Helena Rojo
Birthday: Born in 1944-08-18 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Deathday: 2024-02-03
Helena Rojo (Mexico City; August 18, 1944 - February 4, 2024), was a renowned Mexican film, television and theater actress. She enjoyed a successful career spanning several decades in Mexican cinema, television, and theater. Rojo gained recognition for her versatile and compelling performances in films like "Las Pirañas aman en Cuaresma" (1969) and TV series such as "Cuna de Lobos" (1986). She continues to be celebrated as one of Mexico's most distinguished actresses.
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Mundo de Fieras
Character: Miriam de Rivas del Castillo
Gabriel and Damián are twin brothers, yet they are vastly different. Gabriel was raised in opulence, whereas his brother grew up in poverty; harboring deep resentment toward Gabriel, Damián seeks to destroy him by any means necessary. Gabriel is in his second marriage to the hysterical widow Joselyn. An accident causes Joselyn to miscarry and leaves Luisito—the son she shares with Gabriel—disabled. Blaming her husband for both tragedies, Joselyn makes his life a living hell. She is aided by her ...
Por ella soy Eva
Character: Eugenia Mistral de Caballero
A handsome man, unjustly accused, transforms into a woman named Eva to win over Helena—the love of his life—and unmask the true culprits behind a financial fraud and the theft of Helena's project....
Peregrina
Character: Sabina Huerta
Peregrina is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from November 14, 2005, to March 31, 2006. It is a remake of the 1973 Venezuelan telenovela of the same name, created by Delia Fiallo. The story follows Peregrina, a young gypsy woman who works as a dancer in a traveling circus with her grandmother. After arriving in a coastal town, she meets Rodolfo, and the two fall in love, unaware that a dark secret from their pa...
Amor Real
Character: Augusta Curiel de Peñalver
True love threatens to tear a family apart in this epic Mexican serial set in the 1800s. Rich and beautiful Matilde falls in love with Adolfo, but her mother, Augusta, disapproves of the relationship when she learns Adolfo is poor. Augusta forces her daughter to marry rich and handsome Manuel Fuentes Guerra, but Matilde plays with fire by continuing to be with Adolfo. Adela Noriega, Fernando Colunga, Helena Rojo and Chantal Andere star....
Inocente de Ti
Character: Raquel/Rebeca
Inocente de Ti is a Miami-based 130 episode telenovela that first aired on the Univision network in 2005. It features Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanús, and Helena Rojo....
Triunfo del amor
Character: Self
Victoria's life is perfect. She is a famous designer, mother of two and the wife of an actor. But she suffers the absence of her daughter Maria, who was separated from her when she was a little girl....
La candidata
Character: Natalia de San Román
Like many women, Regina struggles every day for the welfare of her family, having to cope from the worn relationship with her husband to the rebellion of her teenage son ... but in her case everything is in sight, because she is the wife of Head of Government of the city and, as if that were not enough, an honorable senator, who always tries to do what is best for her fellow men. In the world of politics, a world where men build power at any cost, is Regina, who strives to improve the reality of...
Ramona
Character: Doña Ramona Gonzaga Viuda de Moreno
Ramona is a Mexican telenovela, based on the 1884 novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. It aired in 2000 on Televisa and was written by Lucy Orozco and Humberto Robles. This production featured Kate Del Castillo as Ramona and Eduardo Palomo as Alejandro....
Amor Sin Maquillaje
Character: Inés Rivera
Amor sin Maquillaje is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; It was a tribute to the 50 years of telenovelas in Mexico....
El Conde: Amor y Honor
Character: Guadalupe de Gaitán
A wrongful conviction changes the life of Alejandro Gaitán and separates him from the woman he loves, Mariana Zambrano. After 17 years in jail, he becomes a count with the help of another prisoner and seeks revenge on those who turned on him....
Cuidado con el Ángel
Character: Cecilia Santos de Velarde
When Marichuy was born, her mother—believing she was on the verge of death—handed her over to a priest, who took her to an orphanage. At the age of fourteen, Marichuy ran away from the institution and began wandering from place to place, scraping together a living however she could. Years later, she was attacked by a drunkard; the incident left her harboring resentment toward men and plagued by harrowing nightmares....
El Vuelo de la Victoria
Character: María Isabel vda. de la Peña
Victoria is a free spirited girl from a humble background and an aspirant Sprinter. She was abandoned by her biological mother when she was a child. A woman named Chencha took her in and treated her as her own daughter. Victoria dreams to become a Champion at the Olympics and much determined to fight any obstacle that gets her way. Victoria also finds herself in between two men, Andres and Raul who are willing to fight for her love....
