968) was a Mexican actress, performing during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She acted in a total of 67 films and won the Ariel Award for A Family Like Many Others in 1950.

Biography

Enriqueta Reza was born on 3 April 1893. Her first cinema appearance was in 1943 in the movie Toros, Amor y Gloria. She acted in a total of 67 movies.

In her youth she had established her own theater company and managed to create unforgettable characters for the Mexican scene.^[1]

She won the Ariel Award as a best supporting actress in 1950 with the movie Una famila de tantas. Her most notable films were "In the palm of your hand", "La maquerida", "El siete Machos", "Los bandidos de Rio Frio", "El ahijado de la muerte", and "Lluvia roja"^[2] The last part she took in a film was during 1968 – "Los recuerdos del porvenir".^[3]

Legacy

Annually, in Mexico, there is a film festival de San Sebastian in which movies from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema are viewed. Pictures and movies of the actress are presented there in front of the audience.^[4][5]

Filmography

Partial filmography

Year	Movie
1954	Untouched
1951	El siete machos
1951	Deseada
1951	En la palma de tu mano
1950	The Little House
1950	Red Rain
1950	Black Angustias
1950	Rosauro Castro
1949	La malquerida
1947	Strange Appointment
1945	Adam, Eve and the Devil

^[6]

Ariel Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
1947	Best Female Role	Canaima	Nominated
1950	Best Supporting Actress	Una familia de tantas	Won

References

1. TIM, Televisa. "Los Inclán, íconos de la Época de Oro del cine mexicano". Distrito Comedia (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
2. González, Publicado por Roberto. "Pistoleros Famosos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
3. Amador Blanco, Ayala, María Luisa, Jorge (1985). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1950–1959 (in Spanish language). Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográfico, Dirección General de Difusión Cultural, Dirección Editorial. p. 216. ISBN 9789688373279.
4. "Cineteca Nacional MEXICO". www.cinetecanacional.net. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
5. "Festival de San Sebastián". sansebastianfestival. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
6. "Enriqueta Reza – Edad | Biografía | Películas | Noticias | Filmografía | Premios". Decine21 (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.