Mimí Derba
Biography
Mimí Derba (1893–1953) was a Mexican actress and the first female director in Mexico. Derba founded one of the very first Mexican production companies, Azteca Films. She had a successful career in Vaudeville before entering films.
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Acting History
1953
Dos tipos de cuidado as Doña Josefa
1953Cuatro horas antes de morir
1952The Absentee as Doña Elena, madre de Isabel
1952Sangre en el barrio
1952Acapulco as Abuela de Ricardo
1951Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me! as Doña Beatriz
1951Mi mujer no es mía
1951Historia de un corazón
1950Nosotras, las taquígrafas as Mamá de Bertha
1950Rosauro Castro as Doña Margarita
1950La loca de la casa as Madre superiora
1950Inmaculada as Madre de Luis Angel
1950Médico de guardia as La Madre (doña Carmen, madre de Jaime)
1950La vida en broma as Doña Eugenia
1950White hair as Doña Emilia
1949La hija del penal
1949The Seminarian as Nun
1949Prisión de sueños
1949Rondalla
1949La malquerida as Dona Mercedes
1949El abandonado
1949Salon Mexico as Señora directora
1948You the Rich as La Millonaria
1947Fantasía ranchera
1947Cuando lloran los valientes as Mamá de Cristina
1946Rocambole as Madre de Antonieta
1945La casa de la zorra
1945Club verde
1945El capitán Malacara
1945Toda una vida as Sra. Isabel Olmedo
1945Me he de comer esa tuna
1945Una gitana en México as Doña Engracia
1944Woman Without a Soul as Mamá de Teresa
1944La trepadora
1944Balajú as Doña Lupe
1944México de mis recuerdos as Tía Gertrudis
1944Felipe Derblay, el herrero
1944Porfirio Díaz
1943A Letter of Love as Doña Rosa
1943El espectro de la novia
1943Wild Flower as Doña Clara
1943La razón de la culpa
1943María Eugenia as Virginia
1942El baisano Jalil
1941Adios mi chaparrita as Doña Panchita
1939Café Concordia
1938Refugiados en Madrid as La marquesa
1938María
1935Martín Garatuza
1932Santa as Doña Elvira
1919Dos corazones
1917La soñadora
1917Soul Sacrifice
1917In Self Defense
1917In the Shadow