El color de la pasión
Character: Milagros Fuentes Vda. de Valdivia
Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother of her niece Lucía. Nora, Lucía's half sister and daughter of Rebeca, resents Lucía for the same reasons Rebeca hated Adriana, as history repeats itself....
Juntos El Corazón Nunca Se Equivoca
Character: Dora Ortega
Love story between Aristóteles & Temo, who leave Oaxaca to start a new life together in Mexico City....
El Privilegio de Amar
Character: Luciana Hernández de Duval
Juan de la Cruz, a young seminarian, visits the home of his mother, Ana Joaquina—a religious zealot who has always imposed her will on her son and instilled in him a calling to serve God. Working in Ana Joaquina’s household is Luciana, an innocent, dreamy young woman who falls in love with Juan de la Cruz. One night, swept up in the passion of youth, they give in to their feelings with tenderness and innocence. Upon discovering this, Ana Joaquina throws Luciana out; by then, Luciana is already p...
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Character: Self
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Corazón que miente
Character: Sara
Mariela Salvatierra is an orphan and was only 11 when her grandfather Manuel died because of Demián Ferrer. Being left on her own, destiny pushed her to leave the country under the care of Leonardo Del Río. 15 years have passed since they left, but now Mariela and Leonardo have returned to face Demián Ferrer. Demián is a fairly powerful and unscrupulous business man who doesn’t even honor his own family. He disregards Santiago, his youngest son, and manipulates and deceives his oldest son, Alons...
La rosa de Guadalupe
Character: Self--Presenter (voice)
Stories about people who get into problems who use the help of Virgin Mary and where a rose appears and their problems are solved....
María Félix La Doña
Character: Señora Russek
The life story of María Félix, from her humble beginnings as one of fifteen children to her rise to fame and infamy as one of the most storied Mexican actresses of the 1940s and beyond....
Gente bien
Character: Rebecca Balmori de Dumas
Gente bien is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from April 28 to August 15, 1997. Created by Lucy Orozco, Antonio Serrano, and Humberto Robles, the telenovela stars Patricia Manterola and Mario Cimarro, with stellar performances by Helena Rojo, Ana Martín, and María Rivas. The story follows María Figueroa, a hardworking and honest young woman who is forced to leave her job after suffering harassment from her employer. Sh...
Retrato de familia
Character: Cecilia Mariscal
Retrato de familia is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from October 23, 1995, to January 19, 1996. Created by Jesús Calzada, the telenovela stars Helena Rojo, Alfredo Adame, Diana Bracho, and Yolanda Andrade. The story is set in Guadalajara and centers on the Mariscal Preciado family. The story follows Cecilia Mariscal, a devoted mother whose troubled marriage to Agustín falls apart, leaving her to rebuild her life. Whe...
Las secretas intenciones
Character: Antonieta Alcántara
Las secretas intenciones is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from August 17 to November 27, 1992. Created by Alberto Rudich and directed by Francisco Franco, the telenovela stars Yolanda Andrade and Cristián Castro in their first leading roles. The story follows Larisa Cardenal and Miguel Ángel Curiel, two young people whose romance is threatened by family conflicts, hidden secrets, and the manipulations of Antonieta Al...
La traición
Character: Antonia Guerra
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Extraños caminos del amor
Character: Isabella
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La venganza
Character: María Olivares / Alejandra Balmaseda (Marimar)
The plot tells the story of Maria Olivares, a humble peasant woman living with her grandfather Maximiliano in a thatched hut on the Narváez estate. Maria falls in love with Xavier Narváez, a pilot, but his brother Rafael and his wife Carmen oppose the marriage because Maria is poor....
Extraño en su pueblo
Character: Isaura
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Character: Inés de Atienza
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death....
Amor letra por letra
Character: Fabiola
Work colleagues Hanna and Amanda are unexpectedly laid off. Since Amanda is leaving town, Hanna deposits both of their severance checks into her account. Unfortunately, Hanna screwed up and the money went somewhere it wasn’t intended – which puts her on a direct collision course with some eligible and not so eligible bachelors. Now, between her search for a new job and her hilarious forays into babysitting Amanda’s son, Hanna has to find and retrieve the loot in this hilarious misadventure that ...
Blacker Than the Night
Character: Pilar
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror....
Muerte Ciega
Character: Alessa
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In the Land of Light Feet
Character: Madre de Manuel
During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his town and teaches him the customs of his own. Both children discover illegal loggers....
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
Character: Greta
Mexican horror film about an American painter named Mary who is living in Mexico where she sells her works and also kills people for their blood. It turns out Mary is a vampire but not the traditional one with fangs. Since she has no fangs she must stab or slash the throats of her victims but soon she has a new man in her life as well as a mysterious man in black who appears to be doing the same type of murders....
Crónica íntima
Character:
Mexican feature film...
Eye for an Eye
Character: Rina Pittman
A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession....
End of the Party
Character: Elena
A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy....
Queen Doll
Character: Carmen
A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror....
A Deadly Invitation
Character: Ms. Cristina
Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister Agatha, and a group of old acquaintances, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht, where they will discover the true motive behind this invitation: the celebration of… a murder?...
Mirage
Character: Rina
A young man inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house....
The Young Animals
Character:
A boarding house where four girls stay, each with their own personal problems....
Los años de Greta
Character: Nina
Elderly woman bonds with other senior citizens for emotional support....
El Payo: Un Hombre Contra el Mundo
Character: Lupe Ramos
Series western, adaptation of a popular comic-book....
The Great Adventure of Zorro
Character: Helena
The De La Vega's are a wealthy and prestigious family known throughout the territory. When Diego, the youngest son of Don Alejandro de La Vega, returns from his 4 year stay in Spain, he finds him hometown oppressed by the corrupt military forces. The farmers are being run out of their homes and their land is being used as military camps and/or sold off to pay for military supplies and wages, along with taking the poor villagers and using them as slaves. So Diego/Zorro has multiple face offs with...
The Cubs
Character: Tere
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself....
Borderline
Character: Shanti
Sasha, a young woman from Mexico meets Damian, a man from Angola. They begin a relationship in Los Angeles, CA. She invites him to her hometown in northern Mexico for the weekend. This loveless romance quickly turns into a roaring silence when both try to tear down each other's walls....
La Sucesión
Character: Mariana
Political intrigue drama which aired dimly, some of the most common vices Latin American government systems, at least hypothetically and not still be scenarios. Its characters have the dictator whose intentions are to inherit the power to his son, little interest in the issue. In a moment in which he is forced to decide who will succeed him, other characters see the opportunity to replace him in the supreme command of this country without a name....
The House in the South
Character: Elena
Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century....
Those Years
Character: Emperatriz Carlota
President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico...
Guerrero Negro
Character: Eva
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Don't Panic
Character: Mrs. Smith
On his 17th birthday, a boy named Michael has a surprise party thrown by his friends, where a session with a Ouija board accidentally unleashes a demon named Virgil, who possesses one of them to go on a killing spree. Michael, now plagued by violent nightmares and premonitions, sets out to try and stop the killings....
Angels and Cherubs
Character: Angela
A tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view....
Noche de juerga
Character:
Spur-of-the-moment nightclub hookup leaves a straying husband framed for a murder....
The Dogs of God
Character: Carmen / Laura / Olivia / Marta
After a near-drowning, Laura moves through four social worlds under different names, obsessed with God’s infinite mercy and provoking sin to test forgiveness....
There's Always a First Time
Character: Isabel (segment "Isabel")
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Una vez, un hombre...
Character:
Young factory worker becomes apprentice to an alchemist, and he ends up going to the moon to repair equipment belonging to The Three Fates....
El Cínico
Character: Woman at Party (uncredited)
Traveling salesman's amoral/sometimes criminal behavior catches up with him after he settles in at his brother's vinyard....
The Eve
Character:
Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered....
Los amigos
Character:
Ambition, social climbing and insincerity shape the emotional climate among a circle of young professionals launching their careers....
Luces de la noche
Character: Tina
On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back....
Lovers, Partners & Spies
Character: Duchess
Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer....
Victoria
Character:
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Más allá del deseo
Character: Josefa
Sea creature who looks like a human girl takes the place of a couple's drowned daughter. She grows up into a beautiful woman who wears very little clothing, and she meets a young man and they fall in love. Then......
Foxtrot
Character: Alexandra
A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II....
Reto a la vida
Character: Elena Sandoval
Carlos has spent four years in prison for selling drugs. When he's released he finds out his brother has become a drug addict and is locked in a psychiatric hospital. Carlos starts working to cure his brother when he befriends a street kid and falls for social worker Elena....
The Children of Sanchez
Character:
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Ma...
Mystery
Character: Silvia
A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work....
The Suicide Club
Character: Girl on a Jaime's motorcycle
Enrique lives in the midst of danger until he falls in love with a girl and learns to appreciate the little things in life. However, a series of strange situations unfold before him towards his own death, which he must deal with....
Los hijos de Sanchez
Character:
The Sanchez clan have seen the worst of times, but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to build a life of her own, the family and Sanchez face an enormous challenge....